Songs for EP No. 4
I'm currently working on Ba.Ren.Chi's fourth compilation, which currently has a projected seven pieces on it. Two are out. The image of the trees is just me thinking -- a pic I took in California many years ago.
The first, "Attendendo," is something I wrote rather quickly in December 2022, waiting/expecting the new year, which is reflected in the title. It's rather mellow, but the syncopation keeps things moving.
Listen to Attendendo on SoundCloud, Jamendo.
The other, "Oh Say Can You," is a bit of a departure for me, as it has lyrics and is probably more like rock than anything else I've written. Sort of Queen meets Zap Mama meets Chicago Transit Authority, with some mean lyrics inspired by Walt Whitman, and Barack Obama, and George Floyd.
Listen to Oh Say Can You on Spotify, SoundCloud, iTunes, Apple Music, Jamendo, YouTube Music, Amazon Music Streaming
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This third album was born in lockdown, with Kaitou, a piece I worked through over two winters, looking out at the snow and ice, wondering what it would be like when it all melted and we came out again.
Would we come out again? We would, I knew, and the piece reflects that determination, the implacable spring thaw. Spring itself would follow, a mad chase of the rivulets everywhere, falling, which is Cadendo. And then a stroll, a strut, through the park because spring and you gotta.
Some happy Exi Maxi, which feels a lot like summer, and finally a little excess in seven, or nana, and why not make a mambo by then, so, yes, the Nana Mambo to take us out.
Track 1. Kaitou: Ice melts away after the winter lockdown, giving way to spring, determined, playful, and wondrous.
Track 2. Cadendo: Racing rivulets, falling spring rain.
Track 3. Prelude and Strut: Prelude takes up the previous and sets up the provius, then strut forward with some attitude.
Track 4. Exi Maxi: Driving ahead in six, which is exi in Greek, so more exi makes it maxi exi. Feels a bit like summer.
Track 5. Nana Mambo: Odd times keep this one fresh and moving, mostly in seven, which accounts for the nana, but it also makes you want to move, which accounts for the mambo. Plus this one had to go last cause of the big finish, which surprised me.
