Marina Herlop - Pripyat

WE RECOMMEND: Marina Herlop is often described as a pianist, as a remnant of her classical music education. However, on Herlop's breakthrough piece miu, the listener is captivated by the intricate trickery of her voice, which follows rhythmic clusters around the subtlest musical foundations, using a technique inspired by the Carnatic music of South India.

miu, the opening track of Herlop's new studio album Pripyat, is among the first songs the young Catalan artist has created on a computer, following two albums - 2016's Nanook and 2018's Babasha - that brought the spectral elegance of the sound of piano and voice. This adventurous spirit continues with Pripyat, Herlop's first complete computer-generated album and her most emotionally intense work to date.

Listening to Pripyat, you can feel the emotional toil and creative effort that went into the recording. Fans of the Nanook and Babasha albums will surely recognize the combination of melancholic piano and elegant vocal lines found in tracks on Pripyat such as abans abans. However, compared to Herlop's previous work, Pripyat has a much fuller, almost chaotic sound, with electronic drums, electric bass lines and a plethora of soaring production effects.