JULIANNA BARWICK RELEASES ‘THE MATRIMONY REMIXES’ OUT TOMORROW, OCTOBER 4
FEATURING REMIXES FROM ‘THE MAGIC PLACE’ BY DIPLO, PRINCE RAMA AND MORE
The Matrimony Remixes takes Julianna Barwick’s acclaimed early 2011 release, The Magic Place, and puts two of its tracks into the hands of good friends. Previously having crossed paths with Julianna while both working on remixes of Radiohead’s “Reckoner,” Philadelphia-based Diplo teams up with producer Lunice to provide some deep sea beats to “Vow.” Brooklyn neighbor to Barwick, “dear friend,” and label-mate Roberto Lange takes “Vow” into the inner space of clouds. Long-time Barwick friend Bryan Doring of Alias Pail drumbreaks “Prizewinning.” Brooklyn/Boston-based sisters of the cosmos Prince Rama closes out the EP by escorting the same song into an aural Eden.
Praise for Julianna Barwick“A singer who loops and layers her own voice to form a vast one-woman chorus, Barwick belonged in the church that had been converted into a music venue for SXSW. It’s too easy to call her music a religious experience in that setting, but it sure was nice – at times overwhelmingly so.”Esquire
“There’s euphoric joy in these slow-building choral pieces that celebrates the human voice with humility — You only realize its repetitive simplicity when Barwick takes everything away and lets silence sing more than we ever thought it could.” NPR
“There’s something in her music that brings it back down to earth. It feels human, imperfect, and intimate, and the line of communication is one-to-one. Despite her music’s often epic sweep, it can feel like she is whispering in our ears. So the sense of the sublime, which permeates every note of her material, ultimately works on a humble scale.” Pitchfork [Best New Music]
“She sings the way Julee Cruise does: moving beyond language to instead weave pink clouds, paint scarcely glimpsed heavenly vistas, and infuse dim childhood memories with golden light.” Village Voice
Tracklist:
01. Vow
02. Vow (Diplo & Lunice remix)03. Vow (Helado Negro remix)04. Prizewinning
05. Prizewinning (Alias Pail remix)
06. Prizewinning (Prince Rama remix)
