Daniel Blumberg Shares Three More Tracks From New Album "On&On"
DANIEL BLUMBERG
SHARES THREE MORE TRACKS
FROM NEW ALBUM
ON&ON
OUT DIGITALLY JULY 31
VINYL AND CD AVAILABLE AUGUST 28
LISTEN TO “BOUND”
“A song may move around, expand, come apart in its limbs and joints and skin to sink back into the room space, where strings are vibrating, snares rattling.” - David Toop on On&On
Daniel Blumberg has shared the next three tracks to be taken from his new album, On&On . “Bound,” “Silence Breaker,” and “On&On&On&On” continue a gradual unfurling of the forthcoming album, a consolidation of the deconstructed song aesthetic he has been developing, one that finds the artist operating at the intersection between conventional song structures and free improvisation. On&On is set for release July 31 on digital platforms via Mute with vinyl and CD formats to follow on August 28.
Listen to “Bound,” “Silence Breaker,” and “On&On&On&On.”
Pre-order the album here.
These new tracks follow last month’s launch which unveiled the opening three tracks, drawing us further into Daniel Blumberg’s world, confirming the musician and visual artist as a unique creative force.
The album is accompanied by an essay written by the author David Toop, available to read here.
MORE ABOUT ON&ON
On&On - which follows 2018’s Minus, Blumberg’s debut for Mute - incorporates recurring, shape-shifting motifs and at times the boundaries dissolve between songs altogether. Title track ‘On&On’ appears four times across the arc of the record as if coming in and out of focus, an infinite song that encapsulates the paradox of the circle, existing in a liminal space between perpetual motion and stasis, as Daniel sings: ‘On and on and on and on and on…’
The album was born out of live sessions with the same core group of players as Minus: Daniel Blumberg (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Ute Kanngiesser (cello), Billy Steiger (violin), Tom Wheatley (double bass) and Jim White (drums), with the addition of electronic maverick Elvin Brandhi (vocals). As such it represents a deepening of relationships and distillation of techniques for this tight-knit group of free-playing musicians, who are loosely based around Café OTO.
It was recorded by Peter Walsh (Scott Walker), who captures the group’s extraordinary performances - encompassing the full expressive range of their instruments from softly-bowed melodies and tender vocal harmonies to rough-hewn scrapes, plucks and rattles - while the sound of the room and the outside world spill naturally into the sound field, as Toop puts it “as if a window has opened”.
ON&ON TRACKLISTING
1. On & On
2. Sidestep Summer
3. On&On&On
4. Bound
5. Silence Breaker
6. On&On&On&On
7. Teethgritter
8. On&On&On&On&On
9. Pillow
FURTHER LISTENING
Daniel Blumberg performing live at Café OTO (link)
Daniel Blumberg performing “The Bomb” on Later… with Jools Holland (link)
Daniel Blumberg & Keiji Haino present SILVER DINNER: (link)
RECENT QUOTES
"A modern masterpiece" - 5/5 The Times
"Minus is a statement of intent from an artist who has found his voice" - The Quietus
“Traces lines between drawing and improvised music” - The Wire
“One of London’s most exciting emerging artists” - Hans Ulrich Obrist
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
Daniel Blumberg: On&On (Mute, 2020)
GUO: GUO4 (Mute, 2019)
Daniel Blumberg: Minus (Mute, 2018)
Daniel Blumberg & Hebronix: Liv (Mute, 2018)
Daniel Blumberg: Live at Café OTO (OTOroku, 2018)
GUO: GUO2 (OTOroku, 2018)
GUO: GUO1 (self-released, 2017)
Daniel Blumberg & Neil Michael Hagerty: HEB-HEX (ATP Recordings, 2013)
Hebronix: Unreal (ATP Recordings, 2013)
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
The World To Come (dir. Mona Fastvold, 2020)
GUO4 (dir. Peter Strickland, 2019)
GYUTO (dir. Brady Corbet, 2019)
Brigitte (dir. Lynne Ramsey, 2019)
Gleaning Truths (dir. Agnes Varda, 2018)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Black Album / White Cube, Kunsthall, Rotterdam (2020)
Dance, Stanley, Dance with Marianna Simnett, Matt’s Gallery, London (2020)
JOMO, Macro, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome (2020)
MK Calling, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes (2020)
Hyper!: Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2019)
Union Gallery, London (2019)
Ways of Listening with [Assemble]: British School at Rome (2018)
LINKS
boiledegg.org
http://mute.com
https://www.brigittelacombe.com
https://davidtoopblog.com/
Pre-order On&On
Listen to the album’s first six tracks
Watch the “On&On” videoDANIEL BLUMBERG: WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | SPOTIFY | APPLE MUSIC
MUTE: WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | SOUNDCLOUD
SHARES THREE MORE TRACKS
FROM NEW ALBUM
ON&ON
OUT DIGITALLY JULY 31
VINYL AND CD AVAILABLE AUGUST 28
LISTEN TO “BOUND”
“A song may move around, expand, come apart in its limbs and joints and skin to sink back into the room space, where strings are vibrating, snares rattling.” - David Toop on On&On
Daniel Blumberg has shared the next three tracks to be taken from his new album, On&On . “Bound,” “Silence Breaker,” and “On&On&On&On” continue a gradual unfurling of the forthcoming album, a consolidation of the deconstructed song aesthetic he has been developing, one that finds the artist operating at the intersection between conventional song structures and free improvisation. On&On is set for release July 31 on digital platforms via Mute with vinyl and CD formats to follow on August 28.
