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Diagrams may be an unfamiliar name, but the voice will be instantly recognisable: this is the new project of Sam Genders, former co-frontman and songwriter of experimental folkies Tunng.
A solo project of sorts, Diagrams sees Genders working with a rolling cast of collaborators including Danyal Dhondy (string arrangements), Laura Hocking (vocals), Hannah Peel (backing vocals and trombone) and drummers Matt McKenzie and Tom Marsh. Live it expands to an all conquering nine-piece who made their debut to an ecstatically full tent at this year’s End Of The Road festival. It’s named Diagrams for the defining sound of clean, sharp production and programming Genders has cooked up with co-producer Mark Brydon. “I feel like this music is less lo-fi than the music I’ve made in the past,” says Genders. “It’s quite precise and angular in places, so Diagrams felt perfect.” That idea extends to Diagrams’s visual side too: graphic artist Chrissie Abbott has created Flatland-inspired imagery incorporating clean lines and polygons.
The title, Black Light, sums up Genders’s experience: “I like the idea that good and bad or dark and light aren’t always so clear. Sometimes the most difficult experiences can lead to the best things in life. Life is full of good and bad, dark and light. That’s just how it is.”
A solo project of sorts, Diagrams sees Genders working with a rolling cast of collaborators including Danyal Dhondy (string arrangements), Laura Hocking (vocals), Hannah Peel (backing vocals and trombone) and drummers Matt McKenzie and Tom Marsh. Live it expands to an all conquering nine-piece who made their debut to an ecstatically full tent at this year’s End Of The Road festival. It’s named Diagrams for the defining sound of clean, sharp production and programming Genders has cooked up with co-producer Mark Brydon. “I feel like this music is less lo-fi than the music I’ve made in the past,” says Genders. “It’s quite precise and angular in places, so Diagrams felt perfect.” That idea extends to Diagrams’s visual side too: graphic artist Chrissie Abbott has created Flatland-inspired imagery incorporating clean lines and polygons.
The title, Black Light, sums up Genders’s experience: “I like the idea that good and bad or dark and light aren’t always so clear. Sometimes the most difficult experiences can lead to the best things in life. Life is full of good and bad, dark and light. That’s just how it is.”
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Trademark88 wrote:
voice is a bit like tv on the radio [2] yes and it is pleasant
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starrise wrote:
I agree. I also thought Gruff Rhys is singing...
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theneongreen wrote:
I really like his album and looking forward to seeing him next month. Anyone else think his voice is really similar to Gruff Rhys, particularly on the song 'Antelope'?
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RedjMusic wrote:
really awesome
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madboy wrote:
excellent music
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kirollan wrote:
not bad, very good
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frigidaire747 wrote:
nice voice
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El_Salvador7 wrote:
Love at first listen! I like the title track the most...
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tholynski wrote:
The album is absolutely superb
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milann89 wrote:
Something old, something new.
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FR3AKMAN wrote:
i love love love it so much.
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IsNotPop wrote:
New Album: Black Light http://www.isnotpop.com/2012/01/album-black-light-por-diagrams.html
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ajablagargala wrote:
A bit reminiscent of Engineers.
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brandonpgarcia wrote:
Ghost Lit & Night All Night
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Cybershots wrote:
voice is a bit like tv on the radio
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Deegobos wrote:
ghost lit >
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Cynthiasaurus wrote:
Rad.
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DCozmonaut wrote:
The Ep is pure gold.
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nigeyb wrote:
Diagrams @ End of the Road Festival 2011: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nigeyb/sets/72157627615336094/
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BlueStar76 wrote:
Awesome Ballonage and sounds at EOTR! Amazing gig :D
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