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A Fine Companion

by Alkemie

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barbaraallenhill absolute bop and Ellie nails the vibe Favorite track: love is like the spark (escoutatz!).
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    Deluxe 12" vinyl version of our latest album. Artwork by Haeg Designs.

    Includes unlimited streaming of A Fine Companion via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
the switch with which one switches oneself 05:44
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2.
love is like the spark (escoutatz!) 03:48
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3.
seguin + valensa 05:43
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4.
i know a lady 04:31
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5.
judas 03:33
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6.
nor 08:29
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7.
the butterfly 06:03
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8.
(find yourself) a fine companion 04:03
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9.
d'aurenga 04:21
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about

FINE COMPANION is an album of newly-composed settings of troubadour songs and texts, written in a dream-pop /shoegaze/ psychedelic rock style for an amplified combination of medieval and new instruments. The texts of this project were chosen by Charles Mueller (composer) and the ensemble, with a focus on troubadour lyrics that expand or refute the standard tropes of chivalrous love by choosing poems from a feminine perspective, and by delving into the metaphysical and spiritual subsets of the genre. The unbridled sensuality of the arrangements create space for a raw experience that inspires a visceral reaction in the listener. Mueller has used pre-existing troubadour music as a melodic and modal prompt on a number of pieces, with direct quotations organically morphing as if in an inspired game of telephone.

An album booklet (including texts & translations) is included with the digital download!

credits

released January 5, 2024

Alkemie & Freelance Nun
Tracy Cowart, voice, harps, hurdy-gurdy, percussion
Jim Hopkins, synthesizers, Rhodes, harmonium
Cameron LeCrone, drums
Ben Matus, voice, recorders, dulcian, hümmelchen, ukelele
Charles Mueller, guitar, bass guitar, glockenspiel
Sian Ricketts, voice, douçaines, recorders
Niccolo Seligmann, vielles, viola a chiavi, psaltery, gittern, viola da gamba, percussion
Elisa Sutherland, voice

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Alkemie Brooklyn, New York

Imagining medieval music for the 21st century.

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