chiquitamagic - SOLO PIANO

solo piano is a collection of piano improvisations performed by chiquitamagic at Altamira Studios in Los Angeles on August 5th, 2024. The album released on April 7th (bandcamp only), and April 18th on all streaming platforms.

In chiquitamagic’s words: “I have long wanted to come back to my first instrument. The piano has been my close friend & sometimes enemy since I was about 3 years old. I needed a long break from the acoustic world in order to hear it as fresh again. This being my 8th chiquitamagic album, and ten years into this project, it felt like time to come back to it.”

Todo lo que hago es con mucho amor e intención. Espero lo disfruten.

solo piano strips away the synthetic layers of her prior work—think the frenetic drum machines of fantasi or the choral-synth shimmer of it’s different —and lays bare a vulnerability that’s as bracing as it is tender.

For those who’ve followed her collaborations with the likes of Louis Cole, Genevieve Artadi, John Hollenbeck, or MONONEON, this might feel like a curveball. But for Isis, it’s a homecoming — a triumphant return to her primal muse.

”The album,” she writes, “is largely inspired by Paul Bley and his approach to improvised piano & music as a whole. The intention being feeling the energy in the room and in the moment. Never to control it but rather be a vessel for it.”

piano - chiquitamagic
mixed by chiquitamagic
mastered by Louis Cole
recorded by James Riotto
assist eng. Pat Miller
layout & design - chiquitamagic
font & graphics - Yousef Hilmy
photography - Rawaa Mahdi
shoot direction & nails by - Coraima Diaz aka. hyperr34l
styled by - Dixy Rodriguez aka dixydixy

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