Factory Sessions: Everything Is Recorded – The Source
Everything Is Recorded perform The Source live and improvised at Manchester International Festival 2025
For MIF25, we welcome the multi-talented producer and owner of XL Recordings Richard Russell with his ever-evolving collaborative music project Everything is Recorded.
Performing an intimate show in the round, he was joined on stage by an expanded line up of collaborators and special guests for the very first time including Sampha, Tic, Laura Groves, Roses Gabor, Samantha Morton, Berwyn, Georgia, Yazz Ahmed, Clari Freeman-Taylor and Mela Murder.
Watch their performance of The Source live here.
Credits
Everything Is Recorded
Drum machine by Richard Russell
Bass guitar by Tic
Percussion by Georgia Barnes
Backing vocals by Roses Gabor
Lead vocals & synth by Sampha
Trumpet by Yazz Ahmed
Keys by Laura Groves
Manchester International Festival
Head of Music Riv Burns
Event Manager Katie Bruce
Production Manager Will Hurn
Stage Manager Lucia Matusikova
Head of Sound Sorcha Steele
Sound Team Jay Smith, James Kenyon and Emma Lambert
Head of Lighting David Wimpenny
Lighting Team Dash Wong and James Greenwood
Head of Rigging Matt Williams
Rigging Team Joel Pendleton and Sam Goodwin
Deputy Event Manager Mathew Taylor
Venue Manager Sidney Woodward
Marketing Ilona Bartlett
Creative Director Low Kee Hong
Camera Operators Tom Stephens and Riley Bramley-Dymond
Colourist Tom Matthews at Time Based Arts
Colour Producer Dan Kreeger at Time Based Arts