Contained within the circuits, sequencers and woozy algorithms of Barbieri's music there is a steady humanness to it all. Initiated with a set of five-tone patterns that ballast and anchor the performance, Barbieri's "Math of You" builds upon a canon-like call-and-response as layers of delayed-and-looped arpeggios extend, gently distort, examine, discard and return to the source melody.
Utilizing an array of primarily analog synthesizers, the Berlin-based Barbieri excavates a depth of consciousness and intelligence through artificial means. In the past decade, Italian composer Caterina Barbieri has been in deep communion with the ghost in the machine. Here's hoping the song isn't just a lovely coda, but merely the latest chapter among many. Now, with a 15th-anniversary reunion tour scheduled for later this summer, The Swell Season has just released its first song in more than a decade: an Irglová composition called "The Answer Is Yes." A natural companion piece to "Falling Slowly" - this time with Irglová singing lead and Hansard joining as the song's second voice - it's a sweepingly sentimental celebration of lives lived in gratitude, without regret.įor those who've lost track of the singers in the 15-plus years since Once - and there are loads of dynamite songs on their respective solo albums - "The Answer Is Yes" fills in a fair bit of context, celebrating the pair's recent triumphs (including a wedding for Hansard) and the endurance of their hard-earned friendship.
Hansard and Irglová released a 2009 follow-up album called Strict Joy under the name The Swell Season - and performed a record-setting Tiny Desk concert together - but eventually split up and embarked on solo careers. Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová's creative partnership led them to stunning success: Their acting debut in the 2007 film Once won them a best original song Oscar (for "Falling Slowly"), made left-field hits of the film and its soundtrack, and made the pair a touring sensation.
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