Katie Pruitt - Mantras - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Charismatic, enigmatic, and absolutely outstanding, singer Elena Alice Fossi, who is best known for her work with Italian electro-trailblazers KIRLIAN CAMERA, presents InchModernismInch, the fifth album of her eclectic project SPECTRA*Paris. InchModernismInch is transfiguring electronic music through the prism of Elena's voice and several collaborations with other musicians into a beautiful kaleidoscope of stylistic colours ranging from EBM, future pop, dark electronic, art pop, and various influences more. Among the artists that gladly followed Elena's call are KIRLIAN CAMERA mastermind ANGELO BERGAMINI, PROJECT PITCHFORK, SEASURFER, legendary producer JOHN FRYER, who worked with DEPECHE MODE and NINE INCH NAILS alongside many others, JOHN ROX & OXYDION, African singer-songwriter FAKEBA, and guitarist and producer MICHAEL CIRAVOLO (BEAUTY IN CHAOS, HUMAN DRAMA). InchModernismInch in a way is a musical child that was born out of the isolation that was imposed on Northern Italy during the pandemic. Elena trapped into the SPECTRA*Paris songs all the notes that absorb her fears, her astonishment, and her sense of confusion into what she calls Incha weird concoction of melancholy and rhythmInch. Her music is complemented and underlined by the beautiful artwork that accompanies this album. SPECTRA*Paris was conceived as an electronic rock oriented project in the wake Elena's previous project SIDERARTICA. In 2007 she self-released the ultra-rare promo 3Inch CD-R limited to 25 copies InchSpectra Murder ShowInch and immediately got picked-up by a tag, which led to the acclaimed first album InchDead Models Society (Young Ladies Homicide Club)Inch hitting the streets in the same year. The debut reached the charts in many countries and went up to gold. Elena followed-up with two successful albums in 2010, InchLicense to KillInch and InchChristmas GhoulsInch. Tracks from these re

On her fourth album, west coast artist Jessica Pratt expands the scope of her artistry, placing her sharpest songs to date within an ever-broadening pool of influences including spectral '60s pop, Hollywood psychedelia and bossa nova. Whereas Pratt's 2019 record, Quiet Signs, floated elegantly in the ether, Here in the Pitch is entrenched in more earthen characteristics, as the title suggests, and her craft is emboldened with a newfound gravitas. Album Tracks 1. Life Is 2. Better Hate 3. World on a String 4. Get Your Head Out 5. By Hook or By Crook 6. Nowhere It Was 7. Empires Never Know 8. Glances 9. The Last Year

Katie Crutchfield's southern roots are undeniable. The name of her solo musical project Waxahatchee comes from a creek not far from her childhood home in Alabama and seems to represent both where she came from and where she's going. Waxahatchee's latest record, Ivy Tripp, drifts confidently from it's predecessors and brings forth a more informed and powerful recognition of where Crutchfield has currently found herself. The lament and grieving for her youth seem to have been replaced with control and sheer self-honesty. InchMy life has changed a lot in the last two years, and it's been hard for me to process my feelings other than by writing songs,Inch says Crutchfield. InchI think a running theme [of Ivy Tripp] is steadying yourself on shaky ground and reminding yourself that you have control in situations that seem overwhelming, or just being cognizant in moments of deep confusion or sadness, and learning to really feel emotions and to grow from that.Inch Recorded and engineered by Kyle Gilbride of Wherever Audio at Crutchfield's home on New York's Long Island - with drums recorded in the gym of a local elementary school - Ivy Tripp presents a more developed and aged version of Waxahatchee. InchThe title Ivy Tripp is really just a term I made up for directionless-ness, specifically of the 20-something, 30-something, 40-something of today, lacking regard for the complaisant life path of our parents and grandparents. I have thought of it like this [Waxahatchee's last album] Cerulean Salt is a solid and Ivy Tripp is a gas.Inch Album Tracks 1. Breathless 2. Under a Rock 3. Poison 4. La Loose 5. Stale By Noon 6. The Dirt 7. Blue 8. Air 9. < 10. Grey Hair 11. Summer of Love 12. Half Moon 13. Bonfire