Natural Wonder Beauty Concept Natural Wonder Beauty Concept, Ana Roxanne SKU: MEX3261 Barcode: 184923132618 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Mexican Summer Released Date: 14th July 2023 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info The life of the solo electronic artist is equal parts privilege and loneliness. You hurtle across the sky to spend a few hours in a dark club, behind the decks or on stage at the microphone. A brief grasp at transcendence, then the lights are on. Afterwards, you chat with friends you made last month, last year, or an hour ago. Back on the train, the plane. A couple weeks of this, then home. Repeat. It was against this backdrop that Ana Roxanne and DJ Python (Brian Piñeyro) struck up a singular friendship and collaboration, culminating in the shared musical language of their new project, Natural Wonder Beauty Concept. Brian and Ana met in New York City in the winter of 2020. They’d respectively put out critically acclaimed albums but due to extenuating global circumstances, the real-world implications of those records were yet to be seen. Ana’s debut LP, Because of a Flower, released in fall 2020, trades in both ethereality and directness, stretching timeless pop and R&B forms into shimmering ambient magic. When the Bay Area-born, Mills-trained artist sings, on record or live, time slows down and we enter a languorous yet ecstatic present. The second album from Queens-based deep reggaeton innovator DJ Python, Mas Amable, also subverts easy temporality. Released in spring 2020, Mas Amable floats in liminal space —not quite a dance record, a downtempo record, nor an ambient record—unfurling at a wistful pace, naturally suited for a strange period when each day felt the same yet wildly different. Well-loved albums aside, no one was playing shows, and a general listlessness and disconnection prevailed. Roxanne had recently moved to New York, and while the pair had previously interacted online and expressed admiration with each others’ work, they were now able to meet in person for the first time. A quiet understanding developed between the two artists on their initial hangs – they drove around the outskirts of NYC, listening to Telegram by Björk, HTRK, Portishead, all manner of melancholy acoustic indie songs. They pulled over in Filipino neighborhoods to eat. Periods of volubility were punctuated by silence, laughter interspersed with wide-eyed pondering. For Brian and Ana, studio experimentation was the instinctive extension of a friendship finding its feet. The duo’s preternatural communication was present from the start. In early, open-ended sessions at Gary’s Electric Studio in Greenpoint, they arrived on a moody, novel sound encompassing trip-hop, synth-pop, brittle IDM drums, and samples of classical music. Piñeyro threw out ideas at a breakneck pace. Ana impacted the sound with subtle, monumental chord shapes and textures, eventually singing over strange and beautiful beats. “There was lots of time to make music during the first year we worked on the project,” they remember. “The winter in New York felt quite vacuous, so we spent a lot of time reflecting on feeling too much and feeling nothing at all.” Then, after a heady start on a prospective album, the world reopened. Roxanne and Piñeyro parted ways for most of 2021. Ana embarked upon her first headlining tours across Europe, North America, and Australia, quietly commanding large rooms. Python was a fixture in the sleepless European electronic club circuit. Ana moved away from NYC and back to the Bay Area. Alone again, they experienced the exhilaration and fatigue of the road. Their lives, and the project, were in flux. After a smattering of sessions on the rare occasions they found themselves in the same city, Brian and Ana converged on Kranky label manager Brian Foote’s home studio in Los Angeles in the summer of 2022. The songs were taking shape. Dreamy, densely layered drum programming and atmosphere, redolent of Seefeel and Boards Of Canada, washedagainst jungle and oddball ambient landscapes. They listened to tracks-in-progress while driving through the hills at night, lights flickering out in the expanse. The writing process was entirely collaborative. Ana sang, Brian sang. They dashed off lyrics together, reflecting an increasingly shared mental state. “You me you / falling in deeper blue / running through a circle that surrounds you / mango jelly flowers all around you.” Later that fall, the duo traveled back to Brooklyn for a last round of sessions with engineer and producer Al Carlson (Oneohtrix Point Never, Jessica Pratt). Their longtime friend CZ Wang (Parquet Courts, Huerco S.) mixed and finalized the songs in early 2023, and then a name for the project materialized. Natural Wonder Beauty Concept was “something Ana saw in the universe.” The self-titled album does not resemble the previous work of either artist – Ana’s celebrated ~~~ EP and album; Piñeyro’s various releases as DJ Python and DJ Wey or his recent EP with Ela Minus. Instead, it’s a sui generis work built block by block over two years. It’s the longest DJ Python has ever worked on a record, and the shortest period of time Ana has ever dedicated to a project. Early on in Natural Wonder Beauty Concept, we hear Python singing for