Violet releases her third album 'Transparências'
"It is a free and universal piece of culture"
Violet has released her third album, titled 'Transparências', which takes listeners through her various influences from jazz, to downtempo, to jungle and beyond.
The album, which is based on the concept of "functional music," is intended to be a soundtrack for daily life, with each track's title referring to various tasks. Tracks include 'Music for taking public transport' and 'Music for singing in the shower.'
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The project also contains features from fellow Lisbon producers BLEID and Phoebe who helped Violet come up with the music for tidying and cleaning and the music for reading.
A press statement says that "these tracks are pieces that support our routine, the reconnection between what we feel and what we do - be it work, chores, art, pleasure or necessity."
Rádio Quantica, a Lisbon label and community radio station formed by Violet and Photonz (who mastered the record) released 'Transparências' digitally on February 23.
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Archives 2012-2020, Violet's archival record, was released last year on her second label, naivety. 'Sickle And Hammer' and 'Espirito', both EPs from 2021, are two more recent naïve releases.
Writing on Instagram, the producer says: "I made [this album] so you can use it as a free and universal piece of culture (it also comes with a poetry zine/book) that you come back to whenever you need to soundtrack simple activities that keep your life grounded."
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Violet's book of poetry is included with the physical CD edition of the record, supplementing the auditory language with the written word in a multi-disciplinary piece that will be given for free in cultural and community places.
See a full tracklist here:
01. Música para acordar
02. Música para ler feat. Phoebe
03. Música para contemplar a natureza
04. Música para limpar e arrumar feat. BLEID
05. Música para fazer arte
06. Música para andar de transportes
07. Música para cantar no banho
08. Música para passear o cão à noite
09. Música para dançar
10. Música para adormecer
Listen to the album on YouTube here. Check out the album on Bandcamp below:
Aneesa Ahmed is Mixmag's Digital Intern, follow her on Twitter