Archipelago, by Beach Ready

Archipelago

by Beach Ready

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1.	Fireflies 03:08 video	buy track
2.	Allucinate 03:08	buy track
3.	Turtle Point 08:05	buy track
4.	Redemption 02:50	buy track
5.	Drown 02:58	buy track
6.	Wake 01:40	buy track
7.	Graphene 03:03	buy track
8.	Surf Point 02:35	buy track
9.	Archipelago 02:24	buy track
10.	Shipwreck 04:25 video	buy track
11.	Blood and Sand 05:08	buy track
12.	Gili 03:32 video	buy track
13.	Meno Wall 03:44	buy track
14.	Watching the Sunrise 01:28	buy track

about

My wife works as a picture editor and has an extensive archive of photos taken whilst travelling in her twenties, I came across a photo from the collection that depicted a boat being readied to sail from an Island.
I immediately thought how the picture would make a brilliant album cover. With that in mind, I started to write music that would relate to the picture
The subtext being that although the picture looked like an idyllic island getaway there is the ever advancing threat of that set of islands being submerged and destroyed through climate change."

Beach Ready continued to write and find titles that would fit the theme.

Sonically, "Archipelago" is darker in texture and more extreme than the critically acclaimed self-titled Beach Ready debut album. Destruction being the central theme. But there are chinks of light that shine brightly through with the uplifting opener 'Fireflies" and the minimalist piano melancholy of "Redemption" There are moments of abrasion with the unsettling "Shipwreck", (featuring an enignatic video from reknown Abu Dhabi based artist, Spencer Hogg) and the powerful "Graphene" which features chilling spoken word contribution from Propaganda legend and previous Jack Adaptor and Cordoba collaborator, Claudia Brucken.
Even though the album contains mostly atmospheric, ambient, drone soundscapes the record contains a moment of pure alternative, electro-pop with "Allucinate" which features the considerable vocal talents of Boe Huntress. The 2 met whilst both performing at a David Bowie tribute concert shortly after his death. Allcucinate has already been played on UK radio and would no doubt meet the approval of the thin white duke himself. Both BR and Boe being fans of his work, particularly the album "Low".
As with the first BR album, Cordoba's hallmark guitar and atmospherics pervade every track. Guitar, without necessarily coming overtly to the fore, stealthily comes to the listener from all angles whilst not sounding like conventional guitar. Incorporating drone, glitch, Frippertronics, industrial, new wave and new age to create a unique sound collage of urgent ambience.
The title track is a shimmering and romantic call to keep the Archipelago (The Gili Islands in Indonesia) above water so that it's beauty can be treasured for generations to come.

credits

released May 18, 2023

All songs composed, arranged and performed by Christopher Cordoba except for:
Fireflies written by Cordoba and Mat Hempell
Allucinate (featuring Boe Huntress) written by Cordoba and Boe Huntress
Graphene (featuring Claudia Brucken) written by Cordoba and Claudia Brucken
Keyboards on Fireflies, Graphene and Shipwreck by Mat Hempell
Mastered by Stephan Mathieu at Schwebung Mastering
Cover image by Emma Griffiths

Snow in Water Records, 2023.
www.snowinwater.com
snowinwater.bandcamp.com/music

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Beach Ready London, UK

Beach Ready, the name is an ironic commentary on the obsession with surface that pervades society, decided to use mostly an iPhone to create new music.
Think, what would Jon Hassell and David Shire do if only armed with a phone and not an army of world musicians or an orchestra?
A Welsh pump organ.
Field recordings, nearby rowers make an appearance, and ambient drone are all part of the collage ... more

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