Lyra Voss
Quiet, tidal music for piano and strings — written between the city and the sea. The new record Tide Marks is out now, everywhere — eleven pieces, one chapel, and the sea close enough to hear.
Hear the new record
LP · Digital · Spatial audio — Tide Marks, 2026
Tide Marks
Eleven pieces about water, distance and returning. Recorded in a deconsecrated chapel over one long winter, with the sea half a mile from the door — piano, cello, and the room itself acting as a third instrument.
- 01Low Water4:12
- 02The Fetch3:47
- 03Slack Tide5:02
- 04Salt in the Floorboards4:31
- 05Mooring2:58
- 06Estuary6:14
- 07Wrack Line3:39
- 08Second Light4:05
- 09Borrowed Horizon5:26
- 10Neap3:22
- 11High Water (Reprise)4:48
Formats — LP with tip-on sleeve and download card · lossless and spatial digital · full discography and demos on Bandcamp
Tide Marks was written across two years of ferry crossings and winter residencies. Every piece began as a field recording — harbour bells, a failing engine, the hiss of shingle on the turn — and was then rebuilt for the piano. The record keeps one ear on the landscape at all times, which is why it never quite settles.
The album was recorded live in the room, with no click and very few edits. What you hear is, mostly, what happened on the day — including the rain on the roof in Salt in the Floorboards, which the microphones refused to hide.
The cover is a single photograph of the chapel piano, unretouched — the same instrument, in the same light, that you hear across the record. No typography was added; the room is the sleeve.
Produced by Lyra Voss with Marta Eller · Recorded at the chapel, north Devon · Strings by the Halver Quartet · Mastered at Halver & Co.
Start here
Three pieces from the record, ready to play. The complete album streams everywhere — platform links are above.
Demo player — press play on any row. For the full record, open your platform of choice from the links above.
Low Water, the film
A single continuous take, shot on the coast where the record was written — piano, one room, and the sea doing what it does. One camera, no cuts, and the take that nearly didn’t survive the weather.
Low Water — official film
Shot on the north Devon coast · 04:12
The film is being finished now. Join the mailing list below and it will reach you on release day.
2026 — on the road
First dates of the year, Amsterdam to Sydney. More cities are added every month — programmes are announced with each promoter, and each room gets its own running order rather than a recycled set list.
Ticket links appear here as each promoter opens sales — the mailing list hears first. Full stage plot and rider are in the the press kit.
Programmes on the road run to roughly ninety minutes with one interval, drawn from Tide Marks and earlier records — plus new solo pieces that are still being finished.
The long version
Lyra Voss is a pianist and composer who writes slow, precise music — pieces that behave like weather: arriving gradually, lingering, and leaving a mark.
She grew up on the north coast, a mile from the waterline, and learned the piano in a draughty parish hall where the acoustics did half the work. Conservatoire training in London followed, then a decade of scoring independent films and dance works — jobs that taught her to write for rooms rather than for instruments.
Her music sits somewhere between chamber work and ambient — solo piano and strings, built from field recordings and long-form structure. Writers reach for words like silence and patience; she prefers to say the music is written for people who notice the tide going out.
She lives between Bristol and the coast, and works in a converted chapel where the next record — slower, lower, wider — is already under way.
— Lyra
- Piano
- A rebuilt upright from 1904, kept in the chapel and played barefoot.
- Tuning
- A=432 — the old concert pitch, chosen because it sits warmer in stone rooms.
- Method
- Every piece starts as a field recording, then is rebuilt at the keyboard.
- Room
- A deconsecrated chapel on the north Devon coast, sea half a mile off.
- Sessions
- Live takes, no click, very few edits — the room plays on every track.
A working catalogue
Recordings, scores and commissions from the last decade. The full, annotated catalogue lives in the press kit below.
Commissions for 2027 are open — string works and short film scores are scheduled a season ahead, so early notes are always welcome. The catalogue below is arranged newest first; scores are available to study on request.
In pictures
The studio, the stage, and the rooms in between. High-resolution versions of every image are in the press kit. All photographs are unposed — taken during sessions and soundchecks, never staged for the camera.
For press, promoters and programmers
Everything needed to write about, programme or book Lyra — with a few words from people who already have.
Quietly devastating — music that arrives like weather and leaves a watermark.— Meridian Review
A pianist who plays silence as carefully as sound.— The Quiet Room
Tide Marks is the most patient record we have heard all year.— Coastline Magazine
She leaves the silences alone, and they do the rest.— The Parlour Sessions
Press files are delivered on request — write to press@yourartist.com and they arrive the same week.
One letter, twice a season
Tour announcements, film drops and studio notes — written by Lyra, sent rarely, and never shared. What lands in your inbox:
Two letters a season at most — one when the calendar opens, one when the record does. If a year goes quiet, so does the inbox.
- New dates the day they are confirmed, before anywhere else
- First listens — films, demos and the pieces that almost made the record
- Studio letters, a few times a year, when there is something worth saying
- One unsubscribe link in every letter — no dark patterns, ever
Before you write
How do I book Lyra for a concert or an event?
Is the ensemble fixed, or can it change?
Does she score films and dance?
Can I use her music in my own project?
Where can I buy Tide Marks?
What does the touring setup look like?
Do you play private events?
Can I use the photos on this site?
What do programmes on the road look like?
Is Tide Marks available on vinyl?
Let’s make a room quiet.
Concerts, festivals, private events, film scores and licensing — one address, and every enquiry is answered.
Tell us the date, the city and the size of the room, and the first reply will carry a one-sheet, a rider and honest answers.
Management — worldwide · Replies within one week · Fees quoted per project, never per hour