{"product_id":"the-turning-blue","title":"The Turning Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn \u003ci\u003eThe Turning Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eKermanidou\u003c\/b\u003e shapes otherworldly vocals and pulsing synthesisers into poetic meditations on ecological disaster and climate change. Built from hundreds of vocal takes, her voice is transformed through sound synthesis into grand synths and alien textures, sitting alongside natural vocal lines in stark, minimalist soundscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are clear touchpoints here: the avant-garde vocal experimentalism of \u003cb\u003eMeredith Monk\u003c\/b\u003e meets the synthetic scale of \u003cb\u003eTim Hecker\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eJon Hopkins\u003c\/b\u003e. With co-producer \u003cb\u003eCygnus Rift\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eKermanidou\u003c\/b\u003e gives the album’s cosmic ideas real weight and atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOpener \u003ci\u003eStar Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e, recorded at Britannia Row, is a musical villanelle from an alien perspective. \u003ci\u003eWe Are Not Alone\u003c\/i\u003e incorporates samples from the Mars Curiosity Rover as a response to \u003cb\u003eDavid Bowie\u003c\/b\u003e’s \u003ci\u003eLife On Mars?\u003c\/i\u003e By the closing title track, sparked by a conversation with \u003cb\u003eWare\u003c\/b\u003e, the record reaches its clearest and most emotional point.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lemurian Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":58173149282635,"sku":"R1420-7355","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/123a9e2d-b95f-4fe4-a085-a304da13bd07.jpg?v=1787064007","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/the-turning-blue","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}