Angus Fairbairn, known professionally as Alabaster DePlume, is an English jazz musician, saxophonist, spoken word poet, composer, and activist.

[2] During his early 20s, he started a jam night with some friends in South Manchester, and adopted his stage name based on a "rude tirade" from a passing car yelling something that sounded like "Alabaster DePlume".

[3] While in London, Fairbairn started working at the Total Refreshment Centre, a Hackney-based recording studio, creative hub, and musical performance venue.

[2][3] At the Total Refreshment Centre, he would stage monthly improvisational gigs with different musicians under the name Peach,[2] which involved jazz music and spoken word poetry.

[3] Cy and Lee, to whom the title of the album refers, are two musicians with learning disabilities that Fairbairn befriended and composed music with during his work with Manchester charity Ordinary Lifestyles.