#4181: Between Art and Pop Song
Hear music from the musical netherworld between art song and pop song with works by Alev Lenz with Roomful of Teeth, Julia Holter, Berlin’s Barbara Morgenstern, and ANOHNI.
Sample music by Los Angeles-based composer, Julia Holter, from her excellent new record, Aviary, titled to refer to the music’s internal conversations, which roughly evoke birdsong. (Tiny Mixtapes) Holter has been finding the beautiful in the terrible madness of the political climate since 2016. Listen to her chamber-pop augmented by electronics creation, “Voce Simul,” sung in both Latin and English.
Listen also to music by German singer and composer Alev Lenz who recently had a song, “Fall Into Me,” placed in the TV series, Black Mirror. A few months later, Roomful of Teeth were so taken with the song that they performed an arrangement as an encore work. The vocal octet and the composer connected and now have recorded new material together. Hear a world premiere of music from that record, 3, which has not yet been released.
Then hear voice paired with a choir of saxophones, in music by Berlin-based electro-pop icon, Barbara Morgenstern. In her piece, “Teil 1 oder Teil 2” she creates a 12-piece sax orchestra with electronics, feat. Sax player and composer Christian Biegai. Also, hear music from Norwegian trio Building Instrument who are singer Mari Kvien Brunvoll who plays electronics and zither, drummer Øyvind Hegg-Lunde and synth and electronics musician Åsmund Weltzien.
There’s also brand new music from My Brightest Diamond, aka vocalist and composer Shara Nova, from her record, A Million And One. Also, listen to music by Björk featuring ANOHNI, “Atom Dance,” from her her gorgeous and riveting record, Vulnicura. Then, there's one of ANOHNI’s older tunes (back when she was known as Antony), “Hope There's Someone.” Plus, hear music by Shara Nova for the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, featuring ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble), and more. - Caryn Havlik
ARTIST: Building Instrument
WORK: Ta Regnet [1:00]
RECORDING: Mangelen Min
SOURCE: HUBRO Music HUBROCD2608
INFO: hubromusic.com
ARTIST: Julia Holter
WORK: Voce Simul [6:37]
RECORDING: Aviary
SOURCE: Domino Records
INFO: juliaholter.dominomart.com
ARTIST: My Brightest Diamond
WORK: Another Chance
RECORDING: A Million And One
SOURCE/INFO: mybrightestdiamond.bigcartel.com
ARTIST: Alev Lenz with Roomful of Teeth
WORK: Alev Lenz : May the Angels
RECORDING: 3
SOURCE: Not yet released
INFO: info@alevlenz.com
ARTIST: Barbara Morgenstern with Christian Biegai
WORK: Teil 1 oder Teil 2 [7:37]
RECORDING: Unschuld und Verwüstung
SOURCE: Fish Prints Inc
INFO: fishprintsinc.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Building Instrument
WORK: Ta Regnet [6:50]
RECORDING: Mangelen Min
SOURCE: HUBRO Music HUBROCD2608
INFO: hubromusic.com
ARTIST: Björk (ft. ANOHNI)
WORK: Atom Dance [8:10]
RECORDING: Vulnicura
SOURCE: One Little Indian - #TPLP 1231CD
INFO: indian.co.uk
ARTIST: Antony and the Johnsons
WORK: Hope There's Someone [4:21]
RECORDING: I am a bird Now
SOURCE: Secretly Canadian #105
INFO: secretlycanadian.com
ARTIST: Brooklyn Youth Chorus and ICE
WORK: Shara Nova: Let Freedom Ring
RECORDING: Silent Voices
SOURCE: New Amsterdam NEWAM 105
INFO: brooklynyouthchorus.org
