Ana Roxanne - Poem 1Ana Roxanne returns with Poem 1, an album that displays a new found boldness and arrives on kranky. THE GUARDIAN Keepsake included in tracks of the week (20th Feb) devastatingly stark suffused in grief "I wanted to travel Home into somewhere,"Ana Roxanne breathes across an eerie suspended drone on "The Age of Innocence". "I wanted to try And go very far." These are the first words we hear on Poem 1 and reintroduce an artist who's in a conspicuously

personal yet universal love song that has resonated with many since its release in January

” In Cheri’s music

and lecturer on everything from musical craft and heritage to queerness and history

Darren recorded the album almost entirely solo and this time he has dug deep into his primary instrument

perception

like trees blossoming just slightly differently each season

Originally planned for issue on Strata-East

Consisting of core members Martin Eicher

It’s a song that feels immaculately constructed but also very much alive and of the moment as its radiating synths engulf from the off

Stevens is embracing a first-thought-best-thought approach

“It uses fields that are beyond the reach of our senses

from vibraphone