Lost Horizons Presents Gabi Garbutt and The Illuminations

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Part punk poet, part art pop multi-instrumentalist, Gabi Garbutt’s music has been championed by radio DJs such as BBC6 Music’s Steve Lamacq, Cerys Matthews and Chris Hawkins, and Radio X’s John Kennedy, as well as fellow musicians such as Ezra Furman, Pete Doherty, Frank Turner and Du Blonde, the latter inviting Gabi to release an E.P on her label Daemon T.V and collaborating on the lead track ‘Panic’.

Gabi self-released her debut album ‘The Discredited Language of Angels’ in 2019, leading to significant BBC6 Music support, including a live session on Cerys Matthews’ show. Gabi and her band were invited to join Edwyn Collins on his U.K tour and The Libertines on a handful of their European tour dates, including a memorable date at the legendary Paris Olympia.

Post lock-down, Gabi and her band were invited to join The Boomtown Rats at the Palladium and supported Big Country on tour. In 2022, Gabi signed to Trapped Animal Records for the release of her second album Cockerel, which saw Gabi appear as a panellist on Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable and perform acoustic on John Kennedy’s Radio X-Posure.

In April 2023, Gabi released ‘The Creation of Birds’ E.P on Daemon T.V, with BBC6’s Chis Hawkins calling it ‘something new to fall in love with.’ The lead single ‘Panic’ was added to Radio X’s evening playlist and was chosen by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, Suicide Squad) as one of his top 25 of 2023.

In March of 2024, Gabi supported Grace Petrie on ten dates of her U.K tour. In summer, she released an E.P of stripped back acoustic versions of a selection of songs, followed by a run of dates including the Canopy Stage at Greenbelt Festival.
Support comes from Diego Brown and the Good Fairy.

Diego Brown and the Good Fairy is an eclectic duo with unusual vocals and clever lyrics, backed by kazoo, swanee whistle, accordion, melodica, bicycle wheel (!) and guitar. Serving up a deliciously weird musical stew, this award-winning duo take their audiences on a magic-realist tour of the forgotten corners of modern life in Britain, visiting spooky country, sly bossa nova and buzzsaw tango on the way.