peter chauncey EVOLUTION RECONFIGURED
Album of the Week!
ALBUM OF THE WEEK! peter chauncey EVOLUTION RECONFIGURED
Creating music that evolves somewhere between electronica, art rock, and Americana, singer-songwriter peter chauncey recently released this online album—a collection of songs that have drawn comparisons to Seal and David Bowie.
https://peterchauncey1.bandcamp.com
The album includes his originals plus remarkable covers of songs by Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, and The Yardbirds. Support musicians include Daniel Berkman, DJ Luxxury, Will Mandell, and Johnny J. Blair (who also produced several cuts).
Peter wrote, “There are many ways to look at or analyze any given song, through all sorts of lenses or filters, through combinations of political, religious, environmental, cultural, or social experiences that are bound to change each of us over time.”Currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area, peter originates from Jackson, Mississippi, a ciry with a locus of experiences that echo in peter’s songs. “Jackson was, and continues to be, on the forefront for civil rights, not just for black people in the United States but, by extension, human rights and equal opportunities for all peoples. Many, many people died to make way for the changes that all of us are benefitting from to this day,” notes peter. As a creative center, Jackson birthed electronic music composer Milton Babbitt, as well as many blues and jazz artists, like Otis Spann and Cassandra Wilson. Jackson is also called The City of Soul, referenced in films and literature, not to mention a Johnny Cash song. All these elements inform peter’s music.
“I've always been chasing after that feeling that you get when you hear a song--and it really affects how you feel in that moment--so much so that you really have to stop to re-group or re-assess in order to decide if you are going to back to what you were doing. Sometimes, there is no going back.” Listen here:
https://peterchauncey1.bandcamp.com
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