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Now he takes this further, incorporating recurring, shape-shifting motifs and at times dissolving the boundaries between songs altogether.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn 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). 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Highlighted as “a marvelous score” in Variety and “powerfully moving” by The Film Stage, the score includes the title track featuring Josephine Foster. Blumberg enlisted the talents of an ensemble of radical, internationally revered musicians, whilst the score was co-produced with world-renowned producer Peter Walsh (Scott Walker). 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The album makes reference to the intestinal disease Blumberg has suffered over the last few years, its songs tracing a body stripped back and rebuilt: renderings of pain, frustration and fatigue in ballads made sinew and bone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUT\u003c\/i\u003e is Blumberg’s third solo record on Mute following the release of \u003ci\u003eMinus\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) and \u003ci\u003eOn\u0026amp;On\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), as well as his award winning score for the film \u003ci\u003eThe World To Come\u003c\/i\u003e (dir. 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But out of all this, and through the arteries of the album’s seven tracks, pulses a sense of growing fortitude and an almost mantra-like effort to create a way back into the world. Key refrains sound like the fevered incantations of a soul willing itself to recover, to find its voice again, and to resurrect the broken-down self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill only 27 years old, Blumberg has written himself a rich musical history; from his teenage band who signed to XL whilst he was still at school, onto and through the projects of Yuck, Oupa and Hebronix, whilst solidifying close creative partnerships with the likes of David Berman (Silver Jews), Low, Lambchop and Royal Trux’s Neil Michael Hagerty (with whom Blumberg has performed as a member of the Howling Hex). With \u003ci\u003eMinus\u003c\/i\u003e, though, there is a sense that Daniel Blumberg has finally arrived at the place he has been searching for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinus\u003c\/i\u003e pulls the listener into the deep and nuanced reaches of the human soul and proceeds to drag them through all its fractured ventricles. 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Opening with a mesmerizing and continuous 10-minute overture, composer Daniel Blumberg’s music sets the stage for the film’s epic narrative, which spans multiple decades and follows fictional Hungarian architect László Toth (played by Adrien Brody) as he rebuilds his life in post-war America. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEncompassing large-scale brass orchestrations, intimately lyrical piano melodies and freewheeling, improvisational jazz, \u003ci\u003eThe Brutalist\u003c\/i\u003e’s score is as ambitious and broad in scope as the film itself. Envisioning the score as slabs of sound – rich and resonating while also measured and restrained – the music developed into the sonic embodiment of the Brutalist design aesthetic, where imposing scale and raw textures meet values of simplicity and economy. To craft its singular sound, Blumberg worked with a cast of boundary-pushing musicians and improvisers, traveling across the UK and Europe with a custom-built remote recording setup to capture his players on location. Exploiting the tension between the fluidity of improvised music and the meticulous precision of film scoring, Blumberg coaxed out beautifully rich and resonant performances from his collaborators, including avant-garde innovators Axel Dörner (trumpet), Evan Parker (saxophone), Sophie Agnel (piano), and John Tilbury (piano), to name a few. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFor the film's frenetic and intoxicating jazz club scene, Blumberg assembled a jazz quartet (comprised of Pierre Borel on saxophone, Simon Sieger on piano, Joel Grip on bass, and Antonin Gerbal on drums) to perform improvised versions of his themes live on set, resulting in one of the film’s most electrifying numbers, as well as additional period-specific pieces that appear throughout the soundtrack. 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