: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Anjimile : Album.......: Giver Taker : : Label.......: Father/Daughter Records .. .:.. . Genre.......: Indie : Catnr.......: FD090 . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2020-10-16 Str.date....: 2020-09-18 Quality.....: 231kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://www.anjimile.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Your Tree 2:45 2. Baby No More 2:44 3. In Your Eyes 3:07 4. 1978 4:28 5. Not Another Word 2:57 6. Maker 2:57 7. Ndimakukonda 1:38 8. Giver Taker 2:11 9. To Meet You There 4:17 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 27:04 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 47.28 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: On Giver Taker, the gorgeous debut album by Anjimile, death and :, : life are always entwined, wrapping around each other in a dance : :' of reverence, reciprocity, and, ultimately, rebirth. ': ,: :, : Giver Taker is confident, intentional and introspective. : :' Anjimile Chithambo (they/them, he/him) wrote much of the album ': ,: while in treatment for drug and alcohol abuse, as well as while :, : in the process of living more fully as a nonbinary trans person. : :' Loss hovers over the album, whose songs grieve for lost friends ': ,: (ôGiver Takerö) and family members (ô1978ö) along with lost :, : selves (ôMaker,ö ôBaby No More,ö ôIn Your Eyes.ö) But here, : :' grief yields an opening: a chance for new growth. ôA lot of the ': ,: album was written when I was literally in the process of :, : improving my mental health, so thereÆs a lot of hopefulness and : :' wonder at the fact that I was able to survive,ö says Chithambo. ': ,: ôNot only survive but restart my life and work towards becoming :, : the person I was meant to be.ö : :' ': ,: Each song on the album is its own micro-journey, adding up to a :, : transformative epic cycle created in collaboration with bandmate : :' Justine Bowe of Photocomfort and New-York based artist/producer ': ,: Gabe Goodman. ô1978ö and ôMakerö both begin as Sufjan :, : Stevens-esque pastoral ballads with ChithamboÆs mesmerizing : :' voice foregrounded against minimal instrumentation and swell ': ,: into the realm of the majestic through the addition of warm, :, : steady instrumentation (informed by the mix of 80Æs pop and : :' African music ChithamboÆs Malawi-born parents played around the ': ,: house) and harmonies by Bowe. ôIn Your Eyesö starts out hushed :, : and builds to a crescendo via a mighty chorus inspired by none : :' other than The Lion King. The allusion is fitting: each song ': ,: encapsulates a heroic voyage, walked alone until accompanied by :, : kindred souls. The choirs present throughout are equally : :' deliberate. Chithambo grew up as a choir boy himself, and ': ,: several songs (notably ôMakerö) grasp not only towards :, : reconciliation between his trans identity and his parentsÆ : :' strong religious beliefs, but towards reclaiming his trans ': ,: identity as an essential part of his own spirituality. (ô[Less] :, : Judeo-Christian, more æColors of the Wind.Æö) There is a : :' boldness to this borrowing and shaping, a resoluteness that ': ,: results from passing through hardship and emerging brighter, :, : steadier. As a closing refrain on ôTo Meet You Thereö might sum : :' it up: ôCatalyst light of mine / now is your time.ö ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 0 \/