{"title":"Julia Reidy","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"in-real-life-3","title":"In Real Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Real Life\u003c\/em\u003e is the latest release from Berlin-based guitarist and composer \u003cstrong\u003eJulia Reidy\u003c\/strong\u003e. Reidy has received acclaim for her solo performances on the 12-string acoustic guitar, blending microtonality, 'American primitive' stylings, and classic minimalism. Her recent releases have expanded her sonic palette, incorporating electronics, field recordings, and heavily auto-tuned vocals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Real Life\u003c\/em\u003e takes Reidy's music one step further, presenting an epic LP-length suite that transitions from abstracted songs to lush electronics and explorations in contemporary musique concrète. The album begins with eerie electronics and creaking percussive sounds, before Reidy's auto-tuned voice emerges as the focal point. Surrounded by electric guitar explosions and synthesized arpeggios, her voice delivers a melancholic ode, reflecting on the instability of experience and the mutability of identity in a digital-saturated world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe album explores the relationship between the physical and digital worlds, shifting between Reidy's intricate guitar-picking and various forms of synthesis. The dynamic imagery in Reidy's lyrics, such as cutting, shattering, and 'racing streams,' mirrors the structure of \u003cem\u003eIn Real Life\u003c\/em\u003e, which moves continuously between distinct episodes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the song-based opening to sequences of frenetic guitar playing and delicate harmonics, the album flows seamlessly from one moment to the next. Interstitial moments between these episodes are emphasized, creating a unique listening experience that showcases Reidy's diverse musical talents.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Truffle","offers":[{"title":"Black LP.","offer_id":50398641717579,"sku":"2171488","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/BLACKTRUFFLE051_067412c5_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726497554"},{"product_id":"world-in-world","title":"World in World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorld in World\u003c\/i\u003e, the latest solo offering from prolific Berlin-based guitarist-composer Julia Reidy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere the recent trilogy of LP releases – \u003ci\u003ebrace, brace\u003c\/i\u003e (Slip, 2019), \u003ci\u003eIn Real Life\u003c\/i\u003e (Black Truffle, 2019), and \u003ci\u003eVanish\u003c\/i\u003e (Editions Mego, 2020) – focussed on increasingly lush electronic settings for Reidy’s propulsive fingerpicking and auto-tuned vocals, arranged into wide-ranging side-long epics, \u003ci\u003eWorld in World\u003c\/i\u003e finds Reidy refocusing on the core elements of their approach while simultaneously pushing into challenging new areas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComprising nine pieces ranging between two and seven minutes in length, the album’s opening title track promptly introduces the distinctive palette of just-intoned electric guitars, subtle electronic processing, and voice that is rigorously explored throughout. Reidy’s voice is a frequent presence throughout these nine pieces, at times creating the impression that a more conventional series of songs lurks underneath the chiming microtonal guitars. On the stunning ‘Poised’, whispers and distant, ghostly wails surround the layers of guitars, at times suggesting the foggiest outer reaches of Liz Harris’ Grouper. Both rigorously experimental and emotive,\u003ci\u003e World in World\u003c\/i\u003e is undoubtedly Julia Reidy’s finest work yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere much of Reidy’s guitar work on previous recordings explored rapidly pulsed cycling figures, here notes often hang in the air in a more spacious, lyrical fashion. The elasticity of rhythm and non-linear repetition of pitches initially suggests improvisation until the listener becomes aware of the precise arrangements of spatialised lines. At times, World in World suggests classic bedroom electric guitar works of the 1990s such as Loren Connors’ Airs or Roy Montgomery’s Scenes from the South Island; like those works, Reidy’s possesses a wonderfully live ambience, with frequent pedal clicks adding to the music’s powerful sense of intimacy. In Reidy’s case, however, the yearning, melancholic mood of Connors or Montgomery is tempered by the unorthodox guitar tuning, which at points produces a unique and uncomfortable effect somewhere between the hyper-precision of Harry Partch or Lou Harrison and Jandek’s slack-stringed descent into the void.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile \u003ci\u003eWorld in World \u003c\/i\u003eplots out its terrain with a bold single-mindedness that allows some pieces to appear almost as variations on a common theme, subtle changes in emphasis distinguish each track. Tactile percussive interjections skitter across the tremolo tones of ‘Paradise in Unrecognisable Colours’, while ‘Ajar’ ramps up the role played by the electronics, with glitching pitch-shifted and back-masked textures threaded through the guitars and thickly harmonised vocal layers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Truffle","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50418914165067,"sku":"2171483","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/BLACKTRUFFLE088_60c586fd_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726744369"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/julia-reidy.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}