Mirante by Nick Storring
Acclaimed Toronto-based composer Nick Storring today announces his ninth full-length recording Mirante, and releases the first track taken from it, 'Roxa I', a lush mass of percolating melodic and percussive figures.
Mirante, which will be released on March 21st 2025 on We Are Busy Bodies, can be regarded as an homage to Brazil, albeit an oblique one, especially given that two of the tracks were composed well before Storring even visited the country for the first time. Storring's output is decidedly abstract in its general orientation, and this sensibility extends to his evocation of style, and as a result the album does not intentionally strive to sound like any particular Brazilian music, even if some audible influences and elements float to the surface. Instead, the music endeavours to convey broader impressions of the country—its beauty and its contrasts, the sounds of its urban and natural environments. And of course, music is a considerable part of Brazil's identity.
Mirante is easily Storring's most rhythmic record to date. Percussion plays a major role throughout, and at times is one of the key features that connects these pieces to the Brazilian canon. Yet even the more ambient sections carry an underlying sense of pulse, making the transitions between the album's various sonic environments supple and fluid.
Tracklist
| 1. | Roxa I | 7:35 |
| 2. | Roxa II | 5:50 |
| 3. | Mirante | 9:07 |
| 4. | Falta De Ar | 4:30 |
| 5. | Parque Tingui | 3:43 |
| 6. | Terra Da Garoa | 4:35 |
| 7. | Roxa III | 9:45 |
Credits
Nick Storring — Fender Rhodes, Hohner Pianet-T, Hohner Clavinet D6, Yamaha CP60M Stage Piano, electric mandola, electric mandocello, acoustic cello, electric cello, electric bass, cavaquinho, Harpsicle, glockenspiel, toy piano, thumb pianos, handbells, bar chimes, Orff Xylophone, ornamental gamelan instrument, toy balafon, tongue drums, harmonicas, melodicas, Suzuki Andes 25-F, ocarina, clarinet, bawu, hulusi, bamboo saxophone, xaphoon, assorted flutes, slide whistles, whirly tubes, bird calls, Acme siren whistle, dog whistle, voice, cuíca, khamak, Boomwhackers, drums and percussion, singing bowl, hand claps, streetsweeper bristles, spring reverb, talkbox, transducer speakers.
Contains field recordings captured in São Paulo, Guarujá, and Curitiba, Brazil
Composed, performed, recorded, produced and mixed by Nick Storring, (2020-2023)
All tracks ©, SOCAN
Mastered by East End Mastering
Photos from Camburi and Guarujá, Brazil by Nick Storring
Layout by Steve Lewin
"Roxa I," "Roxa II," and "Roxa III" were composed for Yvonne Ng's 2022 choreographic work "Sleeping, Tucked in the lonely Purple"
Thank you: Nathalia Sanches, meus sogros (Claudio e Angela), Kiko e Marcia (pelos instrumentos), Felipe Estevão da Cruz, Yvonne Ng, David Psutka, Brandon Valdvia, Matthew Ramolo, Seth Graham, Lauren Barley, Eric Warner, Steve Lewin, Dwight and Kathy Storring, and to John Kameel Farah for the use of his Fender Rhodes and Hohner Pianet-T.
This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters and Ontario Creates.
Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada et Ontario Creates
License
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Nick Storring is a composer and musician residing in Toronto. His music has been presented and performed by Eve Egoyan, Quatuor Bozzini, Beijing's Musicacoustica Festival, AKOUSMA, Arraymusic and appeared on labels such as Entr'acte, Scissor Tail, Notice Recordings and Orange Milk.
"Storring HAS IT, his compositional prowess only eclipsed by his sense of atmosphere and space." -Tiny Mix Tapes