| Hong, Ah Young / A Breath Upwards |
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| Album: | A Breath Upwards | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Hong, Ah Young | Added: | Apr 2018 | |
| Label: | Innova Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2018-04-08 | Pull Date: | 2018-06-10 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Jun 3 | Apr 29 | Apr 22 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 29, 2018: | Hot Probs A Breath Upwards - 4 | 3. | Apr 20, 2018: | Old Fart at Play A Breath Upwards - 11 | |
| 2. | Apr 28, 2018: | Old Fart at Play A Breath Upwards - 8 | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2018-04-07 | ||
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Reviewed: 2018-03-07 Genre: General (X) FCCs: none Review: Music crashes in waves, then slides back & forth, constantly engaging and challenging the listener. Hong both sings & uses her voice like an additional instrument. There is a hint of electronics, but none are used If You Like: Penderecki, Xenakis, Hannah Addario-Berry Track Review (favorites denoted by*): *1/ Philomel (by Milton Babbitt) (18:57) – hard chord starts> midtempo off-kilter jam & song juxtaposing instruments with snatches of voice & sung vocals> slow fade Michael Hersh – A Breath Upwards 2/ l (1:46) – electronic-sounding start> slow & piercing with voice hitting really high registers> quick stop 3/ ll (2:29) – slow low register singing contrasts with viola, almost like a chant, with electronic overtones> quick stop 4/ lll (0:36) – trio create electronic sound *5/ lV (2:32) – trio leap up into high pitched song & fade> morphs into slow undulating song> fade *6/ V (3:07) – trio start> slow & dramatic, like the soundtrack for a horror movie> shrieks from Hong set the scene> quick stop 7/ Vl (2:40) – trio come in low & quiet, with almost pastoral singing> slow fade on strings 8/ Vll (1:05) – trio play slow with an electronic feel quick stop *9/ Vlll (4:47) – trio starts & stops in hesitating opening> trio leaps into midtempo jam with vocal interplay> quick stop 10/ lX (0:57) – trio starts low & slow & fades *11/ X (3:39) – dramatic chords from viola start> slow song with waves of music washing over & morph into electronic-sounding long drone notes with vocal overlay hitting the high registers> quick exit *12/ Xl (6:13) – trio starts low & slow with song sliding between low & high registers> sounds like the soundtrack to a Hitchcock thriller> mellows to low registers> slow fade 13/ Xll (1:57) – trio starts low & slow with ethereal vocal over the top> quick stop | ||
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