{"id":17903,"date":"2021-08-20T15:02:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T14:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=17903"},"modified":"2021-08-20T15:02:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T14:02:22","slug":"brett-nauckes-new-collaborative-album-mirror-ensemble-out-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=17903","title":{"rendered":"Brett Naucke’s new collaborative album Mirror Ensemble<\/em> out in October"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chicago based electronic composer Brett Naucke<\/a> has announced the release of a new album, following last year’s EMS Hallucinations<\/em>. Entitled Mirror Ensemble<\/em>, the album is a collaboration with longtime friends Natalie Chami (TALsounds, Good Willsmith, Damiana) and Whitney Johnson (Matchess, Damiana) and arrives on October 1st through American Dreams<\/a>.
\nNaucke ventures quite far from his previous works fully based in various synthesizer types, with the upcoming Mirror Ensemble<\/em> “often boasting melodic vocalization, strings, and lush layered synthesis.” The press release describes the album as “a synthesizer record, an orchestral record, and in some ways even a soundtrack”. Mirror Ensemble<\/em> saw Naucke using scenes from Andrei Tarkovsky\u2019s masterpiece 1975 film The Mirror<\/em>, which served as a key element for mood and atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Speaking about this collaboration, Chami explains:<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe invited Whitney and I over for wine and cheese, and was like, \u2018I have an idea for a record. He showed us clips from The Mirror with the vibe he wanted, and also shared recordings and other ideas. It was straight up like a fucking PowerPoint almost – like an audio-visual presentation for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The striking and ethereal lead single ‘The Glass Shifting’ and the contemplative and gentle ‘Rose Water’ open a window onto what he has in store for us. Listen to both below.<\/p>\n