Reece Cox, who's notched up releases on iDeal and Kulør, introduces his "fictional music group" Poser on 'Simple Gifts', directing a team of collaborators to stamp their mark on a 1848 Shaker hymn.
Best known for his high-minded syncopated trance, Cox takes a different approach here, forming an interdisciplinary "band" with no fixed members that's intended to upset and distort our concept of popular culture. His choice of music is inspired by Dan Graham's 1984 experimental art film 'Rock My Religion', that analyzes the relationship between rock music and religion and begins by connecting the Shakers' ecstatic dances to later 1950s trends. So taking Elder Joseph Brackett's 'Simple Gifts', Cox uses countertenor Steve Katona to capture the piece's operatic drama, and imagines two distinct backdrops.
On the first version, Cox sticks to the shadows, weaving Chris Shields' guitar and Caleb Salgado's bass and adding discrete electronic elements to create an ominous, cinematic atmosphere. But his approach to the second is different enough to make us consider the project more roundly: here, the bass remains but by adding moody pads and a brushy trip-hop beat, Cox re-contextualizes the song entirely. He hands it off to Franziska Aigner, aka Anne Imhof and Holly Herndon collaborator FRANKIE, for a third approximation, and she makes it completely her own, playing cello and singing into eerie field recordings.
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Reece Cox, who's notched up releases on iDeal and Kulør, introduces his "fictional music group" Poser on 'Simple Gifts', directing a team of collaborators to stamp their mark on a 1848 Shaker hymn.
Best known for his high-minded syncopated trance, Cox takes a different approach here, forming an interdisciplinary "band" with no fixed members that's intended to upset and distort our concept of popular culture. His choice of music is inspired by Dan Graham's 1984 experimental art film 'Rock My Religion', that analyzes the relationship between rock music and religion and begins by connecting the Shakers' ecstatic dances to later 1950s trends. So taking Elder Joseph Brackett's 'Simple Gifts', Cox uses countertenor Steve Katona to capture the piece's operatic drama, and imagines two distinct backdrops.
On the first version, Cox sticks to the shadows, weaving Chris Shields' guitar and Caleb Salgado's bass and adding discrete electronic elements to create an ominous, cinematic atmosphere. But his approach to the second is different enough to make us consider the project more roundly: here, the bass remains but by adding moody pads and a brushy trip-hop beat, Cox re-contextualizes the song entirely. He hands it off to Franziska Aigner, aka Anne Imhof and Holly Herndon collaborator FRANKIE, for a third approximation, and she makes it completely her own, playing cello and singing into eerie field recordings.
Reece Cox, who's notched up releases on iDeal and Kulør, introduces his "fictional music group" Poser on 'Simple Gifts', directing a team of collaborators to stamp their mark on a 1848 Shaker hymn.
Best known for his high-minded syncopated trance, Cox takes a different approach here, forming an interdisciplinary "band" with no fixed members that's intended to upset and distort our concept of popular culture. His choice of music is inspired by Dan Graham's 1984 experimental art film 'Rock My Religion', that analyzes the relationship between rock music and religion and begins by connecting the Shakers' ecstatic dances to later 1950s trends. So taking Elder Joseph Brackett's 'Simple Gifts', Cox uses countertenor Steve Katona to capture the piece's operatic drama, and imagines two distinct backdrops.
On the first version, Cox sticks to the shadows, weaving Chris Shields' guitar and Caleb Salgado's bass and adding discrete electronic elements to create an ominous, cinematic atmosphere. But his approach to the second is different enough to make us consider the project more roundly: here, the bass remains but by adding moody pads and a brushy trip-hop beat, Cox re-contextualizes the song entirely. He hands it off to Franziska Aigner, aka Anne Imhof and Holly Herndon collaborator FRANKIE, for a third approximation, and she makes it completely her own, playing cello and singing into eerie field recordings.
Reece Cox, who's notched up releases on iDeal and Kulør, introduces his "fictional music group" Poser on 'Simple Gifts', directing a team of collaborators to stamp their mark on a 1848 Shaker hymn.
Best known for his high-minded syncopated trance, Cox takes a different approach here, forming an interdisciplinary "band" with no fixed members that's intended to upset and distort our concept of popular culture. His choice of music is inspired by Dan Graham's 1984 experimental art film 'Rock My Religion', that analyzes the relationship between rock music and religion and begins by connecting the Shakers' ecstatic dances to later 1950s trends. So taking Elder Joseph Brackett's 'Simple Gifts', Cox uses countertenor Steve Katona to capture the piece's operatic drama, and imagines two distinct backdrops.
On the first version, Cox sticks to the shadows, weaving Chris Shields' guitar and Caleb Salgado's bass and adding discrete electronic elements to create an ominous, cinematic atmosphere. But his approach to the second is different enough to make us consider the project more roundly: here, the bass remains but by adding moody pads and a brushy trip-hop beat, Cox re-contextualizes the song entirely. He hands it off to Franziska Aigner, aka Anne Imhof and Holly Herndon collaborator FRANKIE, for a third approximation, and she makes it completely her own, playing cello and singing into eerie field recordings.