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Session breakdown of The Bottom Line by Ólafur Arnalds (featuring Josin)

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Platz 12: Josin - In the Blank Space (Electronic / Art Pop / Indie)

Ich weiß nicht mehr, wer mir damals Josins EP “Epilogue” empfohlen hat, aber ich muss mich nochmal bedanken. Erstens, weil selbige sehr gut war, und zweitens, weil ich ohne diesen Hinweis garantiert auch nicht das nochmal bessere Debütalbum der Hamburgerin, die bürgerlich Arabella Rauch heißt, gehört hätte. Klar von Interpreten wie Radiohead, Massive Attack und Ólafur Arnalds beeinflusst, aber dennoch mit sehr eigenem Charakter und einer Stimme, die kaum noch mehr Melancholie und Wehmut transportieren könnte. Wenn nicht die letzten drei Songs ein wenig hinter dem Rest verblassen (was nicht heißt, dass sie nicht immer noch sehr gut sind), wäre “In the Blank Space” ein klarer Kandidat für die Top 5 gewesen.

Highlights:

Healing

Evaporation

Once Apart

Feral Thing

[atcostmag]

Josin - Traveller

Born in Köln to a Korean mother and German father, both of whom are opera singers, Josin is the stage name of Arabella Rauch. With her latest track, its no doubt that these neo-classical roots run deep with single “Traveller”. Subtle yet carried with substantial force, Arabella’s beaming tones resonate across its sparse ambient. With her tranquil voice sprawling across its muted percussion and the aqueous blur of its saturating synths, the track condenses into its dreamy distillations. Fluttering to majestic strings and the cautious notes of swaying woodwinds, Josin summarizes the hymnal “Traveller” with the following words:

“’Traveller’ is a about belonging, being lost and returning. Of places we wish to be able to hold on. But the cycle that holds for water, that travels from rivers to oceans to rain, might also be the way we are connected and moving in this space. Being not only surrounded but made from water, we don't need to feel apart from anything”.

You can check Josin’s “Traveller” alongside previous works from her storied discography including the  devastating beauty of recent single “The Darkness” and others including palpitating tremble of “Feral Thing” and the  resonant guitars and weightless feel of “From There”:

“Feral Thing”

JOSIN · Feral Thing

“From There”

JOSIN · Josin - From There

“The Darkness”

Josin · The Darkness

“Traveller”

Josin · Traveller

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Our Favorite SXSW 2019 Artist Discoveries

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The most exciting and memorable SXSW moments happen when you least expect them; when you are blown away by a new act that you didn’t know before, or by arriving a bit too early to see somebody you had on your must-see list and see someone else instead. Or maybe you intended to see a specific act but then their show takes a  different turn and becomes so much better than you anticipated. This time around, we had several of these discoveries and want to share them with you. This is somewhat the chronological order as our discoveries went:

pecas

pecas live @ Cheerup Charlie’s

SXSW artists page

Sometimes you have to change your surroundings in order to appreciate what you have at home. This holds especially true during SXSW when there is time to enjoy the one or the other New York-based act in a different context, outside the same-old venues and setups. This especially came true with  Brooklyn-via-Madrid artist Sandy Davis, who goes by the artist name pecas. Having been at Cheerup Charlie’s early and gotten a front row space, I was mesmerized by pecas, who sang, played bass and grooved to her sound, performing her latest songs. When I dub her “the female answer to Alex Cameron” I mean it with all my heart and affection, and not just because of her moves or because she had a saxophone playing sidekick with her on stage. Next stop, a venue close to home because pecas is among the ones to watch. Closely!

Listen to “T-Shirt” on Spotify

Adam Melchor

Adam Melchor live @ Empire Controllroom

SXSW artist page

Having song picked the New Jersey-born and raised artist earlier this year, we definitely wanted to see the now LA-based singer/songwriter live and holy cow, did he deliver! While Adam Melchor‘s own songs are beautiful song pearls, his performance show stopper came with The Beatles’ classic “A Day In The Life” which he interpreted in a spectacular way. Hope to experience this all soon again!

