{"title":"Marina Herlop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarina Herlop is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and pianist. With her mesmerizing vocals and soulful melodies, she has captivated audiences around the world. Marina's music combines elements of pop, folk, and classical genres to create a unique sound that is both hauntingly beautiful and deeply emotive. Her heartfelt lyrics reflect her personal experiences and touch on themes of love, loss, and self-discovery. Whether performing on stage or recording in the studio, Marina's passion for music shines through in every note she plays and sings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith years of training as a classically trained pianist, Marina brings a level of technical skill to her performances that is truly impressive. Her fingers glide effortlessly across the keys, creating intricate melodies that transport listeners to another world. But it is not just her musical prowess that sets Marina apart; it is also her ability to connect with her audience on an emotional level. Through her music, she invites us into her innermost thoughts and feelings, inviting us to share in her journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarina has released several critically acclaimed albums throughout her career [add specific album names if available]. Each release showcases her growth as an artist and highlights the evolution of her sound. From intimate ballads to powerful anthems, Marina's songs have struck a chord with fans from all walks of life. Whether you are new to Marina's music or have been following her since the beginning [if applicable], there is no denying the impact\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pripyat-2","title":"Pripyat","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarina Herlop is often described as a pianist, a lingering remnant of her classical training. But what strikes the listener on Herlop’s breakout track miu is the intricate trickery of her voice, tracing rhythmical clusters around the subtlest of musical beds, in a technique inspired by Carnatic music of Southern India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emiu, the opening track of Herlop’s new studio album Pripyat, was among the first songs that the young Catalan artist made on a computer, after two albums – 2016’s \u003ci\u003eNanook \u003c\/i\u003eand 2018’s \u003ci\u003eBabasha\u003c\/i\u003e – that brought spectral elegance to the sound of piano and voice. This spirit of adventure continues into \u003ci\u003ePripyat\u003c\/i\u003e, Herlop’s first full album produced on a computer, and her most intensely emotional work to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eListening to \u003ci\u003ePripyat\u003c\/i\u003e you can feel the emotional toil and creative endeavour that went into the record. Fans of Nanook and Babasha will recognise the combination of melancholic piano and elegant vocal lines that is found on Pripyat tracks like abans abans. But Pripyat has a far fuller, almost chaotic sound when compared to Herlop’s previous work, with the addition of electronic drums, electric bass lines and a wealth of sublime production effects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdded to this production expertise are songs of incredible grace and poise. Kaddisch is a spectral torch song rendered in emotional 3D by Herlop’s gorgeous voice; ubuntu has a feeling of deep longing and lingering sorrow; and shaolin mantis is like a pop song refracted through disorienting production effects and percussive vocal cut ups. Pripyat is the perfect combination of computer production trickery and intimate emotional release. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50521746440523,"sku":"2026389","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Pripyat_af6bdd07_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727994594"},{"product_id":"nekkuja","title":"Nekkuja","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile she was waiting for her last album \u003ci\u003ePripyat\u003c\/i\u003e to be released, Catalan composer and producer Marina Herlop was restless. She was concerned about her (by then) uncertain music career, and felt emotionally unmoored. \"Some days I used to sit on the balcony of my flat to catch some sun,” she explains, \"I would close my eyes and start visualizing myself as a gardener, pulling out purple weeds from the soil, every bad memory or emotion I wanted to expulse being one of the plants.\" As the days dragged on, the fantasy deepened, and Herlop discovered that parts of the garden was withering; the energy she had been putting into the non-musical side of her life had seeped into her creative pasture and poisoned it. She knew what she needed to do to overcome the blight: plant some seeds and tend to her art to help it blossom and bloom once again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNekkuja\u003c\/i\u003e is a place for Herlop's warmest, sweetest sentiments to rise to the surface and crack through the topsoil. She describes the record as a way for her to seek and affirm inner light, and it's undoubtedly her brightest, poppiest statement to date. The forward-thinking, experimental touches that nourished \u003ci\u003ePripyat\u003c\/i\u003e are still present, but blessed with a level of positivity that's rare to find in a scene so entranced by darkness and melancholy. Skittering fragments of ornate acoustic instrumentation provide a serene welcome to 'Busa', punctuated by precise electronic processes that shuttle the sound towards abstraction and fantasy. Herlop's voice grows over the tangle of sounds from a childish giggle into a layered, matted mantra, sounding passionate, hopeful and full of energy. The vitality spills over into 'Cosset', where she wraps powerful motifs around ricocheting beats and dramatic piano rolls. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerlop's garden opens up dramatically on 'Karada' when bucolic field recordings crack like sunlight over harp plucks and willowy vocals. Her voice seems to bend around the whooshing streams and chittering of birds as if she's singing to the manicured land itself - a utopian paradise that Herlop employs as a metaphor for the creative process. In contrast to the view that an artist is an isolated genius or an idol to be worshipped, Herlop believes that the garden helps us see the process as closer to devotion or perseverance. A gardener brings order to the wild chaos of the outdoors, collaborating with nature to arrange something vibrant and enduring. Blending familiar sounds with fanciful concepts, Herlop traces an imaginary garden, imploring us to wander and wonder. And by the album's billowing final track 'Babel', it's flowered into a flush of pruned vocal phrases and delicately groomed orchestral rushes, painted in orange, green, blue and red. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50940063056203,"sku":"2226938","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Nekkuja_0661cbcd_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1733464696"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_7a9c07e1_thumbnail_4096_5b2c6ead-f16d-4ed2-ac10-4ac86e21eaa0.jpg?v=1727994576","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/marina-herlop.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}