Recording
Naama Tsabar’s Inversion #3
Naama Tsabar, Inversion #3, 2021
Voice of Rose Blanshei, sound of BroodX cicadas, wood, varnish, paint, infra-red sensors, Arduino, WAV trigger, wires, cable port, cables, purfling
Coding: Brian Oakes
Photo: Zaire Kaczmarsk
size: 60'' x 48'' x 15.75''
FIELDED’s Demisexual Lovelace
Provided additional guitar and voice for track 6, Glass Vines.
Listen on FIELDED’s Bandcamp.
Sounds Across Social Distances
From the curator, Field Guide’s Benedict Kupstas’ bandcamp:
“As a global pandemic has halted cultural gatherings and led to cancellations of concerts, tours, and recording sessions, we’ve all been trying to adapt creatively, finding ways to collaborate across social distances. The collagist dialogue of the exquisite corpse seemed like a fitting approach for roping in a bunch of friends to make something together, apart…
It started as just an exercise to weather this odd isolation with 30 of our friends, but as I began weaving together folks’ contributions I was gleefully surprised as the sounds took shape, forming an engrossing sound quilt. We hope you enjoy listening to our experiment as much as we enjoyed making it. We recommend listening with a window open, letting the ambient noise of your environment contribute to the “mystique of accident.”
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All proceeds donated to COVID Bail Out NYC (covidbailout.org) and the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund (phillybailout.com).
released May 1, 2020
DIVA
From BUST magazine:
“What happens when gaudy excess and punk rock recklessness merge? You get PRIMA's newest video, “Diva.” PRIMA is a Brooklyn post-punk powerhouse headed by charismatic frontwoman Rose Blanshei. The music is lightning-charged, with inventive guitar hooks, dark fuzzy riffs, and foreboding breaks buzzing with overdrive and amp noise, all driven by the sheer energy of Blanshei’s declarative vocals. Blanshei sings, “Get in control like a diva / I’m in control / I’m in control.”
Performance
Performance is an EP released by the band PRIMA on June 1st, 2017.
“Psychodrama, romance, lust and full-on transgression served with pathos and vulnerability that is usually left unseen in pop music, Performance by Prima (2017) is emotionally and sonically HEAVY. Rose Blanshei's protagonist lies somewhere between Nick Cave and Sophia Loren and her cinematic, dynamic tunes are augmented by NYC's best guitarist Jessica Ackerley.” -Jamie Frey
Recorded by Torey Cates at The Black Strap
Mixed by Duane Lauginiger
Mastered by Ryan Schwabe
All songs written and performed by
Rose Blanshei (vocals, guitar)
Jessica Ackerley (guitar)
Butch Merigoni (drums)
Lyrics by Rose Blanshei
INFINITE
The song “Infinite” was created in collaboration with Duane Lauginiger at Time Castle Records within the confines of a “30-minute limit” experiment.
Ace Hotel AIR Residency with Rosana Caban
On an evening in August 2017, Rosana Caban, Ankita Mishra, and Rose Blanshei were invited to participate in the Artists-in-Residency program at the Ace Hotel. With nothing but a Shure SM57 microphone, they recorded a song written by Blanshei called “I’ll Catch You”.