Listen to “I Don’t Wanna See You Cryin’ Anymore” on Spotify.

THERE

THERE live @ The Townsend

SXSW artist page

As someone who tries to listen to as many SXSW announced artists as possible, I came across THERE before they made a splash via NPR’s Austin 100 and loved them from the spot! Naturally, I went to The Parish, where Sivan Levy and Yael Enosh performed their first official SXSW show as part of Kosha Dillz Oy Vey showcase. Having been totally mesmerized and utterly charmed by the indie electronic duo, it was a no brainer to also attend their second official showcase at The Townsend which was packed to the rim and had everybody in attendance at awe. As of now, there is only one single released but expect an EP or even an album to drop soon as the two have a lot of fantastic music in the bag. Sivan’s sultry vocals and Yael’s mastery on the keys and their common dark and mysterious artistry make for an unforgettable time for many of your senses.

Listen to “Swimming Backwards” on Spotify.

Jazzrausch Bigband

Jazzrausch Bigband live @ Seven Grand

SXSW artist page

This is why you go to SXSW, to have experiences that are not easily to be replicated in the usual touring circuit. Case in point: Munich-based 15+ member live techno band Jazzrausch Bigband. Now, here at glamglare, we generally believe less is more and are not easily swept away by a packed stage, but in this case it totally worked and the energy in the room was palpable.

Listen to “Dancing Wittgenstein” on Spotify.

Josin

Josin live @ Las Perlas

SXSW artist page

We first encountered Arabella Rauch, who goes by Josin, in Reykjavik for Iceland Airwaves 2016. Back then, her music was already appealing yet what she does now sets her apart from the crop of electronic musicians. Having discovered her head voice (as Arabella told us in a lovely chat after the show) and with it a range of new possibilities, Josin enchants an attentive audience who didn’t hesitate to sit down on the cold, naked floor of the venue to listen in awe. Beautiful! Hopefully, we can welcome Josin in New York soon.

Listen to “In The Blank Space” on Spotify.

Minke

Minke live @ Latitude 30

SXSW artist page

The British Music Embassy at Latitude 30 is one of the finest venues in Austin during SXSW – if you get in, because lines are guaranteed here. How lucky we were – with perfect timing– when we could just walk in to see Hælos for an awesome show. But even better, right after them Minke was on, who convinced with great songwriting, an unpretentious stage persona and and a way to break into effortless, skillful guitar solos whenever they fit into a song. We hope she will use our custom glamglare picks in future shows.

Listen to “Something Better” on Spotify.

Lowly

Lowly live @ the Radio Day Stage 

SXSW artist page

The two stages at the Austin Convention Center are somewhat of an insider’s tip at SXSW. Not only do they have excellent programming, but there it is also completely ok to sit in one of the comfy chairs and catch some dearly needed breath during the festival. When a band like Lowly, a Danish five-piece plays there, you can let yourself get lost in the beauty of the music and the bliss is perfect. Lowly will release a new album “Hifalutin” on Bella Union later this year.

Listen to “stephen” on Spotify.

Odonis Odonis

Odonis Odonis live @ Swan Dive outdoor partio

SXSW artist page

Without knowing what to expect, we hang out at the M for Montreal showcase with a three piece taking the stage. Hey, never wrong me in book. What this Toronto-based trio put on stage blew my mind! Not only were they surprising their audience with an interesting stage performance but also intelligent industrial post rock to back up the visuals. I would definitely want to see a full set show of Odonis Odonis.

Listen to “Check My Profile” on Spotify.

We also greatly enjoyed the performances of the acts we have ve featured in The Music Preview Guide to SXSW 2019 aka The Pantones, I Know Leopard, Steady Holiday and Eliza Shaddad (glamglare showcase review to follow), or on glamglare before like Annabel Allum, The Cuckoos and HÆLOS. And there were many, many more great discoveries but too many to feature them all.

