Yasmin_Williams--Urban_Driftwood-(SIS0006)-WEB-2021-OMA

Tracklist (M3U)
# Filename Artist Songname Bitrate BPM
1 01-yasmin_williams--sunshowers-oma.mp3 Yasmin Williams Sunshowers 320 Unknown
2 02-yasmin_williams--i_wonder_(song_for_michael)-oma.mp3 Yasmin Williams I Wonder (Song for Michael) 320 Unknown
3 03-yasmin_williams--juvenescence-oma.mp3 Yasmin Williams Juvenescence 320 Unknown
4 04-yasmin_williams--dragonfly-oma.mp3 Yasmin Williams Dragonfly 320 Unknown
5 05-yasmin_williams--swift_breeze-oma.mp3 Yasmin Williams Swift Breeze 320 Unknown
6 06-yasmin_williams--adrift_feat._taryn_wood-oma.mp3 Yasmin Williams Adrift feat. Taryn Wood 320 Unknown
7 07-yasmin_williams--through_the_woods-oma.mp3 Yasmin Williams Through the Woods 320 Unknown
8 08-yasmin_williams--jarabi-oma.mp3 Yasmin Williams Jarabi 320 Unknown
9 09-yasmin_williams--urban_driftwood_feat._amadou_kouyate-oma.mp3 Yasmin Williams Urban Driftwood feat. Amadou Kouyate 320 Unknown
10 10-yasmin_williams--after_the_storm-oma.mp3 Yasmin Williams After the Storm 320 Unknown
NFO
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P R E S E N T S .···. ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ ██████▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██████ █████▀ Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood ▀█████ ████▀ ▀████ ███▀ ▀███ █▓▓▓▓ ARTiST..[ Yasmin Williams ▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓▓▓ TiTLE...[ Urban Driftwood ▓▓▓▓█ ████ GENRE...[ Folk CAT#....[ SIS0006 ████ ████ LABEL...[ SPINSTER ENCODER.[ Lame 3.99.5 ████ ████ YEAR....[ 2021 QUALiTY.[ 320kbps ████ ████ SOURCE..[ WEB MODE....[ Joint Stereo ████ ████ PLAYTIME[ 46:21 REL.DATE[ 04.27.2021 ████ ████ TRACKS..[ 10 RiPPER..[ TEAM OMA ████ ████ SiZE....[ 106,23 MB SUPPLiER[ TEAM OMA ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▄▀▀███▓▄ ▄▓███▀▀▄ ████ ████ ■ ███▓█ .···. T R A C K L i S T .···. █▓███ ■ ████ ████ · ▄▓███▓ ▓███▓▄ · ████ █████ ▄▄▓█▀▀▀│ ▓ ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ ██████▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██████ █████▀ ▀█████ ████▀ ▀████ ███▀ NR. TRACK. TiME. ▀███ █▓▓▓▓ ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ ▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓█ ████ 01 Sunshowers 04:20 ████ ████ 02 I Wonder (Song for Michael) 05:29 ████ ████ 03 Juvenescence 03:56 ████ ████ 04 Dragonfly 04:49 ████ ████ 05 Swift Breeze 03:07 ████ ████ 06 Adrift feat. Taryn Wood 04:41 ████ ████ 07 Through the Woods 05:25 ████ ████ 08 Jarabi 03:39 ████ ████ 09 Urban Driftwood feat. Amadou Kouyate 05:07 ████ ████ 10 After the Storm 05:48 ████ ████ ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ ████ ████ TOTAL: 46:21 ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▄▀▀███▓▄ ▄▓███▀▀▄ ████ ████ ■ ███▓█ .···. R E L E A S E N O T E S .···. █▓███ ■ ████ ████ · ▄▓███▓ ▓███▓▄ · ████ █████ ▄▄▓█▀▀▀│ ▓ ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ ██████▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██████ █████▀ ▀█████ ████▀ ▀████ ███▀ ▀███ █▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓█ ████ https://yasminwilliams.bandcamp.com/album/urban ████ ████ -driftwood ████ ████ ████ ████ Yasmin Williams sits on her leather couch, her ████ ████ guitar stretched across her lap horizontally ████ ████ with its strings turned to the sky. She taps on ████ ████ the fretboard with her left hand as her right ████ ████ hand plucks a kalimba placed on the guitarÆs ████ ████ body. Her feet, clad in tap shoes, keep rhythm ████ ████ on a micÆd wooden board placed under her. Even ████ ████ with all limbs in play, itÆs mind boggling that ████ ████ the melodic and percussive sounds that emerge ████ ████ are made by just one musician, playing in real ████ ████ time. With her ambidextrous