{"id":11871,"date":"2017-03-02T15:09:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T15:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=11871"},"modified":"2017-03-02T15:10:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T15:10:37","slug":"jessica-moss-set-to-release-debut-solo-album-pools-of-light-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=11871","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Moss set to release debut solo album Pools Of Light<\/em> this Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jessica<\/a>Brilliant and ingenious violinist Jessica Moss<\/a> is the latest artist to join the incredible cluster of stars orbiting our favourite Constellation<\/a>. As a violinist, backing vocalist and co-composer, she is best know as a member of cult chamber-punk band Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and avant-klezmer group Black Ox Orkestar. Moss also has her hands on several other stellar projects, including records by Carla Bozulich\u2019s Evangelista, Vic Chesnutt and BIG|BRAVE, to name but a few. Moss’s most recent venture performing solo work resulted in Pools Of Light<\/em>, her first solo album due out this spring. Versatile and skilled, her approach to violin, as the label describes, “combines a natural technical fluidity, a recombinant command of folk, classical and modern idioms, and an adventurous exploration of signal-bending and analog effects that uniquely expand the spectrum of the violin as sound source”.
\nPools Of Light<\/em> resonates with themes of world injustices, social and environmental. Moss explains:<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs a solo performer, I feel an alignment with the transportive nature of storytelling tradition. My music is narrative, and I feel it\u2019s subjects are already on everyone\u2019s mind (climate change, refugee crisis, plastic garbage island floating in the sea…). My aim is to create a space where we can reflect on these things together. I prefer not to use too many words to relate; once the ideas are contextualized, conjuring images with sounds and melodies feels just as powerful to me and also more accessible in many ways. I don\u2019t have an agenda, certainly not a solution, just a great sense of empathy and desire to be sharing space and experiences. I believe that having these transporting moments together can be both a balm and a way to receive energy to move forward, to engage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The mesmeric and compelling ‘Glaciers I (Pt I)’ is being offered as the first taste from Pools of Light<\/em>, ahead of its release on May 5th. Listen to it below.<\/p>\n