Imogen Heap, innovating once again, has released music videos for her upcoming album Sparks (will be released August 19th). Usually you’ll get one or two teasers but she gives you a full picture. If you haven’t chanced upon Ms. Heap’s music, she has a beautifully unique voice which avoids making every song sound alike by her incredible range of songs, embracing experimentation and her impeccable performance.
There is a sense of magic in all she does, by which I mean fanciful flights of delightful surprise. She weaves technology, cultural themes and haunting beauty into her songs in contrasting ways. For example, look at the music video of Cycle Song. The content is about as old school as it gets with Buddhist monks in Sakteng, and folk dancing. Yet uses time elapsed photography and a contemporary tempo to the music which pulls in elements from Buddhist chant in more modernized setting.
Ms. Heap’s music is whimsical…
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