and pedidextrous, ████ ████ multi-instrumental techniques of her own making ████ ████ and influences ranging from video games to West ████ ████ African griots subverting the predominantly ████ ████ white male canon of fingerstyle guitar, Yasmin ████ ████ Williams is truly a guitarist for the new ████ ████ century. So too is her stunning sophomore ████ ████ release, Urban Driftwood, an album for and of ████ ████ these times. Though the record is instrumental, ████ ████ its songs follow a narrative arc of 2020, ████ ████ illustrating both a personal journey and a ████ ████ national reckoning, through WilliamsÆ ████ ████ evocative, lyrical compositions. ████ ████ ████ ████ A native of northern Virginia, Williams, now ████ ████ 24, began playing electric guitar in 8th grade, ████ ████ after she beat the video game Guitar Hero 2 on ████ ████ expert level. Initially inspired by Jimi ████ ████ Hendrix and other shredders she was familiar ████ ████ with through the game, she quickly moved on to ████ ████ acoustic guitar, finding that it allowed her to ████ ████ combine fingerstyle techniques with the lap- ████ ████ tapping she had developed through Guitar Hero, ████ ████ as well as perform as a solo artist. By 10th ████ ████ grade, she had released an EP of songs of her ████ ████ own composition. Deriving no lineage from ████ ████ ôAmerican primitiveö and rejecting the ████ ████ problematic connotations of the term, WilliamsÆ ████ ████ influences include the smooth jazz and R&B she ████ ████ listened to growing up, Hendrix and Nirvana, ████ ████ go-go and hip-hop. Her love for the band Earth, ████ ████ Wind and Fire prompted her to incorporate the ████ ████ kalimba into her songwriting, and more ████ ████ recently, sheÆs drawn inspiration from other ████ ████ Black women guitarists such as Elizabeth ████ ████ Cotten, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Aligia Mae ████ ████ Hinton. On Urban Driftwood, Williams references ████ ████ the music of West African griots through the ████ ████ inclusion of kora (which she recently learned) ████ ████ and by featuring the hand drumming of 150th ████ ████ generation djeli of the Kouyate family, Amadou ████ ████ Kouyate, on the title track. ████ ████ ████ ████ Yasmin Williams is virtuosic in her mastery of ████ ████ the guitar and in the techniques of her own ████ ████ invention, but her playing never sacrifices ████ ████ lyricism, melody, and rhythm for pure ████ ████ demonstration of skill. As she said in an ████ ████ interview on New SoundsÆ Soundcheck podcast, ████ ████ ôThe songwriting process drives the techniques. ████ ████ I donÆt use techniques that arenÆt needed.ö ████ ████ Storytelling through sound is important to her ████ ████ too. As detailed in the liner notes, the songs ████ ████ on Urban Driftwood were completed during the ████ ████ COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, in ████ ████ the midst of a national uprising of Black Lives ████ ████ Matter protests in response to the killing of ████ ████ George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. The sequencing ████ ████ on the record intends to illustrate the ████ ████ unfolding of these events, beginning with album ████ ████ opener ôSunshowers,ö with its rich texture of ████ ████ hammer-ons on pull-offs expressing innocence ████ ████ and collective excitement for a new year and ████ ████ decade, swiftly moving to the more ████ ████ contemplative speculation of ôI Wonderö and the ████ ████ self-reflective ôJuvenescence,ö with its ████ ████ Bridget St. John-reminiscent opening and ████ ████ descending and ascending arpeggios throughout. ████ ████ On ôAdrift,ö the first track on Side B, ████ ████ YasminÆs guitar engages in a call-and-response ████ ████ fugue with