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Moody Alien

Nations Of I (LP)

Label: Thirsty Leaves Music

Format: LP

Genre: Experimental

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€22.90
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*2024 stock. 250 copies limited edition* The music on this album sprang out of my work for the Magam project and consists of 3 suites –2 of which have, in earlier stages, been used for a butoh and a dance performance respectively– that cover the distance from aleatoric to improvised to composed music... What I like most about it is its playfulness.

The album title was initially inspired by Kurt Vonnegut's concept of "a nation of two" (in "Mother Night", 1962):
“[...] 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 –𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘸𝘰.”
“𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 –𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘸𝘰. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦, 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦, 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯.” 

Details
Cat. number: TLM028
Year: 2021
Notes:
The digital album includes a bonus 10th track, "Of Waters and Winds".