Ana Roxanne - Because of a Flower (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 39:02 minutes | 352 MB
Electronic, Ambient | Label: Kranky, Official Digital Download
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 39:02 minutes | 352 MB
Electronic, Ambient | Label: Kranky, Official Digital Download
The sublime songs comprising New York-based musician Ana Roxanne's second record, Because Of A Flower, germinated gradually across five years, inspired by interwoven notions of gender identity, beauty, and cruelty. She describes her process as beginning with “a drone element and a mood,” then intuiting melody, syllables, and lyrics incrementally, like sacred shapes materializing from mist.
The experience of identifying as intersex informs the album on levels both sonic and thematic, from spoken word texts borrowed from tonal harmony textbooks to cinematic dialogue samples and castrati aria allusions. It's an appropriately interstitial vision of ambient songcraft, a chemistry of wisps and whispers, sanctuary and sorrow, conjured through a fragile balance of voice, bass, space, and texture.
Despite a background studying at the prestigious Mills College in Oakland, Roxanne's music rarely feels conceptual, instead radiating an immediate and emotive aura, rooted in the present tense of her personal journey. She speaks of the flower in the title as a body, singular and sunlit, as many petals as thorns, an enigma beholden only to itself. But whether taken as surface or subtext, Because is a transfixing document of a rare artist in the spring of their ascension.
Tracklist:
1. Untitled (00:50)
2. A Study in Vastness (06:50)
3. Suite Pour L'invisible (07:01)
4. - - - (05:15)
5. Camille (05:04)
6. Venus (07:57)
7. Take the Thorn, Leave the Rose (06:04)
foobar2000 1.4.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2020-11-13 11:33:30
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Analyzed: Ana Roxanne / Because of a Flower
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -4.17 dB -19.62 dB 0:50 01-Untitled
DR8 -2.32 dB -12.09 dB 6:50 02-A Study in Vastness
DR10 -0.14 dB -11.70 dB 7:01 03-Suite Pour L'invisible
DR8 -1.59 dB -11.93 dB 5:15 04– - -
DR10 -0.48 dB -10.75 dB 5:04 05-Camille
DR10 -0.12 dB -12.71 dB 7:58 06-Venus
DR8 0.00 dB -11.54 dB 6:04 07-Take the Thorn, Leave the Rose
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1221 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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log date: 2020-11-13 11:33:30
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Analyzed: Ana Roxanne / Because of a Flower
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -4.17 dB -19.62 dB 0:50 01-Untitled
DR8 -2.32 dB -12.09 dB 6:50 02-A Study in Vastness
DR10 -0.14 dB -11.70 dB 7:01 03-Suite Pour L'invisible
DR8 -1.59 dB -11.93 dB 5:15 04– - -
DR10 -0.48 dB -10.75 dB 5:04 05-Camille
DR10 -0.12 dB -12.71 dB 7:58 06-Venus
DR8 0.00 dB -11.54 dB 6:04 07-Take the Thorn, Leave the Rose
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1221 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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