cello, played by Taryn Wood, ████ ████ emulating the political unrest, chaos, and ████ ████ floundering of the country as it reckoned with ████ ████ the persistence of white supremacy and vast ████ ████ inequality. ████ ████ ████ ████ The narrative plot of Urban Driftwood ████ ████ culminates in the repetitive, meditative sounds ████ ████ of guitar, kora, kalimba, and hand drums on the ████ ████ penultimate title track, creating a sonic ████ ████ landscape that communicates the feeling of ████ ████ movement and evokes images of the natural ████ ████ beauty that persists within urban spaces. As ████ ████ she wrote the song, Williams was reflecting on ████ ████ her personal role in the context of the current ████ ████ societal moment, considering her position as ████ ████ Black female guitarist within a white male ████ ████ dominated field. Yasmin says, ôThere are not ████ ████ many Black guitarists within this genre and ████ ████ particularly with all of the political and ████ ████ social discord that was/is happening in the ████ ████ United States in 2020, I felt it was extremely ████ ████ important to include a song on the album that ████ ████ was inspired by my heritage and paid homage to ████ ████ who I am, the household I grew up in, the music ████ ████ I listened to as a child. æUrban DriftwoodÆ is ████ ████ more like the music I grew up listening to than ████ ████ any other song IÆve released so far.ö The ████ ████ record concludes with the emotional, ôAfter the ████ ████ Storm,ö questioning the path ahead while ████ ████ embracing a sense of peace through its ████ ████ interwoven guitar parts. The track is a fitting ████ ████ denouement for this album, that while it ████ ████ illustrates current struggle, canÆt help but ████ ████ open-heartedly offer a timeless solace. ████ ████ ████ ████ Williams is sponsored by GHS Strings, Shubb ████ ████ Capos, Skytop Guitars, Timberline Guitars, and ████ ████ Black Mountain Picks. ████ ████ ████ ████ --- ████ ████ "The impetus of taking a photo is the rejection ████ ████ of trying to describe something that you hold ████ ████ dear. You just want to show it. And that's what ████ ████ Yasmin's record feels like." -Cameron Knowler ████ ████ ████ ████ ôYasmin Williams truly is a guitarist for a new ████ ████ century. Unburdened by canonic lineage or ████ ████ stylistic convention, Williams has discovered a ████ ████ way of playing that is wholly her own. The ten ████ ████ tracks on Urban Driftwood lay down a dense ████ ████ blanket of polyrhythm and deft technical ████ ████ ability, a woven patchwork of microtonal ████ ████ ruminations that express the emotions of an ████ ████ artist's soul through her instrument. Williams' ████ ████ harp guitar, acoustic guitar, kalimba, and kora ████ ████ blend seamlessly together, bringing subtle ████ ████ variation from track to track, highlighted at ████ ████ times by cello, Djembe and cajon. Lush and ████ ████ emotive, Urban Driftwood brings fresh invention ████ ████ and creativity to the fingerstyle guitar genre, ████ ████ showcasing a truly modern spirit that is sure ████ ████ to inspire.ö -Daniel Bachman ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ôYasmin's music is perfect for a gentle ████ ████ afternoon dance or to create a few moments of ████ ████ peacefulness in your day. As a multi- ████ ████ instrumentalist, her music fearlessly leads ████ ████ listeners through soundscapes and dimensions ████ ████ that reharmonize, recenter, and ground us ████ ████ during these challenging times. Like the ████ ████ album's ending track, "After the Storm," even ████ ████ the song titles remind us of the power of ████ ████ nature and give us the courage to hope for ████ ████ calmness throughout the upcoming seasons.