DESCRIZIONE
Nel suo primo tour da solista da quando ha sostituito Florence Welch nella sua band rivoluzionaria, Ashok, l'album autoprodotto e auto-arrangiato di Sorana attinge alle influenze del jazz, della musica elettronica e delle tradizioni di cantanti per creare canzoni basate su idiomi musicali contemporanei, che sono portati in vita da The Ligeti String Quartet (Shabaka Hutchings, Laura Jurd) James Maddren alla batteria (Kit Downes, Gwilyj m Simcock) e Joe Wright su Sassofono ed elettronica (Radio Scotland Young Musician of the Year, 2008, Radio Scotland Emerging Artist, 2012). Anche Alex Bonney (Whirlwind, Babel, Edition), che era anche l'ingegnere dell'album, fa la sua comparsa su Trumpet. In questi ritratti mitologici, Le influenze di Sorana possono essere ricondotte ad artisti che vanno dai musicisti contemporanei Stockhausen e Reich, a cantautori sismici come Fiona Apple e Tom Waits, mentre intreccia pianoforti preparati con voce piena di sentimento, paesaggi sonori urbani, e improvvisazione jazz.

L'ARTISTA
Sorana began playing the piano age three, writing songs at eleven, formed and began performing with a rock band at fourteen and at sixteen was being managed by Martin Turner of Wishbone Ash. During this time she was also performing jazz with members of the same band and singing and improvising for the hip-hop DJ, Buddy Peace. These experiences earned her a place at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama to study Composition under contemporary music composer, Diana Burrell. There, Sorana led an orchestra playing her own songs and arrangements under the name K Project featuring Jules Buckley and Chris Wheeler (Heritage Orchestra). After graduation, Sorana formed a band with Dave de Rose (Moloko, Jamie Cullum), Simon Little (The Divine Comedy, Ben Folds) which disbanded when Sorana was signed by Jack Steven as Florence Welch s replacement in her breakthrough band, Ashok. In 2011 Sorana began releasing a solo EP every year, one of which included music from Tracy Keeling s play Pawnography at The Rose Theatre, Southbank.