PRESS RELEASE: NOW AVAILABLE: yMusic's "...which enables us to fly"
NOW AVAILABLE:
yMusic's
...which enables us to fly
available exclusively through
New Amsterdam’s Bandcamp Subscription
as part of new Windmill Series
...which enables us to fly is a two track digital release from yMusic consisting of a 20-minute work by Marcos Balter and a 30-minute long film about the creation of the work.
In 2015, the chamber ensemble yMusic conceived of a collaborative dance project with New York Live Arts, choreographer Bill T. Jones' "internationally recognized destination for innovative movement-based artistry.” For this project, and in response to a prompt by Jones himself, composer Marcos Balter penned a sonic exploration of the concept of ‘home’ which was choreographed by two different artists, the august Bill T Jones and the ebullient Dianne McIntyre,both living legends.
The first track of this release is an audio recording of Marcos Balter's complete score. The second track contains the film, which details the creation and performance of the piece, including Bill T. Jones coming out of retirement to dance for the first time in public in 9 years.
The record is available exclusively through New Amsterdam’s Bandcamp subscription as part of the Windmill Series, a digitally-focused set of releases for subscribers in addition to our existing release schedule. Subscribe today to receive the album which will be released on all other platforms on July 12, 2019.
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Tracklist:
1. We Carry Our Homes Within Us
2. Which Enables Us To Fly (watch a promo for the film here)
Track 1: We Carry Our Homes Within Us
Composed by Marcos Balter
Performed by yMusic
Track 2: Which Enables Us To Fly (documentary)
Directed by Meade Bernard
Produced by Nadia Sirota and yMusic
yMusic is:
Rob Moose, violin, voice
Nadia Sirota, viola, voice
Gabriel Cabezas, cello, voice
Hideaki Aomori, clarinet
Alex Sopp, flute, voice
CJ Camerieri, trumpet, voice
Artwork by Alex Sopp
yMusic
About the Windmill Series
The Windmill Series is a new digitally-focused set of releases made available to New Amsterdam subscribers in addition to our existing release schedule. After a subscription exclusivity period, Windmill Series releases are available digitally worldwide.
...which enables us to fly is the tenth album released in the Windmill Series, which was launched in June 2018.
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