![]() ![]() Under a fairly strict two month timeline to arrange and prepare the program, Worden established a rigorous writing, arranging and editing process. ![]() But while many have attempted to explore the role of polarity in a spiritual and intellectual way through music, Worden’s is one of the few that does so with deftness and potency, delivering a wildly clever and first-class work of art.Īll Things Will Unwind began as a side project with the yMusic chamber ensemble, in which Worden would reinterpret earlier My Brightest Diamond songs and also present new work for a high-profile concert in March 2011 at Lincoln Center as part of the American Songbook series. While it comes across at first as somewhat immaterial, the deeper one delves into the record, the concept begins to expand and broaden, and is then revealed as fundamental in the core of the album’s architecture. Audiophiles should dig the sound quality, too.On the opening track of My Brightest Diamond’s newest album All Things Will Unwind (2011, Asthmatic Kitty Records), Shara Worden sings “Fusion makes the world go around / confusion with the making of all that sound.” This investigation into the role of opposing forces and how they interplay in the act of creation is central to the record and informs the majority of the work. My Brightest Diamond, "Be Brave (Prefuse 73 Remix)" by My Brightest DiamondĪll Things Will Unwind, the third album from My Brightest Diamond, will be released October 18th on Asthmatic Kitty. In addition, Prefuse 73, who recently worked with Worden on the track “The Only Hand to Hold,” found on the excellent album, The Only She Chapters, has provided a remix to “Be Brave.” More videos will be available on the Asthmatic Kitty and My Brightest Diamond websites in the weeks to come. #My brightest diamond be brave series#This is the first in a series of videos to come from director and longtime MBD collaborator, Murat Eyuboglu, documenting the process of creating All Things Will Unwind. Blige, The National, and many others, engineered and mixed the song in New York City. “Be Brave” features the New York City chamber ensemble yMusic DM Stith provides backing vocals Jessica Dessner dances in the video Pat Dillett, producer and engineer for David Byrne, Laurie Anderson, They Might be Giants, Mary J. ![]() “Be Brave” is the first single from My Brightest Diamond’s upcoming album, All Things Will Unwind, Worden’s response “to a world unwinding.” With the video, we gain a look into the recording process, but also a look into Worden’s heart and mind. This was the context in which I started writing ‘Be Brave.’” Shara Worden, My Brightest Diamond’s enchanting vocalist, explains: “In November, the great composer Gorecki died and I remember that weekend clearly, listening to the work and reading the lyrics in his beautiful Symphony No.3, the lament of a mother who has lost her son in war. ![]()
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