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releases May 10, 2024
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Along with the digital release of their fourth EP with LEITER, ‘Answers’, the multi-disciplinary American composer and performer Holland Andrews shares a limited edition vinyl containing all new music plus the previously released four-track collection ‘Doubtless’.
‘Doubtless’ – out in 2022 – was informed by a string of various residencies, among them sessions at LEITER’s studio within Berlin’s celebrated Funkhaus complex, where Nils Frahm contributed to the lead single ‘Rules’.
Includes digital pre-order of Answers.
You get 2 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
‘Answers’ is the latest release from the composer, producer, vocalist, and clarinetist Holland Andrews. This is the fourth and final release in a series of EPs Andrews began releasing in 2021, including ‘Wordless’, ‘Forgettings’, and ‘Doubtless’.
From the opening track ‘Wonder’, the new collection opens with Andrews conjuring of a vast magical soundscape, where glittering ambient textures erupt into pulsating crescendos of dissonance. Andrews possesses a unique set of musical skills, which are deftly melded throughout the EP. ‘Aura’ offers a notable example, as Andrews’ operatic vocals and clarinet merge into a luminescent wash of electronic sound.
Andrews’ music evades easy categorization, evoking strands of contemporary classical, ambient, electronic, and experimental music. “Where do I belong? That's tricky for me.” Andrews says. “I have this voracious quality of just wanting to keep playing and keep exploring.” Like their past collaborators Son Lux, Nils Frahm, Darian Donovan Thomas, William Brittelle, and Christina Vantzou, Andrews has found a home at the nexus point of diverging sounds.
Along with the digital release of ‘Answers’, Holland also shares a limited edition vinyl containing all new music plus the previously released four-track collection ‘Doubtless’.
credits
releases May 10, 2024
All music written and produced by Holland Andrews
Additional production on "Why" by Bon Music Vision.
"Wonder" mixed by Bon Music Vision, all other tracks mixed by Holland Andrews.
Mastered by Zino Mikorey, vinyl cut by Andreas Kauffelt at Schnittstelle.
All tracks published by Third Side Music (SOCAN) o/b/o Bast Press (ASCAP). Bon Music Vision published by Bucks Music Group Ltd. and Warp Publishing.
Cover artwork by Taylor M. Ross. Design by Studio Torsten Posselt.
Special thanks to various supporters of this music: National Black Theater, Guild Hall, Shahzad Ismaily, Wally De Backer, Aaron Rosenberg, Figure8, Forgotten Futures, Nils Frahm, Leiter Studio at Funkhaus Berlin, Baryshnikov Arts Center, David Riley, VCU, Nadine and Tom Michelberger, Michael Kaufmann.
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