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Rowan Smith unveils songs ‘in the key of kintsugi’ – an assemblage of exquisite sonic treasures framed in gold. – Backseat Mafia
Rowan Smith is songwriter and founding member of Melbourne bands Macguffins and Barefoot as well as writing a series of solo albums. The MacGuffins played between 1988 and 1992 before recently reforming and have links to the Underground Lovers with Philippa Nihill a member. Smith has just released a solo album entitled ‘in the key of kintsugi’ which collates over thirty years of songwriting into a gentle and immersive collection of jewels that collectively sparkle and shimmer in the firmament. Kintsugi, also known as kintsukuroi, is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with urushi lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or…
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The Church releases the exquisite ‘Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars – another collection of finely honed sonic treasures. – Backseat Mafia
Album Review: The Church releases the exquisite ‘Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars – another collection of finely honed sonic treasures. – Backseat Mafia .. #Church #releases #exquisite #Eros #Zeta #Perfumed #Guitars #collection #finely #honed #sonic #treasures #Backseat #Mafia
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‘Once Upon A Time’ – Badinage serve up a kaleidoscope of sonic treasures in their debut album. – Backseat Mafia
Badinage‘s new album ‘Once Upon A Time’ is a treasure chest of tangible, organic instrumentals that express raw feelings and emotions without words. A veritable smorgasbord of aural pleasure and moods. The details behind the structure of the album are fascinating. Comprised of ten chapters, presented as Book One and Book Two, the album is centred around the idea of storytelling—the art of creating meaning and coherence by organising seemingly random or arbitrary experiences into a structured whole. The song sequence employs the literary/dramatic narrative structure known as Freytag’s Pyramid: Exposition > Rising Action > Climax > Falling Action > Resolution The Exposition is established at the outset with the…
