{"id":60121,"date":"2025-01-31T14:22:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/ambient-music\/golden-t-shirts-by-laurie-torres-stationary-travels\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T14:22:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:22:38","slug":"golden-t-shirts-by-laurie-torres-stationary-travels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=60121","title":{"rendered":"Golden t-shirts by Laurie Torres \u2013 Stationary Travels"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A Canadian musician and composer raised in Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec by Haitian parents, Laurie Torres <\/strong>has carved a vibrant and eclectic musical path for herself from classical piano lessons and playing drums in high school bands and jazz ensembles to becoming a stage and studio performer who has toured Canada, Europe and the UK. A founding member of Folly & The Hunter<\/strong>, with whom she recorded four albums, Torres is on the cusp of releasing a full-length debut album of her own. <\/p>\n

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Recorded between tours in a studio beside a lake in Qu\u00e9bec and centering around piano, drums and synthesizer and interwoven with field recordings, Apr\u00e8s coup<\/em><\/strong> presents listeners with 11 tracks of instrumental music that deftly blends free-spirited improvisation and experimental jazz with meditative tones a minimalist touch. The title, which translates in English to afterwards or after the event, is a reference to a meaningful moment in time in which Torres found herself while making the album. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Apr\u00e8s coup, to me, signifies that moment of conscience in the aftermath, fundamentally an experience of time, the relationship between the before and after.<\/em>..I had an urge to use creativity as a sort of resting place, a place where things can unfold slowly and take time to reveal themselves. In other words, I felt the need to make something slower, more elusive. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While Apr\u00e8s coup<\/em><\/strong> may be a debut of sorts, it becomes clear upon listening that Torres draws from a deep well-spring of creativity, skill, and expressiveness. The liner notes refer to her ascending to a \u201cflow state\u201d while making the record and the music substantiates the claim with a sublime balance between freeform experimentation and restrained elegance. <\/p>\n

A fine case in point is the just release single premiering here entitled \u201cGolden t-shirts\u201d in which a languid, bluesy piano line weaves its way around a delicate interplay with the clarinet, lightly skittering percussion, and other ambient effects. Have a listen for yourself while you enjoy Laurie\u2019s own impressions of the piece. <\/p>\n