the first time, over a woozy, Actress-influenced beat. He’s a portrait of alienation. “Isn’t it strange that I kind of feel nothing at all,” he muses. Ana responds to Python’s call: “Wouldn’t you say that I’m a person… giving you the time…” By the song’s conclusion, Roxanne’s vocals are an enveloping force over a lilting street bass. “The project gave us a creative license of freedom,” the pair say. “It was an opportunity to try anything out, whatever we happened to be feeling or influenced by.” Python and Ana are both known for bittersweet, contemplative electronic music that feels like a companion in quiet times. With their new project, the two artists have found their natural, if unexpected, counterparts. Natural Wonder Beauty Concept is the sound of two brilliant artists learning to be alone, together. Artist Natural Wonder Beauty Concept, Ana Roxanne Genre Electronica Label Mexican Summer Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Fallen Angel - Ana Roxanne Sword - Ana Roxanne III - Natural Wonder Beauty Concept The Veil I - Natural Wonder Beauty Concept Natural Wonder Beauty Concept - DJ Python The Veil II - Ana Roxanne Young Adult Fiction - Ana Roxanne Driving - Natural Wonder Beauty Concept Clear - DJ Python World Freehand Circle Drawing - Ana Roxanne Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Electronica Nearly New View Product Quick View Amon Tobin Verbal Electronica | Ninja Tune | 12", Single Released 6th July 2021 £5.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Amon Tobin Verbal £5.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Ninja Tune SKU: nn226344 Formats: 12", Single Released Date: 6th July 2021 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Oval Scis Electronica | Thrill Jockey | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 17th January 2020 £22.00 - £24.00 Select options Oval Scis £22.00 - £24.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Thrill Jockey Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 17th January 2020 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Late Night Alumni Echos Electronica | Alumni Records | 1LP Released 6th October 2023 £32.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Late Night Alumni Echos £32.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Alumni Records SKU: LNA0323 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 6th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nia Archives Silence Is Loud Electronica | Island | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 12th April 2024 £24.00 Select options Nia Archives Silence Is Loud £24.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Island Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 12th April 2024 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Maggie Payne Ahh-Ahh Electronica | Aguirre | 1LP Released 10th April 2020 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Maggie Payne Ahh-Ahh £22.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Aguirre SKU: ZORN067LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th April 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Die Antwoord Mount Ninji And Da Nice Time Kid Electronica | Zef Recordz | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 25th November 2016 £21.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Die Antwoord Mount Ninji And Da Nice Time Kid £21.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Zef Recordz SKU: ZEF004VL Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 25th November 2016 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket Nearly New View Product Quick View Mira Calix Prickle Electronica | Warp | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 6th July 2021 £7.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Mira Calix Prickle £7.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: nn226339 Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 6th July 2021 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Chris Carter Electronic Ambient Remixes One Electronica | Mute | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 3rd September 2021 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chris Carter Electronic Ambient Remixes One £22.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Mute SKU: CCEAR1LP Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 3rd September 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View JARV IS House Music All Night Long Electronica | Rough Trade | 12", Single Released 27th March 2020 £8.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders JARV IS House Music All Night Long £8.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Rough Trade SKU: RT0124T Formats: 12", Single Released Date: 27th March 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Coil Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil Electronica | Dais | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 12th August 2022 £33.00 - £34.00 Select options Coil Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil £33.00 - £34.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Dais Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 12th August 2022 Read More Select options See more in Electronica Start again
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