AVAWAVES
IL DUO CONTEMPORANEO AFFASCINANTE ED EVOCATIVO,
PUBBLICA OGGI ‘LUCID DREAMING’
IL PRIMO SINGOLO TRATTO DA ‘CHRYSALIS’,
IL NUOVO ALBUM IN ARRIVO L’8 OTTOBRE
(One Little Independent Records – Bertus)
stream new single ‘Lucid Dreaming’
“Beautiful” – Mary Anne Hobbs (BBC 6Music)
“Distinctive shimmering sound… so gorgeous” – Elizabeth Alker (BBC Radio 3)
‘Chrysalis’ is coloured with a poignant sense of awe and wonder, evoking a universe of AVAWAVES, celebrating the magic of nature, imagination and the power of dreams.
AVAWAVES – l’affascinante progetto composto dalla violinista Anna Phoebe e dalla pianista Aisling Brouwer – pubblica oggi ‘Lucid Dreaming‘, il nuovo singolo tratto da ‘Chrysalis‘, il disco in arrivo l’8 ottobre. Evocative ed emozionanti, in grado di creare brani dal forte impatto emotivo, AVAWAVES sono pronte a tornare con il secondo album, scritto e registrato durante la pandemia.
‘Lucid Dreaming‘ è il loro grido astrale per la connettività: registrato a distanza nella completa oscurità, è stata l’occasione, per le due artiste, di immaginare la reciproca presenza nel modo più vivido possibile.
Sublime e celestiale, ‘Chrysalis’ sovrappone magistralmente chiavi eteree su archi gonfi e synth pulsanti, in una serie di epiche euforie e di un’armonia naturale e senza sforzo. L’audace tavolozza espressiva rivela l’influenza di artisti surrealisti come Katharina Grosse e Hilma af Klint, così come i film che modellano i loro mondi, come ‘A Trip to the Moon’ di Georges Méliès’. ‘Chrysalis’ trabocca di energia e luce, illuminando il potere del sogno.
“We created the idea of the Chrysalis, which is a heightened dream-like utopia. When you listen to the album you enter the imagined state of AVAWAVES. In 2020 as we wrote and recorded our album from two different countries, creating this space was more important than ever against the backdrop of isolation and working remotely. Each of the pieces are made within this chrysalis. The feeling we want is that through the music, people can enter this immersive world and come out in a renewed and altered state, drawing strength from the music, energised by nature’s empowering resilience” – AVAWAVES.
Note su AVAWAVES
AVAWAVES are also composing an original score for Savage Waters, a feature documentary about a mission to find and surf a spectacular big wave in the Atlantic Ocean. It follows renowned skipper Matt Knight, who teams up with world-class big wave surfer Andrew Cotton to adventure into the most dangerous waters of the Atlantic. Their journey is inspired by a passage in a 19th century treasure hunter’s journal. Joined by family and friends, the pair are faced with life-threatening challenges on their quest. It’s directed by Mikey Corker (Beneath The Surface), produced by Ghislaine Couvillat (Girls Can’t Surf) of Whipped Sea and edited by Emmy winner Jordan Montminy (The 8th), with story consultation from BAFTA-winning Nic Guttridge (The Spy Who Fell To Earth).
Anna Phoebe is a composer and violinist who has recorded and toured throughout the world with multi-platinum selling bands, as well as collaborations with the European Space Agency, Royal Ballet School and Cancer Research. Aisling Brouwer is a film composer and producer who scored the BIFA-nominated anti-racist feature White Riot and is currently writing the soundtrack to ‘Lioness’ – a film directed by Helena Coan about British boxing champion Nicola Adams. She has also worked on campaigns for United Nations and Dior.
Coming from mixed European backgrounds (Anna Phoebe is German/Greek/Irish and Aisling Brouwer is Dutch/Irish) and having each grown up moving around multiple countries, they met for the first time in London in 2015.
AVAWAVES will play Royal Albert Hall in November as part of Nitin Sawhney’s ‘Journeys: 150 Years of Immigration’ and they recently performed for award-winning podcast The Guilty Feminist.
