Honest Music

Honest Music

Lisa Liu, violin; Monika Abendroth, harp A creation of the studio in which the violinist fights with herself—electronically overlaid tracks repeat and cut her off, trip her up, beg to disagree—while underneath a harp and drone lay out a bed to catch her should she fall. Like a Michael Gondry film, it’s as complicated and… Read more »

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Lisa Liu, violin; Monika Abendroth, harp

A creation of the studio in which the violinist fights with herself—electronically overlaid tracks repeat and cut her off, trip her up, beg to disagree—while underneath a harp and drone lay out a bed to catch her should she fall. Like a Michael Gondry film, it’s as complicated and as fantastic and as ordinary as a love story. It’s a goodbye letter the writer doesn’t at first seem to know how to start, stays up late trying to make comprehensible, and then ultimately can’t bare to send. Bonus back slap to producer Valgeir Sigurdsson for abandoning the “this is how we record classical compositions” rule book and pushing this music all the way into the studio.

—MS