Christina Vantzou -No5 -KRANKY LP Grooves.land/Playthek

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1.1 Enter

1.2 Greeting

1.3 Distance

1.4 Reclining Figures

1.5 Red Eel Dream

1.6 Dance Rehearsal

1.7 Kimona

1.8 Tongue Shaped Rock

1.9 Memory of Future Melody

1.10 Kimona II

1.11 Surreal Presence (for SH and FM)

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No.5 by Christina Vantzou, released 4 November 2022. This version of No.5 comes as a 1xCD. -

While on the island of Syros in the Aegean Sea for a film festival performance, Christina Vantzou experienced what she characterized as "a moment of focus"-a specific vision for the sprawl of raw recordings she'd been amassing for her fifth album. Upon relocating to the Cycladic island of Ano Koufonisi, she situated herself outside at a patio table with a laptop and headphones, taking brief breaks to swim, and began the "reductive process" of shaving and shaping the source material into uneasy but lyrical movements, alternately austere and adorned with strange inflections: glottal groaning, cavernous water, glittering eddies of modular synth, languorous silences. Mixing the pieces herself without outsourcing to an engineer compounded the intimacy and autobiographical dimension of the music; she refers to Nº5 as "almost like a first album."Drawing on sessions staged in February 2020, Vantzou's editing instincts emphasize process and isolation, spotlighting resonance and restraint, liquidity and long tails. Fleeting configurations of piano, wind, strings, synthetics, and field recordings, these are spaces as much as compositions, surreal grottos of shifting light, suffused with a sense of invisible divinity. Although seventeen musicians appear on the record, the proceedings feel minimalist and malleable, sculpted from interstitial moments and oblique synchronicities. The definition of a composer as "one who joins things" is here both plumbed and proven; Vantzou describes Nº5 as "a letting go," a place of "soft borders," unfixed and undefinable.

"No.5" is the latest LP by Christina Vantzou, released through Kranky / Cargo. This album continues Vantzou's exploration of ambient and neoclassical soundscapes, weaving together delicate orchestration with subtle electronic textures. Known for her immersive compositions that evoke deep introspection and cinematic atmospheres, "No.5" showcases her ability to blend minimalism with lush arrangements, creating a meditative listening experience. Christina Vantzou has established herself as a leading figure in contemporary experimental music, acclaimed for previous works such as "No.1," "No.2," "No.3," and "No.4." Her collaborations span visual art and film scores, further highlighting her multidisciplinary talent. Kranky is an influential independent label based in Chicago, renowned for its commitment to innovative ambient, post-rock, and experimental artists since 1993. With releases from acts like Stars of the Lid and Tim Hecker under their belt, Kranky has become synonymous with high-quality avant-garde music production distributed worldwide via partners like Cargo.

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00155887

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