Poppy Ackroyd - Resolve (2018)
Poppy Ackroyd - Resolve (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 233 MB | Front cover
Genre: Modern Classical, Electronic | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: One Little Indian Records
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 233 MB | Front cover
Genre: Modern Classical, Electronic | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: One Little Indian Records
On February 2nd 2018, Poppy Ackroyd releases her first full-length album with One Little Indian Records, Resolve. A classically trained pianist, violinist, producer, and composer, Ackroyd turned heads in the neo-classical world with her previous works Escapement and Feathers, as well as her involvement in Hidden Orchestra (Tru Thoughts). Having played alongside giants of the genre, Hauschka and Nils Frahm, the unique musician has returned, fresh off the back of a mini-album Sketches, and set to release her brand new self-produced full-length record - her most ambitious and progressive piece of work to date.Tracklist:
Ackroyd plays a combination of both upright and grand piano, and even plays the inside of the instrument using fingers, drumsticks and plectrums - and then arranges and multi-tracks the resulting sounds. The artist employed the same technique to record herself playing violin, pianino, harmonium and spinet, as well as record other musicians who played cello, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet and hang.
Although a keen collaborator outside of her solo work - having created soundtracks for film, dance, physical theatre and radio - this is the first record for which Poppy has written for and employed other players, including Manu Delago (Bjork, Cinematic Orchestra, Anoushka Shankar) playing hang, Mike Lesirge (Bonobo, Andreya Triana) playing clarinets and flute, and Jo Quail on cello.
Through studying contemporary classical piano works and listening to electronic music, Ackroyd quickly developed her signature compositional style on previous albums, using contemporary pianistic ideas whilst also inhabiting the world of sound beyond the keyboard, using extended techniques to 'play' other parts of the instruments as well. The intelligent artist works by recording improvised contemporary classical piano motifs and then rearranging and manipulating these sounds digitally. The result is a fantastic fusion of acoustic and electronic in a post-classical setting.
01. Paper
02. Light
03. The Calm Before
04. Resolve
05. Quail
06. The Dream
07. Time
08. Luna
09. Stems
10. Trains
Total time: 47:34
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