Minaxi // Lazuleen LP [COLOR]

アメリカ・NYのオルタナロックバンドMinaxiが、2022年6月にドイツのネオクラシカル〜フォークレーベルOscarsonからリリースしたレコードです。

シューゲイズ〜ドリームポップ16曲を収録。DLコード付属。 青盤です。

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Includes DL code. Pressed on 12" blue vinyl. Includes 36-page booklet containing the lyrics, artwork, liner notes, photography and credits.

Tracklist:

1. Hey 02:16
2. Mother 04:58
3. The Deep Blue Sea Conveys Your Love 04:37
4. Minaxi (feat. Theadora Curtis) - Adore 03:35
5. Manchala 04:22
6. Lost In The Water 04:34
7. Orchid 03:20
8. Reese 04:58
9. Minaxi (feat. Theadora Curtis) - Alive I Feel When I Look In Your Eyes 04:44
10. August 03:37
11. Minaxi (feat. Sunny Jain, Alison Shearer and Luke Santy) - Phir Manchala 04:34
12. Dua 01:34
13. Free Me 02:46
14. Adore (LUKEINTERNET Remix) 03:15
15. Orchid (Acoustic Demo) 03:41
16. The Deep Blue Sea Conveys Your Love (Simon Scott “Modular” Remix / LP Version) 13:28

Oscarson:

" If this is your first introduction to Minaxi's music, a "sonic buffet" is the simplest way of describing the band's sound. Operating with the rock motifs of guitars, bass, drums and voice, aided by the auxiliary instrumentation featuring the tabla, sitar and electronics, the members in Minaxi design distinct atmospheres in their compositions. As such, the sound encompasses elements from the genres of shoegazing, dream pop, noise rock, sufi, Indian classical music, ambient and techno music.

For "Lazuleen", Minaxi's second studio album, the band begins with this sonic palette and launches it into different trajectories. Thematically, the album is a conversation between life and the world it inhabits. Emotionally, the songs are about love, death, beauty, freedom and nostalgia for one's home. These are addressed to the oceans, skies, trees and winds through the lens of the lazuli bunting, the blue songbird. Fluent in English and Hindi, this particular songbird sings the story via the narrative of eleven A-sides and a handful of B-sides and remixes...

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The writing/recording process for "Lazuleen" began in June 2019 and was completed in August 2021. The drums were recorded live in January 2021 at The Bunker studio in Brooklyn by Todd Carder. The performances were accomplished without the use of any metronome to retain the live energy of the band. This approach also highlighted the natural variation in the band's tempo proportional to the change in dynamics of the compositions. The subsequent overdubs were then performed and recorded by Minaxi at their practice space.

The album's execution is augmented by the collaborations of Minaxi's friends and guest musicians, Luke Santy and Theadora Curtis; saxophonist, Alison Shearer; composer, drummer and dhol player, Sunny Jain; and Simon Scott, a prolific ambient artist and the drummer in the legendary shoegaze/dream pop band, Slowdive."

Artist : Minaxi

Label : Oscarson