Blue

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艺人: iamamiwhoami
语种: 英语
厂牌: To whom it may concern.
发行时间: 2014年11月10日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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Blue (stylised as BLUE) is the third studio album by Swedish audiovisual project iamamiwhoami, led by singer-songwriter Jonna Lee. It was released on 7 November 2014. The album was announced through a trailer on YouTube on 8 July 2014, and on the same day, it was made available for pre-order on Lee's label To whom it may concern. Blue is musically produced by Claes Björklund and visually directed by Swedish collective WAVE (Lee, John Strandh and Agustin Moreaux), with costume design by Mathieu Mirano.

Though Blue was offered in CD and vinyl formats exclusively from To whom it may concern., the album was fully designed with a more immersive online experience in mind. iamamiwhoami created Blue island, an online experience that provides an exclusive 'expanded album' with additional audio, video and still images, as well as a myriad of download and streaming options, with ways to share the album with others. The CD and LP also include some of the additional segues from the Blue island version, and all songs appear as a continuous mix. The digital edition provided through iTunes is unmixed.

Ten months ago, a video appeared on YouTube which marked a new era for iamamiwhoami. 'Fountain' was the beginning of something that seemed to be beyond description. Now, after the appearance of six more videos, an album has been released from the Swedish audiovisual maestra, iamamiwhoami.

Following on from the successes of Bounty and Kin, Jonna Lee's act has delivered Blue, a conceptual album that takes listeners away from the familiarity of the lush woodland landscapes of previous albums, and leads them instead to tranquil shores. In the same vein as previous releases, Blue has so far delivered the majority of tracks before the album's release, all with accompanying videos to create an audiovisual masterpiece. As of last month, seven videos had been released out of the ten tracks when 'Chasing Kites' was uploaded to the internet.

When it all began with 'Fountain', fans were abuzz with excitement and speculation soon started over what was happening. The general consensus was that there was a new album coming, but when, and how often would the videos be released prior to the overall collection? A new page was added to the band's website, generate, which asked for donations towards the project to help them fund their creativity. Thankfully, followers of the multimedia performer donated generously, and ten months later, we have Blue.

As fans eagerly waited for new videos to appear, they were never disappointed. Instead, following the release of 'Fountain', any new videos just generated more excitement as a broader picture opened up. In the past, iamamiwhoami have focussed solely on the use of nature in their videos, the use of Mother Earth. Now, Mother Oceania was coming into her element in videos like 'Hunting For Pearls', and 'Thin', which show Lee embracing the liberties that only water can allow.

The album captures the blue's playfulness, it's currents, and it's pace. This is particularly displayed within 'Tap Your Glass', Blue's fourth track. Beginning with a foreboding beat, then rhythmic drips of water, Lee's voice calmly floats over the pacey track, creating a sense of a rough undercurrent beneath shallow waves.

'Tap Your Glass' is succeeded by 'Blue Blue', one of the album's stand out tracks that perfectly demonstrates Lee's otherworldly vocals, and whose video conveys just how much of a multimedia project this is.

Up until the release of Blue, the seven released tracks worked well together, but ultimately, they were stand alone releases. It is only with the release of the final three tracks on the album, that we are able to see the collection as a whole, and as a singularity. 'Ripple' is much more turbulent than any of it's predecessors.

Finally, the album closes with 'Shadowshow' which some fans may recognise from In Concert, a live stream that took one fan into the woods and allowed him to journey through the real world sets of Bounty. Back then, 'Shadowshow' was known as '.', and has since found it's home on Blue. Lee's, and indeed iamamiwhoami's careers seem to be in contrast to this song: while the song takes us into the dark woods, their careers are venturing out of the shadows. As shown in the videos to Blue so far, the lighter visuals carry brighter tracks to the audience, while the audience stand in raptures.

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