Nitrada here, caught questioning his recent dietary choices while also finding his blossom under the greenhouse roof, is emitting a mesmerizing and beautiful new single today, titled Music. It comes as a mighty two parter at almost 8 minutes – spreading out like a Morricone score to a Coppola film, gathering evidence, story lines and characters, only to conclude in a big hoo-rah down the road.
Music is a lovely piece of recording and also a precious canary in the coal mine of more to come. He concludes an almost two decade spanning process with this release and a new album to be out in June. The album came to be after years of improvisations, experiments and just doing it, that have been arranged into distinct shape in the misty hills of rural Italy. Music is attached below, and buckle up for the release of Everything That Is Not Counted Will Be Lost, at the end of June, via Hamburg’s finest 2nd rec.
From the liner notes:
“The German band Tocotronic sometimes ends their live shows with a beautiful, noisy outro, during which the singer yells the phrase: “Music is the healing force of the universe.” I’ve always loved that on so many level – it’s beautiful, and it’s true.
I was even more moved when I found out it’s actually a quote from Albert Ayler, this wonderful human who brought so much beauty to experimental jazz.
Also, the “Music” sample is my daughter Tilda, recorded when she was three (she’s now 18). Her birth was one of the reasons I didn’t have the time to make new music for a while. But I’d say she’s also the reason I came back to it—her appreciation for such a broad range of great music, and the sheer amount she listens to (including much of what I grew up with), constantly reminds me just how right Mr. Ayler was.”