Listen to “Bound,” “Silence Breaker,” and “On&On&On&On.”
Pre-order the album here.
These new tracks follow last month’s launch which unveiled the opening three tracks, drawing us further into Daniel Blumberg’s world, confirming the musician and visual artist as a unique creative force.
The album is accompanied by an essay written by the author David Toop, available to read here.
MORE ABOUT ON&ON
On&On - which follows 2018’s Minus, Blumberg’s debut for Mute - incorporates recurring, shape-shifting motifs and at times the boundaries dissolve between songs altogether. Title track ‘On&On’ appears four times across the arc of the record as if coming in and out of focus, an infinite song that encapsulates the paradox of the circle, existing in a liminal space between perpetual motion and stasis, as Daniel sings: ‘On and on and on and on and on…’
The album was born out of live sessions with the same core group of players as Minus: Daniel Blumberg (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Ute Kanngiesser (cello), Billy Steiger (violin), Tom Wheatley (double bass) and Jim White (drums), with the addition of electronic maverick Elvin Brandhi (vocals). As such it represents a deepening of relationships and distillation of techniques for this tight-knit group of free-playing musicians, who are loosely based around Café OTO.
It was recorded by Peter Walsh (Scott Walker), who captures the group’s extraordinary performances - encompassing the full expressive range of their instruments from softly-bowed melodies and tender vocal harmonies to rough-hewn scrapes, plucks and rattles - while the sound of the room and the outside world spill naturally into the sound field, as Toop puts it “as if a window has opened”.
ON&ON TRACKLISTING
1. On & On
2. Sidestep Summer
3. On&On&On
4. Bound
5. Silence Breaker
6. On&On&On&On
7. Teethgritter
8. On&On&On&On&On
9. Pillow
FURTHER LISTENING
Daniel Blumberg performing live at Café OTO (link)
Daniel Blumberg performing “The Bomb” on Later… with Jools Holland (link)
Daniel Blumberg & Keiji Haino present SILVER DINNER: (link)
RECENT QUOTES
"A modern masterpiece" - 5/5 The Times
"Minus is a statement of intent from an artist who has found his voice" - The Quietus
“Traces lines between drawing and improvised music” - The Wire
“One of London’s most exciting emerging artists” - Hans Ulrich Obrist
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
Daniel Blumberg: On&On (Mute, 2020)
GUO: GUO4 (Mute, 2019)
Daniel Blumberg: Minus (Mute, 2018)
Daniel Blumberg & Hebronix: Liv (Mute, 2018)
Daniel Blumberg: Live at Café OTO (OTOroku, 2018)
GUO: GUO2 (OTOroku, 2018)
GUO: GUO1 (self-released, 2017)
Daniel Blumberg & Neil Michael Hagerty: HEB-HEX (ATP Recordings, 2013)
Hebronix: Unreal (ATP Recordings, 2013)
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
The World To Come (dir. Mona Fastvold, 2020)
GUO4 (dir. Peter Strickland, 2019)
GYUTO (dir. Brady Corbet, 2019)
Brigitte (dir. Lynne Ramsey, 2019)
Gleaning Truths (dir. Agnes Varda, 2018)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Black Album / White Cube, Kunsthall, Rotterdam (2020)
Dance, Stanley, Dance with Marianna Simnett, Matt’s Gallery, London (2020)
JOMO, Macro, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome (2020)
MK Calling, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes (2020)
Hyper!: Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2019)
Union Gallery, London (2019)
Ways of Listening with [Assemble]: British School at Rome (2018)
LINKS
boiledegg.org
http://mute.com
https://www.brigittelacombe.com
https://davidtoopblog.com/
Pre-order On&On
Listen to the album’s first six tracks
Watch the “On&On” videoDANIEL BLUMBERG: WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | SPOTIFY | APPLE MUSIC
MUTE: WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | SOUNDCLOUD
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