Artist: Rena Jones
Title: Echoes
Label: Cartesian Binary Recordings
Released: 1st April 2013
It’s been a while since Rena Jones last album “Indra’s Web” released in 2009 and this release takes a different direction as a live studio recording, collaborating with artists such as Sophie Barker who Rena has drafted in for two tracks. From the offset I had no doubt the combination of Rena’s production and Sophie’s vocals would be nothing short of high quality. The question I asked myself is could they create a track with such appeal as Zero 7’s “In The Waiting Line”. Even before listening I’d hazard a guess that you’d need to appreciate strings with your electronica, which to some may draw comparisons along the lines of
Other collaborations on the
album include amongst others the solo violinist Ilya Goldberg (who previously worked with
Emancipator) on my personal favourite the title track “Echoes”. Additionally Rena also employs Matt Robinson
(who has previously worked with Bjork, Lamb and Bats For Lashes) on Modular
Synth, Earl Harvin (who has previously worked with Seal and Air) on drums,
Laura Scarborough (part of the Quintox Fusion collaborative) on grand piano and
a woodwind orchestra. Now bearing in mind not only does Rena have considerable
experience of the violin and cello but also sound engineering it’s a no-brainer
for those with a taste for organic/electronic fusions with an orchestral edge
to at least have a listen.
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