Day 36: April 23 - Community Spread, Vol. 2
Music from Bandcamp artists. Remember, you can support them by buying their music off Bandcamp.
Lido Pimienta - Eso Que Tu Haces
Colombian Candian singer-songwriter Lido Pimienta exists at the intersection of pop, electronica, and traditional Colombian music. Eso Que Tu Haces is about coming to terms with a partner who is fighting with themselves. This tune features some tasteful and superbly designed electronics paired with Pimienta’s buttery vocals over that kind of beat that just feels like sand, like it’s slipping right out of your fingers. This whole album is amazing, definitely worth a check out.
James Brady - Duo Dances: XIII. Ficta
London composer James Brady’s compositions mix classical and jazz with refined craftsmanship. That’s evident in this track from his collection of miniatures for violin duo, Duo Dances. Ficta seems to refer the practice of musica ficta, which was a Renaissance music practice of altering notes chromatically. You can hear that in how slippery the harmonic language, sliding in and out of dissonances. Yet, the underlying dance remains throughout. This is a delightful and charming piece, as is the rest of the set. Performed here by the violin duo Mainly Two.
Eric Kenneth Malcolm Clark - Ekpyrotic: Layerings IV
Canadian composer and violinist Eric Kenneth Malcolm Clark brings us fragile, layered, oddball gorgeousness. Particle-like fragments of plucked cello and vocal loops build into stunning textures. The drippiness of the vocals lends this tune an almost ritualistic atmosphere. Played by cellist Hannah Addario-Berry, whose album contains the also magnificent Sonata by Kodaly.
Fujji - Runswick
I don’t have that much info about who FUJII is, but I do know they bring some fire glitchy electronic music. This digital banger features a deafeningly sick bassline and some tasty samples. Absolutely moody angst-bop.
James Banner - The Whitewashed Wall
Despite of everything else, Quarantine has brought the best out of many creatives (HINTHINT LOOK AT THIS WHOLE QUARANTUNES THING!). Vocalist Stephanie Lamprea asked a number of composers to write her short pieces while stuck at home. The resulting album is a gem, but English composer James Banner brings a playful setting of three Thomas Hardy poems. These tunes are light, manic, virtuosic, and full of twists and turns. A delight from within this delightles time. Performed and recorded by Stephanie Lamprea.