{"id":33013,"date":"2026-07-08T12:10:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=33013"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:10:27","slug":"charlotte-greve-set-to-release-debut-solo-album-waterbodies-in-october-shares-lead-single-membranes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=33013","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Greve set to release debut solo album, Waterbodies<\/em>, in October; shares lead single ‘Membranes’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Annika Nagel Photography<\/p><\/div>\n

Five years on from the release of Sediments We Move<\/em>, German-born, Brooklyn-based saxophonist, composer and singer Charlotte Greve<\/a> has announced the release of Waterbodies<\/em>, arriving on October 2nd through New Amsterdam Records<\/a>. The record marks the first release under her own name, following nine albums released through various band projects and collaborations.<\/p>\n

Produced by Shahzad Ismaily, the album features an impressive group of collaborators including the New York-based vocal ensemble KHORIKOS and the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra. Written while Greve was pregnant with her first child, Waterbodies<\/em> finds her bringing together the many different sides of her musical life, “shifting from spoken word to a full symphony orchestra, improvised jazz to bizarro synth-pop, power ballads to the serene, arpeggiated album closer”, as the press release describes. Charlotte comments:<\/p>\n

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\u201cAlthough this is my 10th release, in many ways it feels like a debut. It captures the full range of what I\u2019ve been drawn to musically. Rather than narrowing things down, I wanted to open them up, placing these disparate influences side by side and trusting their connection would come through because they\u2019re all channeled through me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Soon after finding out she was pregnant, a friend encouraged her to record the album before the baby arrived, leading Greve to capture this particular moment in her creative life, resulting in a record that moves through many different landscapes.\u00a0\u201cThis is the most holistic representation of my musical interests,\u201d she says. \u201cI wanted it to feel like a playground \u2014 the opposite of an easy-to-sell, career-minded, one-kind-of-thing record. In some ways, it made no sense. I was pregnant and pouring my money into something that was clearly not commercial. But this was a personal wish. Something I felt I had to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continues:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWith Waterbodies, I hope to invite the audience to experience the music as if walking through a film. Contrasting scenes unfold one after another, yet remain connected by a common thread.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Coinciding with the album announcement, Greve has shared the first single from the album, \u2018Membranes\u2019, a bright and captivating track. The song reflects on the experience of holding different parts of oneself together and allowing them to exist alongside each other. \u201cMembranes is a song about the challenge of carrying several hearts in one breast and wanting to feed them all,\u201d explains Greve. \u201cAs a kid, I lived like a chameleon, changing my clothing, language and behavior, depending on who I was spending time with and where. The older I grew, the bigger the wish to combine all the different shapes and forms, both in my character as well as in my music. Let them all live alongside each other \u2013 the picture of the semi permeable membrane captured this desirable way of living for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen to ‘Membranes’ now.<\/p>\n