ö - ████ ████ Valerie June ████ ████ ████ ████ ôYasmin Williams' second album, Urban ████ ████ Driftwood, is the first work of art of 2020 ████ ████ that has been able to push through the violent ████ ████ noise of this moment and leave me in a state of ████ ████ complete ease. æI WonderÆ and æJuvenescenceÆ ████ ████ are classic fingerstyle compositions that evoke ████ ████ instant familiarity but are anything but ████ ████ derivative. æDragonfly,Æ æSunshowers,Æ and ████ ████ æAfter the StormÆ are so exquisitely crafted ████ ████ that they almostùbut not quiteùmanage to ████ ████ conceal the depth of thought, talent, and ████ ████ process that went into their creation. The ████ ████ entire album is like a perfectly designed ████ ████ object, each surface so smooth and each corner ████ ████ so elegant that the entire thing belies its own ████ ████ brilliant origins. Fans of fingerstyle guitar, ████ ████ beautiful and deep composition, beauty, lofty ████ ████ aspirations, human decency, and everything that ████ ████ is still wonderful about creating anything ████ ████ today will love these recordings. ████ ████ ████ ████ Willams' playing is completely precise without ████ ████ any hint of pretension. The techniques she uses ████ ████ are innovative without a single unnecessary ████ ████ embellishment. From the bright but rich guitar ████ ████ tone, to the subtle layering of textures, to ████ ████ the specifics of each compositionùeverything is ████ ████ perfectly balanced. But it's impossible for ████ ████ these songs to become just the soundtrack to ████ ████ one's daily routine. This music seems to bring ████ ████ up memories I didn't know I had, it sharpens my ████ ████ mind and allows room for only the most ████ ████ essential thoughts to push to the surface. It ████ ████ makes me want to do better, and for my words ████ ████ and actions to be as clear as my thoughts. Like ████ ████ a cold drink of water on a perfectly sunny day, ████ ████ it focuses and calms.ö -Kaki King ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ôI first came across Yasmin Williams in spring ████ ████ 2019, when I noticed that she gave a concert ████ ████ with our friend Daniel Bachman. Here was ████ ████ someoneùroughly my age, no less!ùmaking ████ ████ inquisitive, focused guitar music that pushed ████ ████ past my frames of reference. Naturally, we had ████ ████ to tour. On a short run of Virginia and ████ ████ Washington, DC last fall, Yasmin consistently ████ ████ brought the house down. Like her performances ████ ████ then and now, Urban Driftwood is full of ████ ████ showstoppers (æOkay so what the fuck are you ████ ████ doing in æSwift Breeze?!ÆÆ I asked, mid-listen, ████ ████ as my jaw swung open), and recalls minimalist ████ ████ composers, griots, and Guitar Hero. It's a ████ ████ clear extension of Yasmin's compositional depth ████ ████ and remarkable technical skill on kora, ████ ████ kalimba, and six-string and harp guitars, and ████ ████ sure to satisfy musicians and listeners alike. ████ ████ You simply must listen.ö -Eli Winter ████ ████ credits ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▄▀▀███▓▄ ▄▓███▀▀▄ ████ ████ ■ ███▓█ .···. G R O U P .···. █▓███ ■ ████ ████ · ▄▓███▓ ▓███▓▄ · ████ █████ ▄▄▓█▀▀▀│ ▓ MAiL: [email protected] ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ █▀ ▀██▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██▀ ▀█ ██▄██▀ ▀██▄██ ████▀ The only thing that really matters is music!!! ▀████ ▀██▓ ▓██▀ ▀██▓▄ ▄▓██▀ .▀ │ ▀▀██▄▓▄ .···. G R E E T S .···. ▄▓▄██▀▀ │ ▀ . ▄▓▓▄ │ ▀▀▀█▄▄ ▄▄█▀▀▀ │ ▄▓▓▄ . ▀▀ ▀▀▄ FRiENDS / SiTEOPS / NUKENET ▄▀▀ ▀▀ ▀ . ▄ ▄▓▓▄ ▀▄ RIP kHz ▄▀ ▄▓▓▄ ▄ . ▀ ▀ ▀▓▀ ▀▀ ▀ . ▄.···. !kb^faa 08.MARCH 2009 .···.▄ . ▀ ▀▀ ▀▓▀ ▀ .

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