Alkemie: A Fine Companion - VINYL LP

Alkemie: A Fine Companion - VINYL LP

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Title:

A Fine Companion

Artist:

Alkemie

Label:

Bright Shiny Things

Product Type:

VINYL LP

UPC:

669936779819

Genre:

Rock

Release Date:

2024-01-05

Number of Discs:

1

A FINE COMPANION is an album of newly-composed settings of troubadour songs and texts, written in a dream-pop /shoegaze/ psychedelic rock style for an amplified combination of medieval and new instruments. The texts of this project were chosen by Charles Mueller (composer) and the ensemble, with a focus on troubadour lyrics that expand or refute the standard tropes of chivalrous love by choosing poems from a feminine perspective, and by delving into the metaphysical and spiritual subsets of the genre. The unbridled sensuality of the arrangements create space for a raw experience that inspires a visceral reaction in the listener. Mueller has used pre-existing troubadour music as a melodic and modal prompt on a number of pieces, with direct quotations organically morphing as if in an inspired game of telephone.

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