Holly herndon is straddling a strange intersection. Join songkick to track holly herndon and get concert alerts when they play near you. In the midst of an impossibly complex series of harmonies, the voices of dilato lift off an uncertain chord and never hum another one. Holly herndon albums, songs discography album of the year. Roskilde, denmark dyrskuepladsen darupvej jun 27 jul 04 2020. Holly herndons latest collection of avantgarde electronic music is smart, innovative, politically urgent, and very, very sensual. On her first album, movement, she created custom instruments and vocal processes with the visual. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from holly herndon at the discogs marketplace. Now, shes shared the video for the records title track. Movement is a compelling investigation of the voices role in experimental computer music, dismantling, warping and diffusing its unique properties and connoted values through maxmsp treatments to reveal a spectrum of alien cadence and dissonance manifested via acid techno. To add files click the press kit link for each desired item. A music video for the albums title track was uploaded to the rvng intl.
Nov 22, 2016 nick cave is now widely recognized as a songwriter, musician, novelist, screenwriter, curator, critic, actor and performer. Holly herndon s movement is the debut offering of material by the young musician, modernist, and machinist. Nick cave is now widely recognized as a songwriter, musician, novelist, screenwriter, curator, critic, actor and performer. Nov 27, 2012 this feature is not available right now. Holly herndon born 1980 is an american composer, musician, and sound artist based in berlin, germany. Holly herndon goes off the grid consequence of sound. Having come to light through her captivating movement lp and a series of singles for rvng intl, holly herndon is a shining example of the ground that can be covered through the academic approach to electronic music production. Fade nhk remix holly herndons movement is the debut offering of material by the young musician, modernist, and machinist. Whether studying for her phd at stanford or spending all night in a berlin techno party, holly herndon is obsessed with the intersection between mind and body and beat and technology.
Download holly herndon home and body sounds singes 2014. Holly herndon is a member of vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Holly herndons trying to find new ways to play the world. Holly herndon on merging the worlds of music and ai dropbox blog. May 21, 2015 holly herndon is an ambitious composer whose work is based on samples and her distinctive voice. Chorus is the new single from holly herndon, the inimitable artist and technologist responsible for 2012s acclaimed album, movement. Holly herndon is an ambitious composer whose work is based on samples and her distinctive voice. Producer, engineer holly herndon vocals bruce rameker tracks. Holly herndon movement one of my favourite albums of 2012. Movementholly herndon since her arrival in 2012, holly herndon has successfully mined the edges of electronic and avant garde pop and emerged with a dynamic and disruptive canon of her own. Multiple files can be added to the press kit and downloaded as a single zip file. From the band, the boys next door 19761980, to the spokenword recording, the secret life of the love song 1998, to the recently acclaimed screenplay of the proposition 2005 and the grinderman project 2008, caves career spans thirty years and has produced a. Holly down to earth style blog blogger of charming design and reclaimed elements for home at down to earth style. Her vision was already clear on her first album, movement, but her range.
Holly herndon was born in 1980 and raised in johnson city, tennessee. Laptopbased composer whose music comments on how technology and humanity affect each other in unsettling and affecting ways. The twitchy, cyborg kineticisms that holly herndon has dripped out over the last few years can project something of a desolate exterior. Holly herndon born 1980 in johnson city, tennessee, united states is an american composer, musician, and sound artist based in san francisco, california.
May 20, 2015 the twitchy, cyborg kineticisms that holly herndon has dripped out over the last few years can project something of a desolate exterior. Created with a choral ensemble and a nascent ai, the berlinbased electronic musicians third album is a meditation on community, technology, and the future of, and beyond, the human species. It completely refuses the comforts of pop or dance unified voice, repetitive chorus, consistent beats, etc. Flanked by fellow modern artists such as amnesia scanner, amanda deboer bartlett, spencer longo and mat dryhurst, the tennesseeraised, berlinskooled and san franciscobased doctorate student has realised her most vivid.
Holly herndon car by hollyherndon holly herndon free. In interviews, music videos, or on her blog, herndon spells out her. Holly herndon seems to be among the very small handful of musicians really doing something genuinely new and unique with experimental electronic music. As a teenager, she spent several years living in berlin on a high school exchange program, absorbed in the citys dance and techno scene. Holly herndon presents an incisive 3rd album of dancepop deconstruction couched in heavy concepts relating to contemporary hyperreality for 4ad. I mean theres occasional 44 beats lurking about and odd bits of squelchy 303style basslines. Her vision was already clear on her first album, movement, but her range broadened and deepened.
