Formed in 2008, electro-acoustic trio Snow Ghosts comprises Ross Tones (Throwing Snow), multi-instrumentalist Oliver Knowles (EXES) and vocalist Hannah Cartwright (Augustus Ghost). Since their debut album, A Small Murmuration in 2013, the collective has passionately explored the intoxicating mythologies behind Britain’s ancient folklore, creating a complex weave of styles that pulls the listener into a dark past.
While their orchestral-sounding fourth album, A Quiet Ritual (2019), sought to process the shock and grief of bereavement through a prism of electronica, post rock and metal, The Fell’s equally vast sound takes the listener into an auditory time capsule steeped in ancient ritualistic ambiguity. Digging into their creative subconscious, the trio spent a considerable time holed up in a Wiltshire castle, making use of its acoustic environment by cleverly combining a variety of organic and electronic instruments.
Take us back to how you first met and your decision to collaborate back in 2008...
Hannah Cartwright: “I was doing a few solo projects under the moniker Augustus Ghost, Ross was a producer and he helped me to record something and starting chopping stuff up without my permission [laughs], but before long I started to like what he was doing. I grew up in the Middle East and have always been used to microtonal sounds and the sound of the mosque, but a lot of my interests are similar to Ross in terms of folk music.”
“I started playing violin and piano from about the age of
