Jeanne River debuts with "PP2" single ft. Cameron Winter
Brooklyn-born electroacoustic composer and audio engineer Jeanne River has released her self-recorded debut single, "PP2", featuring prepared piano by Cameron Winter.
The New York x London composer's first studio release is an avant-folk soundscape featureing ukulele, celesta, and prepared piano. River said her extended vocal techniques on the track are inspired by Meredith Monk and Diamanda Galá.
"PP2" was mixed by Charles Mueller (Miss Grit, Glenn Kotche) and mastered by Felix Davis (Cameron Winter, Westside Cowboy). Fascinated by analogue and tape imperfections, River put the track through a vintage Ampex MM1200 reel-to-reel tape machine to achieve its warm saturation.
River will support "PP2" with select live dates, including performances alongside Jasper Llewellyn of caroline at New York's Night Club 101 on 12 November, and Joanne Robertson at The First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia on 8 April. Live, she performs with a rotating coterie of players and uses a vocal mic looper alongside an accordion split through twin amplifiers. What's more: she is currently working towards incorporating a hanging percussive sculpture made of cymbals, chains, and glass. Keep a look out for that and check out the song now.
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