BREAK-UP MANTRAS by nobuto published on 2023-08-01T22:30:17Z for six players and electronics (2023). commissioned by Southbank Sinfonia and premiered in Anghiari, Italy in July 2023. flute: Ellie Blamires clarinet: Raymond Brien bassoon: Hollie Redshaw violin: Naomi Warburton viola: Wanshu Qiu cello: Miki Piszczorowicz I was thinking about euphoria in pop music, that simple, single-minded ecstatic feeling you get from so many love songs. I found some vocal samples I liked and slowed them down and looped them, imagining each one as a kind of sculpture, gently rotating round and round in a neutral, dream-like space. Still euphoric, but frozen like TV static, repeating obsessively like prayer ritual. 1. I STILL FEEL 2. YOU'RE ALL I NEED 3. DON'T RUN FROM ALL THE THINGS YOU FEAR 4. THINKIN' ABOUT YOU, I'M THINKIN' ABOUT YOU 5. WE AIN'T GOT NO PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS, YEAH. I LET 'EM GO 6. TELL ME I'M YOURS 7. AH, JUST DON'T WALK AWAY 8. I DON'T WANNA LOVE YOU BUT I CAN'T SAY NO 9. I WANNA BE WITH YOU 10. YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULD NEVER, EVER FADE AWAY Genre (ಥ﹏ಥ) Comment by Yuri Umemoto 🌧 2023-12-29T14:03:15Z