Manu, by Bryan Senti

Manu

by Bryan Senti

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1.	Manu 04:24	buy track
2.	Icaro 03:48	buy track
3.	Mictlān 04:03	buy track
4.	Humo 04:08	buy track
5.	Mantra 03:37	buy track
6.	Malecón 04:59	buy track
7.	Apu 04:46	buy track
8.	Telar 05:49	buy track
9.	Vía 06:31	buy track

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Manu, for me, is a deeply personal record that threads the needle between the western classical music that I was schooled in and the music of my parent’s homelands, Colombia and Cuba, as well as greater Latin America. At the outset of my journey to connect these two worlds was a re-examining of performance practice on my primary instrument, the violin. So much of what is saliently characteristic of folk music is encapsulated in the way it’s played. The translucent-ness of the sound is something that lies in stark opposition to the full-bodied technique requisite of romantic violin playing. But after expanding my approach to the instrument, and all the extended techniques afforded to it, new color palettes emerged. When paired with neo classical gestures, the ephemeral quality of the playing and inherent minimalism of folk and indigenous musical idiom eventually opened the door to a kind of dream-like, modern impressionism that was finally sui generis. The music that followed is both naturalistic and yet transcendental, and for me traces a musical corridor from my world to that of my parents and ancestors.

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released June 29, 2022

Manu by, Bryan Senti

Violin & Viola: Bryan Senti
Cello: Noah Hoffeld
Bass: Eric Shetzen and Todd Dahlhoff

String orchestra in Vía performed by Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Krystof Marek
Engineers CNSO: Stanislav Baroch and Cenda Kotzmann

Produced by Bryan Senti and Justin Moshkevich

Engineered by Justin Moshkevich at Igloo Music in Burbank, California,
Recording Assistant: Thea Prevaslky

Additional Engineering by Bryan Senti and Noah Hoffeld at their respective homes in Los Angeles California and Reischmanns, New York.

Mixed by Francesco Donadello at Vox-Ton in Berlin.
Mastered by Bo Kondren at Calyx Mastering in Berlin.

© Bryan Senti ℗ Hook and Line Music (BMI)
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Bryan Senti Los Angeles, California

First-generation Colombian and Cuban American Composer and Violinist / Violist. Artist on Naïve Records.

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