April5,2018ForImmediateRelease
AGNESOBELANNOUNCESLATENIGHTTALESCOMPILATION,OUTMAY25TH
FEATURESOBELEXCLUSIVETRACKS“POEMABOUTDEATH”,“GLEMMERDU”,&“BEEDANCE”
LISTENTO“POEMABOUTDEATH”(AGNESOBELEXCLUSIVE)hAps://youtu.be/At9vY1ubxvU
LateNightTalesisthrilledtoannounceit’sforthcominginstallmenttotheirlong-runningar?st-curatedmixseries,this?mehelmedbyDanishar?stAgnesObel,outMay25th.PreviouscontributorstotheLNTserieshaveincludedBadBadNotGood,NilsFrahm,JonHopkins,TheFlamingLips,FourTet,MGMT,Röyksopp,Bonobo,andmore.Thefirstsingle,IngerChristensen’s“PoemAboutDeath,”issettooriginalmusicbyAbelandisexclusivetothismix.Streamithere.
“Tome,soundshavealwaysbeenmoreinteres?ngthanwords,”saysAgnes.“Iloveitwhenthevoicebecomesaninstrumentandyoualmostforgetit’sahumanvoice.”Neveristhismoreaptthanonthisbeau?fullyprogrammedandbewitchingselec?onofmusic.
Obel’s2010debutalbum,Philharmonics,wentpla?numinFranceandBelgiumand,unsurprisingly,quintuplepla?numinherna?veDenmark,whereshealsowonfiveDanishMusicAwards(equivalenttotheBrits)thefollowingyear.Thefollow-up,Aven8ne(releasedinlate2013),wasimbuedwiththesamemeasuredcalmnessasherdebut.Itwentpla?numinBelgiumandgoldinDenmarkandFrance.
ForherLateNightTalesmix,itfeelsalmostasifObelhasscouredtheworldlookingforkindredspirits–orkindredsongs.There’saquietudeaboutitall,thean?thesisofarushhour,likeafrozenlakeonaSundaymorning.ThisisaidedbyaveritablecornucopiaofnewObelmaterial,includingahaun?ngreadingofDanishsong"GlemmerDu",theaforemen?oned‘"PoemAboutDeath",andanAgnesoriginal,"BeeDance".
Amongthem,there’stheenigma?cJamaicansingerNoraDeanwhoweighsinwiththehypno?candslinkyDukeReidproduc?on,"AyAyAyAy(Angie-Lala)"andthesparse,sardonic"PartyGirl"byMichelleGurevich,sogooditinspiredtheeponymousFrenchmovie.Therearetheplangentvoices,TheBulgarianFolkloreChoir,NinaSimone,RayDaviesandObelherself,ringingtrue.Somehow,Obelmakeseventheelectronictracksbowtoherneeds;aswithYello,whose"GreatMission"ismoreMar?nDennythanUnderworld.CultGreekcomposerLenaPlatonos’"BloodyShadowsFromAfar"pulsesgentlyratherthanthrobs,andCan’srecentlyrediscovered"ObscuraPrimavera",unusuallyhushed.
"Iwassurprisedathowmuch?meIendedupspendingonthis.IcollectedallthesongstogetherwithmypartnerAlexandwejustspent?melisteningtorecords,tryingtoseewhatwouldfittogether.SomeofthemusicI’veincludedhereisonmixtapeswemadewhenwewerejustfriendsasteenagers.Eachoneofthetracksproducesstoriesinmyhead."
Listento“PoemAboutDeath”(AgnesObelExclusive)—hAps://youtu.be/At9vY1ubxvU
WatchTrailerforAgnesObel’sLateNightTales—hAps://youtu.be/vBFL_OqQPkk
AgnesObel’sLateNightTalesTracklist:01.HenryMancini-TheEvilTheme
02.RogerWebb-Moonbird03.EdenAhbez-Eden'sIsland04.LeeHazelwood-TheNights
05.NoraDean-AyAyAyAy(Angle-Lala)06.Yello-GreatMission
07.QuartetoEmCywithTambaTrio-Aleluia08.LenaPlatonos-BloodyShadowsFromADistance
09.RayDavies-IGoToSleep10.AlfredSchnikke-PianoQuintet,V
11.AgnesObel-StretchYourEyes(AmbientAcapella)12.TheBulgarianStateRadio&TelevisionFemaleChoir–PilentzePee(PilentzeSings)
13.AgnesObel-GlemmerDu-ExclusiveCoverVersion14.AgnesObel-BeeDance-Exclusive
15.SibylleBaier-TheEnd16.MichelleGurevich-PartyGirl
17.CAN-OscuraPrimavera18.DavidLang-ILie
19.NinaSimone-Images(LiveInNewYork1964)20.AgnesObel-PoemAboutDeath-Exclusive
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