The Pantones @ Barracuda 

Annabel Allum @ The Seven Grand

I Know Leopard @ International Day Stage

The Cuckoos @ The Jackalope 

Steady Holiday @ The Central Presbytarian Church

Hælos @ Latitude 30

=== All photos by Elke Nominikat and Oliver Bouchard – iPhone only ===

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Review: Josin musically and emotionally explores mental chasms on the gorgeous In The Blank Space

Arabella Rauch, who records under the name Josin, was born to a German father and Korean mother – both of whom are opera singers. Clearly she has quite a lot to live up to in her music, and perhaps this is why she at first sought to avoid it by following a path towards a career in medicine – until music inevitably called her back again. Now she has released her debut album In The Blank Space, which marries her musical upbringing with a deep and poignant emotion in consistently magical ways.

Her parents’ shadows aren’t the only ones looming over her work, and the other is so obvious that we might as well get it out of the way early: the Thom Yorke comparisons are practically unavoidable. Not only does Rauch’s yawning and wide-ranging falsetto have an uncanny similarity to the Radiohead singer, but the icy synth soundscapes that she creates are not dissimilar to the band’s Kid A and Amnesiac albums. Let’s also be clear about something else: this is a compliment of the highest order – made even more impressive by the fact that In The Blank Space still stands as a strong artistic statement, even with these inevitable comparisons.

The wizardry of Josin’s music comes from the symbiosis between her compositions and the emotional weight of her expression. The Blank Space of the title is a “a state where you actually want to get lost in a space, because that nothingness is full of everything,” according to the artist, and this chasm-like negative space is wonderfully described by the grandiose and engulfing synth-and-string-led tracks she has composed. Each song on the album feels like an expedition into the Blank Space, but each time the emotion that comes resonating back from the void is slightly different.

‘Once Apart’ finds Josin expressing an expanding emotional distance between lovers, and the weakening gravity between the two bodies. The sadness of the feeling is perfectly captured by her trundling piano melody, threaded through by her rich vocal. Just when you think ‘Once Apart’ will remain a simple piece, a tripping drum line comes in which wrenches open the song, stretching Josin’s emotions to breaking point in a heartbreaking falsetto. On ‘Burning (For A New Start)’, Josin is fixated on the minor issues that will inevitably build up into a cataclysmic finale for the Earth, and it’s all captured in a graceful time-compressing sweep by Josin’s softly combusting arrangement. Nature is often reflected in Josin’s songs, and whether it’s metaphorical or literal, it’s a rich area for her musical and mental explorations. These naturalistic moments provide some of the album’s most stark and cerebral moments in ‘Evaporation’ and ‘Oceans Wait’.

Other notable moments on the album occur when Josin ups the energy, seemingly determined to fight back against the near-constant gloom of her poisonous thoughts. 'Healing' is a hypnotic trance number in which she's being dragged down into the abyss, but after a free-floating moment, drums and violins seem to reach out and grab her back from the edge of destruction, leading to a resounding and burbling finale. ‘Feral Thing’ is another fine example of her determination, where a skittering beat lulls you into the same floating feeling, before it morphs into a more hard-hitting and sharp-edged rhythm that jilts you out of the fuzz. Similarly, ‘Company’ morphs from an aqueous synth drawl into a marching and imposing crescendo, which seems set to become the stand-out moment of her live shows.

In The Blank Space ends with ‘Backing Line’, an angelically dejected track that feels like watching an infinite sunset refracted back off an icy tundra. It’s like the final submission to the void, an acceptance that the Blank Space’s infinitude has swallowed you whole and you’ll be stuck there forever. However, if Josin’s In The Blank Space is there to comfort and console us while we exist in this chasm, we might not feel so alone or hopeless after all.

from The 405 http://bit.ly/2HQzSqm

[swerves]

Oh Boy | Josin

cling on to blind trust, hasty love, you would just fall

you laid life upon my chest and now you feed my lungs

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SONG PICK: JOSIN - Healing

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Sunday morning breakfast, while listening to Spotify’s “Discover Weekly” which basically follows glamglare’s musical taste closely, one song stood out: “What is Thom Yorke doing in this mix?” Listening more  intently, it became evident that these were female vocals but in the singing style Radiohead’s frontman is famous for.

