Description
Vanity Project is the first solo album by Irish-based composer-performer Andy Ingamells. Bringing together works written between 2008 and 2026, the album explores what happens when the roles of composer and performer become intertwined. Performed almost entirely by Ingamells himself, it draws on spoken word, melodicas, vocoder, pipe organ, laptop, bells, fixed media and everyday actions to create music in which composition and performance are treated as a single, continuous activity. Although the pieces employ a wide range of materials and techniques, they are united by a shared interest in composer-performer identity. Throughout the album, Ingamells' own voice appears in different forms: speaking, singing and electronically transformed. Rather than presenting the voice as a polished instrument, these works treat it as a flexible musical material capable of carrying humour, storytelling and theatrical presence.