MD Pallavi & Andi Otto - Songs For Broken Ships

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: Pingipung079
Barcode: 4250101452284
Release Date: 12 May 2023
Genre: Electronic

MD Pallavi & Andi Otto first crossed paths on a theatre stage in India ten years ago. They started collaborating instantly and in 2016 MD Pallavi's mesmerizing vocals for the downtempo raga
Bangalore Whispers warmed hearts and ears. Their musical relationship flourished with artistic residencies in Bangalore and Hamburg, their respective hometowns, and a concert tour in Japan. The collaborative track Six made ears turn again on Andi’s album Bow Wave (Multi Culti 2019). And now, years later, the fruits of this artistic endeavour are fully formed here on Songs for Broken Ships - the debut album of the duo.

The album presents an interwoven pop-aesthetic vision of the two artists with their contrasting musical backgrounds. It ranges from organically woven folktronica to cut-up disco tracks and acoustic ballads. Reminiscent of, but not akin to Nicola Cruz, Beach House or Four Tet’s early productions the music is experimental but focusedon the listener and their experience.

MD Pallavi is a singer, actress, filmmaker and performer from Bangalore, SouthIndia, where she trained in Hindustani music and poetry since childhood. On Songs for Broken Ships, poems in her native tongue Kannada*, one of India's many languages, are performed over Andi’s alluring production, translating the stories into musical narratives. The poems address topics that are as timeless as the music itself. Social equality is touched upon in Bayalu (written by Bontadevi in the 12th century). Artistic struggles - communicated on An Unwritten Word (Gangadhar
Chittala, 1865) - are almost prophetic and the surreal, dreamlike scenario of Clockshop (KS Narasimhaswamy,1958) brings you further inside the sonic journey. 

Andi Otto is a composer, cellist and DJ based in Hamburg, Germany, He is known for his idiosyncratic and unconventional dance music productions on labels such as Multi Culti, Shika Shika and Pingipung (which he co-runs and curates).

A1 MD Pallavi & Andi Otto Song For Broken Ships 00:05:13
A2 MD Pallavi & Andi Otto Bayalu 00:03:58
A3 MD Pallavi & Andi Otto Puglisi00:05:48
A4 MD Pallavi & Andi Otto Clockshop 00:05:42
B1 MD Pallavi & Andi Otto Konnakol Disguise (2023 version) 00:05:05
B2 MD Pallavi & Andi Otto Prayer To The Cloud 00:04:13
B3 MD Pallavi & Andi Otto Velvet Flicker 00:02:48
B4 MD Pallavi & Andi Otto An Unwritten Word 00:08:48

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