We all have \u201cmusical soulmates\u201d, i.e. artists who resonate with us deeply. Listening to their music feels like home because it makes us sink into our very bones. With Speak Low, Lucia Cadotsch decided to send a message back to her soulmates from a distant musical past. It was a thank you letter of sorts written to the likes of Billie and Nina. For this, she chose the most iconic and honest songs ever penned and recorded \u2013 the types that give you goosebumps every time you hear them \u2013 and shaped them until they not only became pliable, but eventually, fully hers. She also made sure that each grew into a vivid, sincere rendering of this very \u201chere and now\u201d \u2013 something both contemporary and personal.
\nWith Speak Low an utterly novel and wholly modern lexicon of interpretation was laid out; a style of her very own. <\/p>\n
On the follow up, Speak Low renditions, Lucia decided to move this conversation to the contemporary arena. The idea was to involve artists at the current vanguard; musicians whom she also considers her family and musical soulmates. She chose individuals who are dear to her, who have a strong artistic vision, who are progressive, unique and honest with their work \u2013 and make singular, uncompromising music. The intent, this time around, was to take the stems from Speak Low and offer them up for the wildest interpretations, hence unlocking more potential, musical futures. From the 10 artists who were contacted, not only all of them agreed to participate, but every one of them submitted a gorgeous version. The beauty of Speak Low renditions lies not only in showcasing some of the most interesting music happening at the frontiers of modern Jazz (and its offshoots), but that it\u2019s actually a wonderfully cohesive and dramatically balanced musical journey. When asked about how she managed to avoid the pitfalls of compilation territory, Lucia said that she approached the project like a curator. She made sure that the artists that she recruited, would not only offer great music, but that together, they would also fuse into a graceful mosaic.<\/p>\n
Although Lucia\u2019s vocals rarely remain intact (they\u2019re cut, de\/re\/contextualised, looped, fragmented, dubbed etc.), they still remain the central emotional blueprint of this record, infusing every song with a definitive and often haunting feeling. The fact that they are able to do this and that they can\u2019t be dominated by the arrangements, regardless of how extreme they are, only proves that we\u2019re dealing with a strong, mature voice \u2013 and everything that it embodies. Speak Low renditions is a truly perception shifting work. Listening to it radically re-calibrates your assumptions of the very ideasa of song, an arrangement or a composition \u2013 and definitely the idea of the standards that it draws upon. It\u2019s the perfect follow up to the gorgeous Speak Low. It\u2019s almost inevitable that after truly listening to it, you will never be the same!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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