Frontier, by Rio En Medio (LP on Manimal)

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Rio en Medio's upcoming album, entitled "Frontier", was written in the snowy solitude of the woods. Its subject imagines an awakening and an evolution through human spiritedness, the raw choosing of life in the face of wonders, terrible and sublime, dreamed and actual. Traversing wildernesses, imaginary and tactile, mystical and cinematic, a transformation occurs from star matter to actual human heart. "Frontier" will be released in Dec , and it will be the first Rio en Medio full-length released on Manimal Vinyl. Prior releases were issued by Devendra Banhart's Gnomonsong label. Danielle’s songwriting reflects a vast scope of influence from techno to traditional folk to early and contemporary classical, drawing on literature as well as music, from ancient to avant, and incorporating elements of chance. Her crystalline vocals, delicately strummed baritone ukulele and found sonic elements evoke the strange delight of a dream where the dreamer’s authority is always in question. At its best, the gentle, the fearful, the sorrowful, the formidable, the entranced and the rambunctious collide to create a sound that is as responsive as it is moving. In her own words, it is music that wants to listen as much as be heard. Danielle has performed and recorded with a wide variety of outstanding artists, including Vetiver, Devendra Banhart, CocoRosie, Tarantula A.D., Tim Fite and Vashti Bunyan. In addition, she recently appeared at Englands All Tomorrows Parties Festival

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