Bill Ryder-Jones: If... auf LP

Bill Ryder Jones (ex The Coral) hat mit "If..." ein Tribut an und den Soundtrack zu einer postmodernistischen Novelle eines der wichtigsten italienischenAvantgarde-Literaten des 20. Jahrhunderts geschrieben. Italo Calvinos "Wenn ein Reisender in einer Winternacht" lieferte die Inspiration für eine monumentales Werk das Score, Klassik, Prog und Songwriter-Elemente auf derartig umwerfende Weise verbindet, dass man gewillt ist, alles was in der Richtung sonst so im Schrank steht, einfach in den Müll zu werfen.

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If… is the debut solo album from Bill Ryder-Jones. Written as a tribute to Italian avant-garde author Italo Calvino’s postmodern novel If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller, If… is mapped out as soundtrack inspired by the book. Grand orchestral movements sit side by side with stark, nakedly emotional vocal pieces that weave a a bleak but beautifully moving and always visceral narrative.

The album was recorded in various locations around Ryder-Jones’ hometown of Liverpool, including a Scandinavian Church, the Grade II listed warehouse Elevator Studios and his mother’s house. Musicians, friends, parents and even the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra pulled together in order for If… to become a reality. The Liverpool Philharmonic joined Ryder-Jones at the friary in Everton Valley for the instrumental tracks, of which there are five out of the ten on the record.

Taking its cue from Abel Korzeniowski’s off-kilter soundtrack for Tom Ford’s acclaimed film A Single Man, If…’s influences are eclectic and diverse, from modern cinema composers like Michael Galasso (Seraphine) and Clint Mansell (The Wrestler, Black Swan) to psychedelic sorcerer Syd Barrett, Nick Cave and nineties Welsh indie-psych disciples Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci.

Rezensionen

,,Eine betörende Selbsterfahrung jenseits der eigenen Psychedelic-/Brit-Pop-Sozialisation. Nick Cave und Jonny Greenwood wären neidisch." (Audio, Januar 2012)