What we got dished up was the dark and brooding “Healing” by JOSIN, which is the moniker of German-Korean singer and producer Arabella Rauch. When we saw JOSIN play Iceland Airwaves 2016, her music was already fascinating, yet “Healing” and the entire album “In The Blank Space” put her music on a different level. Exquisite soundscapes, well rounded compositions, vocals pushed further, exploring new possibilities, and maybe the trip to Iceland also left it marks as electronic legends like Björk come to mind listening to JOSIN.

Listen to “Healing”, our Song Pick of the Day:

Connect with JOSIN on Facebook and Instagram and add “Healing” to your playlist on Spotify:

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Review: Josin musically and emotionally explores mental chasms on the gorgeous In The Blank Space

Arabella Rauch, who records under the name Josin, was born to a German father and Korean mother – both of whom are opera singers. Clearly she has quite a lot to live up to in her music, and perhaps this is why she at first sought to avoid it by following a path towards a career in medicine – until music inevitably called her back again. Now she has released her debut album In The Blank Space, which marries her musical upbringing with a deep and poignant emotion in consistently magical ways.

Her parents’ shadows aren’t the only ones looming over her work, and the other is so obvious that we might as well get it out of the way early: the Thom Yorke comparisons are practically unavoidable. Not only does Rauch’s yawning and wide-ranging falsetto have an uncanny similarity to the Radiohead singer, but the icy synth soundscapes that she creates are not dissimilar to the band’s Kid A and Amnesiac albums. Let’s also be clear about something else: this is a compliment of the highest order – made even more impressive by the fact that In The Blank Space still stands as a strong artistic statement, even with these inevitable comparisons.

The wizardry of Josin’s music comes from the symbiosis between her compositions and the emotional weight of her expression. The Blank Space of the title is a “a state where you actually want to get lost in a space, because that nothingness is full of everything,” according to the artist, and this chasm-like negative space is wonderfully described by the grandiose and engulfing synth-and-string-led tracks she has composed. Each song on the album feels like an expedition into the Blank Space, but each time the emotion that comes resonating back from the void is slightly different.

‘Once Apart’ finds Josin expressing an expanding emotional distance between lovers, and the weakening gravity between the two bodies. The sadness of the feeling is perfectly captured by her trundling piano melody, threaded through by her rich vocal. Just when you think ‘Once Apart’ will remain a simple piece, a tripping drum line comes in which wrenches open the song, stretching Josin’s emotions to breaking point in a heartbreaking falsetto. On ‘Burning (For A New Start)’, Josin is fixated on the minor issues that will inevitably build up into a cataclysmic finale for the Earth, and it’s all captured in a graceful time-compressing sweep by Josin’s softly combusting arrangement. Nature is often reflected in Josin’s songs, and whether it’s metaphorical or literal, it’s a rich area for her musical and mental explorations. These naturalistic moments provide some of the album’s most stark and cerebral moments in ‘Evaporation’ and ‘Oceans Wait’.

Other notable moments on the album occur when Josin ups the energy, seemingly determined to fight back against the near-constant gloom of her poisonous thoughts. 'Healing' is a hypnotic trance number in which she's being dragged down into the abyss, but after a free-floating moment, drums and violins seem to reach out and grab her back from the edge of destruction, leading to a resounding and burbling finale. ‘Feral Thing’ is another fine example of her determination, where a skittering beat lulls you into the same floating feeling, before it morphs into a more hard-hitting and sharp-edged rhythm that jilts you out of the fuzz. Similarly, ‘Company’ morphs from an aqueous synth drawl into a marching and imposing crescendo, which seems set to become the stand-out moment of her live shows.

In The Blank Space ends with ‘Backing Line’, an angelically dejected track that feels like watching an infinite sunset refracted back off an icy tundra. It’s like the final submission to the void, an acceptance that the Blank Space’s infinitude has swallowed you whole and you’ll be stuck there forever. However, if Josin’s In The Blank Space is there to comfort and console us while we exist in this chasm, we might not feel so alone or hopeless after all.

from The 405 http://bit.ly/2HQzSqm