ASHBURN COUNTY—Freakshow / Lullabies & Nightmares

– Limited edition LP – 200 copies

Double vinyl (5 themes for sleeves and inner sleeves, featuring designs applied via manual stamping – All covers and inner sleeves are unique) – 2 inserts (30 x 30 cm, double-sided) – lyric sheet (4 pages) – A4 document « The story of Ashburn County » – Numbered – Download codes

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In short, Ashburn County is a fictional band concept—complete with its own backstory—created by Maxime Lachaud (none other than the French writer, movie director, journalist, and musician) in 2011, in which the members appear under Cajun pseudonyms.
To learn more, download « The Story of Ashburn County » (PDF).
Ashburn County existed from 2011 to 2022 and produced four albums. “Freakshow” and “Lullabies and Nightmares” are Ashburn County’s third and final album.

Thierry Müller appear in this group under the name Sadie Bee Palace.

 

2026 — 2 LP
Jelodanti records (jelondanti records 33)
aufnahme + wiedergabe (A+W lp049)
ilitchmusic (IM LP2026)

 

Freakshow

~ Act 1 ~
Prologue : The Freaks arrive in town*
Monsieur Loyal
The Gypsy Fortune-Teller
The Sword Swallower
The Melancholy Butcher
The Hypnotist
The Acrobat Angel
Entracte*
~ Act 2 ~
Terror in the Crowd
The Tightrope Walker
The Catalyst
Fat Thelma
The Moonshine Dealer is Desperate about Thelma
The Two-Headed Monstrosity
End of the Party

*On download coupon

For these recordings, the inhabitantss of Ashburn County were
Willie Mae Carthoris : doublebass
Amy Sue Flower : electric guitar
Telemaque Hache : female lead vocals
Garett Heber : percussions
Odette Mayeaux : accordion
Sadie Bee Palace : piano & keys, street organ, synthesizers, virtual strings, electric & acoustic guitar, electronic percussions, mellotron, samples
Leroy Delbert Quebedeaux : vocals, synthesizers, field recordings, samples, organ, piano, bass guitar, rhythm boxes
Rogatien Quenneville : saxophone
With guest vocalists
Grady Roper “The Moonshine Dealer”,
Jack Tinapple “Monsieur Loyal”,
Alice Imbert “The Tightrope Walker”,
Stephany Commemay “The Acrobat Angel”,
the Chorus of Dwarves “Fat Thelma”
Recorded on location in Louisiana, 2015

Lullabies and Nightmares

~ Act 1 ~
Logorrhea
(Nils and Joakim are playing with) Charlotte’s Chainsaw
Deep Breath
He came from the Sea
Ghosts in the Battlefields*
~ Act 2 ~
A Letter from Appalachia
As I grow old, I forget your Name
Conceptual Mushrooms
Night Ride
Nobody plays anymore

*On download coupon

For this album, the inhabitants of Ashburn County were
Odette Mayeaux : accordion, flutes, harmonica
Leroy Delbert Quebedeaux : chainsaw, waterphone, rhythm boxes, synthesizers, samples, field recordings, air conditioner, bass guitar, metal percussion, electric fan, drones, vocals, washing machine, organ, violin, editing
Sadie Bee Palace : synthesizers, virtual strings, piano, keyboards, sampler, acoustic & electric guitars, slide guitar, violin, metal sounds, percussion & rhythm box, noises, field recordings, sound treatment
and
Liv Bouaziz : child’s voice (He came from the Sea)
Nils Bouaziz : field recordings (He came from the Sea), voice (Logorrhea)
Garett Heber : drums (As I grow old, I forget your Name)
Romain Mascagni : drones and sine waves (He came from the Sea, Nobody plays anymore)
Helena Patricio : vocals (Night Ride)
Rogatien Quenneville : cello (Charlotte’s Chainsaw)
Grady Roper : vocals (Deep Breath)
Marc Sarrazy : piano (Charlotte’s Chainsaw, Nobody plays anymore), gongs and synthesizer (Deep Breath)
Camila Verdow : violin (Deep Breath)

Recorded on location in Louisiana between 2019 and 2021 – Mixed by Sadie Bee Palace – Mastering by George Palace

Mixed by Sadie Bee Palace, Mastering by George Palace
Photos by Leroy Delbert Quebedeaux
Graphic design by Sadie Bee Palace and Jelodanti

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