€34,00
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why we love this
Wavelengths fall in and out of sync, unveiling the resonant vibrations within nature’s asymmetries, while seemingly disparate polygons teeter on the brink of falling, swaying gently until finding their center of gravity. This record isn’t afraid to get tumultuous, and that makes its periods of release all the more cathartic.
about the record
On rare occasions, all the stars align. This is how it was when composer-musician and instrument-maker Bex Burch jumped into her car and drove eight hours across Europe to Utrecht in November 2021. “Mostly life isn’t like that,” she says. “We’re here to figure things out and struggle. But occasionally things just fall into place. Sometimes the world is magical.”
The car trip began in Berlin, where she was living after a long stint in London, where she’d made her name in the layers that exist between jazz and improvised experimentalism. The journey ended at Le Guess Who? Festival and an invitation from International Anthem’s Alejandro Ayala. Or perhaps it ended in a ground floor studio in Chicago’s South Side with light streaming through a skylight onto her newly-finished wooden xylophone and a stream of musicians selected by International Anthem’s Scottie McNiece and Dave Vettraino. Or maybe, like a wave travelling across the ocean, the travels continued until Bex Burch finally finished editing 32 days of exceptionally tender improvised recording sessions into the forty gossamer minutes of this stunning debut solo record, which oscillates between modes of quiet open-heartedness and powerful expression.
- 1 - Dawn blessings 4:50
- 2 - If I was you, I'd be doing exactly the same 5:26
- 3 - Don't go back to sleep 2:42
- 4 - Fruit smoothie with peanut butter 1:24
- 5 - Pardieu 2:03
- 6 - Start before you're ready 2:20
- 7 - You thought you were free? 4:50
- 8 - "Joy is not meant to be a crumb" 2:08
- 9 - On falling 2:47
- 10 - Follow me, I make you happy 3:49
- 11 - This is the sound of one voice 3:36
- 12 - When love begins 2:47
€34,00
in stock
- 1 - Dawn blessings 4:50
- 2 - If I was you, I'd be doing exactly the same 5:26
- 3 - Don't go back to sleep 2:42
- 4 - Fruit smoothie with peanut butter 1:24
- 5 - Pardieu 2:03
- 6 - Start before you're ready 2:20
- 7 - You thought you were free? 4:50
- 8 - "Joy is not meant to be a crumb" 2:08
- 9 - On falling 2:47
- 10 - Follow me, I make you happy 3:49
- 11 - This is the sound of one voice 3:36
- 12 - When love begins 2:47
why we love this
Wavelengths fall in and out of sync, unveiling the resonant vibrations within nature’s asymmetries, while seemingly disparate polygons teeter on the brink of falling, swaying gently until finding their center of gravity. This record isn’t afraid to get tumultuous, and that makes its periods of release all the more cathartic.
about the record
On rare occasions, all the stars align. This is how it was when composer-musician and instrument-maker Bex Burch jumped into her car and drove eight hours across Europe to Utrecht in November 2021. “Mostly life isn’t like that,” she says. “We’re here to figure things out and struggle. But occasionally things just fall into place. Sometimes the world is magical.”
The car trip began in Berlin, where she was living after a long stint in London, where she’d made her name in the layers that exist between jazz and improvised experimentalism. The journey ended at Le Guess Who? Festival and an invitation from International Anthem’s Alejandro Ayala. Or perhaps it ended in a ground floor studio in Chicago’s South Side with light streaming through a skylight onto her newly-finished wooden xylophone and a stream of musicians selected by International Anthem’s Scottie McNiece and Dave Vettraino. Or maybe, like a wave travelling across the ocean, the travels continued until Bex Burch finally finished editing 32 days of exceptionally tender improvised recording sessions into the forty gossamer minutes of this stunning debut solo record, which oscillates between modes of quiet open-heartedness and powerful expression.