Flanked by fellow modern artists such as amnesia scanner, amanda deboer bartlett, spencer longo and mat dryhurst, the tennesseeraised, berlinskooled and san franciscobased doctorate student has realised her most vivid, elaborate treatise on the. Holly herndon on selfsampling and emotions through music red bull music academy duration. Directed by john merizalde and mat dryhurst cinematography jake ures producer paul yurick. Holly herndon is an ambitious composer whose work is based on samples and. She explores all of these ideas in thoughtprovoking and unsettling ways that expand on movements fragmented, ethereal approach.
Holly herndon holly herndon is an american composer, musician, and sound artist. This week marks the release of chorus, a new 12inch from electronic composer holly herndon. That so much of her distinctive sound is powered by the canny processing of her own voice only adds to the impact, and so it is on her follow up album. Next week, sound sculptor holly herndon will release platform, her second proper lp and her first release as a member of the 4ad roster. Restless for reckless cultural immersion, herndon left her johnson city, tennessee home as a teenager for. The song features samples from herndons daily web browsing, and the video takes a similarly obsessive look at the artists online habits. Changing your mind, coping to excelling, the chilean building, eating baba yaga an evening with brian rohr, family portrait in black and white, hit so hard the life and near death story of drummer patty schemel, shakespeare high, tales of the waria, water children, john gorka the gypsy life bluray, kasabian live blu. Holly herndons movement is the debut offering of material by the young musician, modernist, and machinist.
I spoke with chino amobi, holly herndon, lee gamble, amnesia scanner and i learned a lot. Like a foreboding icloud hanging over the world of. Includes unlimited streaming of platform via the free bandcamp app, plus high quality download in mp3, flac and more. Restless for reckless cultural immersion, herndon left her johnson city, tennessee home as a teenager for berlin, germany. Platform, holly herndon music critic will hermes says the new album, platform, from electronic musician holly herndon invites deep listening. Here you can find platform holly herndon shared files.
Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items. Holly herndons trying to find new ways to play the worlds. From the band, the boys next door 19761980, to the spokenword recording, the secret life of the love song 1998, to the recently acclaimed screenplay of the proposition 2005 and the grinderman project 2008, caves career spans. Indeed the piece ended up somewhere different from where it started, making it as much an investigation as an overview. Just as holly herndon s debut album movement had abundant layers in its title alone, its followup platform is just as nuanced in how it combines political, technological, and structural and ideological concepts into a single word. Body sound infinite greyscale presents a new longform composition by holly herndon. When herndon returned to the united states she began studying electronic music at mills college in oakland, california.
The album is an incredibly rich patchwork of vocal samples. Stunning debut album from san franciscobased sound artistmusician, holly herndon. Columns essays the portal interviews collateral damage book extracts blog. Movement is a compelling investigation of the voices role in experimental computer music, dismantling, warping and diffusing its unique properties and connoted values through maxmsp treatments to reveal a spectrum of alien cadence and dissonance manifested via acid techno structures and dynamic, esoteric. Fade nhk remix holly herndon s movement is the debut offering of material by the young musician, modernist, and machinist. Movement by holly herndon, released november 2012 1. The talk was held on october 15 as part of rbma tokyo 2014. Holly herndons debut album movement is released on rvng intl. Born in the mountains of east tennessee, she went from singing in church to enrolling in a german exchange program.
The moment brings the album to a close, though you wouldnt exactly call it a conclusion. Sep 16, 2014 holly herndon on selfsampling and emotions through music red bull music academy duration. Raven sings the blues is a music and mp3 blog devoted to indie poprock, psych, folk, and all forms of independent expression through music. Movement is the first studio album by american electronic musician holly herndon, released by rvng intl. Make no mistake, its laptop music through and through. After studying composition at stanford university and completing her ph. Body sound was composed by herndon, in collaboration with choreographer and dancer cuauhtemoc peranda, and performed at stanford university ccrma center for. May, 2015 next week, sound sculptor holly herndon will release platform, her second proper lp and her first release as a member of the 4ad roster. Includes unlimited streaming of movement via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. For several years, herndon lived and learned techno music as party dweller and performer, eventually returning wideminded to the.