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söndag, september 06, 2020

Darian Thomas’s “Darkness Runs From Light”



Marcos Balter, composer:

When composers are their own performers, as in the violin works of Paganini, Laurie Anderson and Leroy Jenkins, music becomes a self-portrait in motion. Secluded in his Brooklyn apartment since March with his instrument and effect pedals, Darian Thomas has been writing an intimate and vulnerable sonic diary about our times. In “Darkness Runs From Light,” he weaves — by himself — a lush string orchestra while breathily singing of angst and optimism: “I was up last night dreaming/About a new day/I was dreaming. Soaring. Hoping.” His violin hugs us, and we could all use a hug these days.

/Källa New York Times

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