Tahni Handal - Sweetspot - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

?Ravel composed his Piano Trio M67 just before enlisting voluntarily in the First World War. Inspired by the Basque country and it's zortziko dance, the Trio ends with a sombre, almost anguished fourth movement. A mood inspired by the impending war? In his Piano Trio No.2, op.67, Shostakovich too is affected by the horrors of war and the death of a close friend. For the first time in the Russian composer's output, we hear a Jewish theme, a danse macabre echoing the terrible events of the time. Another point in common between the two works is that both include a passacaglia. For the Busch Trio, it was self-evident that these two heart-rending works should be brought together on the same album.

Halima's debut album SWEET TOOTH is a bold declaration of power from an undeniable talent. Seductive, restless, and deeply assured, the record unspools like a night in motion. In the afterglow of her 2024 EP on drink sum wtr, praised by Clash Magazine, The Fader, BBC Radio, and others, the Brooklyn-based, UK/Nigerian musician solidifies her sound and expands it tenfold. If EXU was a spark, SWEET TOOTH is the full burn. Not so much genre-less as Inchgenre-fullInch; the album spans a bright, rich world where club bangers meet deep ballads in a striking, fully-formed hybrid of honeyed Afro-pop and scorched R&B. Across it's eleven tracks, Halima maps the push-pull of desire, transformation, and emotional reckoning. InchSweetness on my terms,Inch she offers a mantra for reclaiming softness without surrendering strength. InchThe album is about the journey to reclaim one's self amidst the chaos of life and ultimately acts as a love letter to the pleasures and pain of these human pursuits.Inch While SWEET TOOTH declares Halima's artistic arrival, she calls it an epilogue, a reflection on past behaviors and lessons learned. InchAm I the person that I wanted to grow into becoming? I think so. I've given myself permission to be free of those things. To be bold. To take up space.InchWhat began as a series of sketches - written in the margins of EXU's more structured sessions - slowly revealed a larger, more thrilling story. InchI wasn't trying to construct a narrative,Inch Halima explains. InchI was just writing whatever felt good.Inch But the connective tissue was always there late nights, heartbreaks, full-time jobs, stolen moments - the in-between of becoming. InchThese songs carry three to four years of my life,Inch she says. InchAnd hearing them together as a whole, kind of feels like blowing the lid off.Inch Halima co-produced SWEET TOOTH with a sharp range of producers,

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