Alabaster DePlume

Early life Fairbairn was either born in 1980 or in 1981, He started out making "jagged, noisy music" with his brothers, before learning to play the saxophone in 2007. In October 2015, he released his album Peach through Debt Records. Fairbairn recorded the album over two weeks in the summer of 2020 at the Total Refreshment Centre. He invited a multitude of different musicians into the studio each day and intentionally did not give them enough time to rehearse, saying that he did not want them to "hide behind this piece of material or skill. They had to look up and respond to each other". In a review for Pitchfork, Marty Sartini Garner wrote that the album was a "balm of spoken word and spiritual jazz, both strangely uncomfortable and strangely comforting", rating the album 8.4/10 and giving the album Pitchforks "Best New Music" certification. DePlume released the albums, Come with Fierce Grace and A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole, in 2023 and 2025.

Personality and activism Fairbairn has been noted for his eccentric personality. In an interview with The Quietus, Patrick Clarke wrote that Fairbairn's "habits and eccentricities might be a little irritating did he not feel like such a genuine and honest person";

Discography Albums +List of studio albums, with release date and label shown Title Details Peach Released: 2 October 2015 Label: Debt Records The Corner of a Sphere Released: 4 May 2018 Label: Lost Map Records To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1 Released: 28 February 2020 Label: International Anthem I Was Not Sleeping(with Danalogue) Released: 20 November 2020 Label: Total Refreshment Records Gold – Go Forward in the Courage of Your Love Released: 1 April 2022 Label: International Anthem Come with Fierce Grace Released: 8 September 2023 Label: International Anthem A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole Released: 7 March 2025 Label: International Anthem

Extended plays +List of EPs, with release date and label shown Title Details Visit Croatia Released: 20 July 2020 Label: International Anthem