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Louisiana-bred, Brooklyn-based recording artist Julianna Barwick crafts ethereal, largely wordless soundscapes, all of which are built around multiple loops and layers of her angelic voice. Barwick, who credits a rural, church choir upbringing for her unique sound, begins most tracks with a single phrase or refrain, then uses a loop station and the occasional piano or percussive instrument to build the song into a swirling mass of lush, ambient folk. She released her first two collections of songs, the full-length Sanguine and the EP Florine, in 2009 and 2010, respectively, before issuing her Asthmatic Kitty debut, Magic Place, in 2011.
Lacking definable lyrics, Julianna’s songs create their own themes sonically and leave nameless emotional impressions. Julianna’s talents as a vocalist push most of the musical strength in the album, her choice of melodic vocal overdubs with vocal percussion is fascinating and dizzying. Some sounds become as indecipherable as the human voice. Comparable to Björk’s Medulla approach to end instrumentation, most of the tracks are all vocal based. Julianna’s all vocal album has less of a political method behind it as does Björk’s Medulla; it’s based more on her natural approach to songwriting: spontaneously improving and recording immediately. Many of the songs were written on the fly.
http://juliannabarwick.com/
Lacking definable lyrics, Julianna’s songs create their own themes sonically and leave nameless emotional impressions. Julianna’s talents as a vocalist push most of the musical strength in the album, her choice of melodic vocal overdubs with vocal percussion is fascinating and dizzying. Some sounds become as indecipherable as the human voice. Comparable to Björk’s Medulla approach to end instrumentation, most of the tracks are all vocal based. Julianna’s all vocal album has less of a political method behind it as does Björk’s Medulla; it’s based more on her natural approach to songwriting: spontaneously improving and recording immediately. Many of the songs were written on the fly.
http://juliannabarwick.com/
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ride_her wrote:
everything everyone's described below & more
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pagodpaig wrote:
Bob in your gait. this is one of my 2011 favorites. soporific, mysterious, cathartic. it's the music that made me appreciate nuances.
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MorningSuNN wrote:
This is a nice discovery !
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BrynnerFell wrote:
Your music conjures an aural guardian angel. Thankyou for being at FOMA. Please come back next year.
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DFHVN wrote:
awsm
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diegooMZ wrote:
This is like a rapt.
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Cinskiy wrote:
Your music has bestowed wings to me.
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Irenreinmerdok wrote:
like being in a church
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mcarey84 wrote:
like heaven.......
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onewomensshoe wrote:
i am glad she exists. http://www.ctzine.com/magic-and-ineffable-emotion-listening-to-bon-iver-and-julianna-barwick/
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kafeuri wrote:
prizewinning - роскошный трек
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jakobdorof wrote:
my go-to sleep music right now
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peburgess wrote:
The Magic Place is one of my 12 albums of the year - http://wp.me/p15szY-vQ - "Even without knowing that ‘the magic place’ was a secluded area beneath a tree on the Louisiana farmland of Barwick’s upbringing, her serene music evokes both nature and the kind of pure enchantment associated with childhood..."
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leechgatherer wrote:
Outrageously beautiful
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ankyvic wrote:
absolutely enthralling
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jack_rae wrote:
Perfect sound for winter
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pangloss82 wrote:
music please....
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KristianKriesel wrote:
Looking forward to seeing you in Australia.
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Raidanzoup wrote:
Incredibly good detox from all the extreme metal I've been on.
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teaisfortanner wrote:
Really great!
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