Grand River signals the close of a especially bitter Winter with an tribute to renewal, renewal and development.
Grand River, the alias of Berlin-based, Dutch-Italian author and noise designer Aimée Portioli, carriesout a paean of renewal and renewal over the course of her transcendent Fact mix, structuring it as a rite of Spring – the ideal coda for the Easter Monday after a long bank vacation of debauchery. Drifting elegantly inbetween virtuosic synthesis, twilit drone, granular fractalizations, electro-acoustic, hybrid experiments, gauzy clouds of sound and meaningful, electronic takes on classical structure, Portioli signals the close of especially bitter Winter and the stirring of brand-new vigor.
“The mix was taped in my house throughout the veryfirst days of Spring, 2023,” she discusses. “It is a tribute to this stunning rebirth, renewal, and development duration. The mix is abundant in choral, thick aerial, nearly spiritual textures, and fascinating tunes.” In this method, the mix unfurls as a extension of a job the author checksout on her current album for Editions Mego, All Above, which saw Portioli aiming to establish an psychological language, unconstrained by words and cultural restrictions.
Having qualified as a linguist, Portioli’s technique to structure reconfigures plan as centred around drives and stateofminds, a suggests by which to interact the most nuanced and complex ideas and sensations without words. Here she attains the verysame, finding wellsprings of psychic expression in abstract sounds that conjure internal clearness, the lighting of nascent Summer sun piercing through the smog.
You can discover Grand River on Instagram and at her site.
Tracklist:
Dylan Henner – ‘A New Living Being Opens Its Eyes For the First Time’
Jens Pauly – ‘Erinnern’ (Rework)
Jan St. Werner – ‘Sipian Organ’
Gintas K –