Lewis Recordings
Skinshape – Chapman's Pool
Pre-order — Releases 30th October 2026.
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A sun-warmed return to Skinshape’s cinematic, groove-led roots.
British multi-instrumentalist William Dorey makes music under the Skinshape moniker with an emphasis on traditional recording techniques. His influences stretch from Ennio Morricone to The Beatles, moving through retro funk, soul, reggae, psychedelic rock, African music and folk. Rather than an anything-goes collision of styles, Dorey shapes these sounds into an evocative and carefully ordered whole that remains pleasingly difficult to categorise.
Written around a busy touring schedule and sessions in his North London studio, Chapman’s Pool takes its name from a bay on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast, within walking distance of where Dorey grew up. The album feels like a reconnection with the sounds that first shaped his musical identity, drawing on spaghetti westerns, trip-hop, ’60s and ’70s Ethiopian jazz and ’80s South African bubblegum, all brought together with the assurance of Dorey’s years of recording, songwriting and production.
For fans of: Khruangbin, Michael Kiwanuka, Tame Impala.
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Release Date: 30th October 2026
Barcode: 0804076091319
Catalogue No: LEWIS1293LP
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