MEMORA8ILIA

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Pripyat by Marina Herlop

❝ Marina Herlop is often described as a pianist, a lingering remnant of her classical training. But what strikes the listener on Herlop’s breakout track miu is the intricate trickery of her voice, tracing rhythmical clusters around the subtlest of musical beds, in a technique inspired by Carnatic music of Southern India. […] Kaddisch is a spectral torch song rendered in emotional 3D by Herlop’s gorgeous voice; ubuntu has a feeling of deep longing and lingering sorrow; and shaolin mantis is like a pop song refracted through disorienting production effects and percussive vocal cut ups. Pripyat is the perfect combination of computer production trickery and intimate emotional release. ❞ *

https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/05/25/marina-herlop-abans-abans-marina-herlop-is/

A Memory, Blown out by Madeleine Cocolas

❝ ‘A Memory, Blown Out’ explores the vaporous world of shifting memories. I recorded a vocal track nearly ten years ago when I was living in Seattle that has always stuck with me, yet never really found its place. I re-visited the track more recently and manipulated it, playing around with octaves and pitch, making it hazy and fluid, like a dream you couldn’t quite pin down. ‘A Memory, Blown Out’ was born and exists as an altered version of memories from ten years ago. ❞ *

I’m presently reading The Memory Police so the theme of fading memories is rattling around my headspace.

https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/05/24/madeleine-cocolas-a-memory-blown-out-a/

Tools by Giuseppe Ielasi

❝ With a title such as Tools, Ielasi has set no preconceptions or metaphors with his music except for the idea to make an experimental (and somewhat ironic) play on the traditional “DJ-tools” type of record that contains building blocks to allow a DJ to layer and combine with other records. In Ielasi’s case, however, the twist is in the fact that these tracks, despite being simple and stark, are complex, captivating structures and explorations of physical objects, composed in a way that is becoming signature Ielasi, that becomes perfect experimental music for hazy summertime listening. ❞ *

This album as well, as Giuseppe Ielasi’s Five Wooden Frames, Aix, and August are ‘name your price’ on Bandcamp for the week. These albums, as well as the previously posted ones from Minamo, are temporarily discounted to commemorate the impending new releases from both on the terrific 12k label. If you’re in need of experimental music that can double as chill out/work/study vibes then look no further.

https://memora8ilia.com/index.php/2022/05/17/giuseppe-ielasi-rubber-band-with-a-title-such/