Emergence
© Copyright-Tania Alexandra
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Record Label: Tania Alexandra
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"....THAT VOICE HITS LIKE A THOUSAND CLOCKS STRIKING MIDNIGHT - BOOMING, STRONG, FIERCELY SOLEMN."
-Origivation Magazine
ABOUT TANIA
Tania Alexandra woke up one morning to see a piano taking up most of her bedroom. She was nine, and that piano became her diary.
Immersed in the performing arts and her father's eclectic tastes, she counts The Muppets, Igor Stravinsky, John Coltrane, Tom Waits, Laurie Anderson and Joni Mitchell among her earliest influences. Born and raised amid the beauty of the Colorado mountains, she honed her songwriting in secret while studying music education at Ithaca College, only revealing herself after moving to Philadelphia in 1998.
After recording her debut album "Chrysalis," Tania infused herself into the arts community as a singer-songwriter, music and movement teacher, session vocalist and vocal arranger. Her new release "Emergence" represents both a milestone in her songcraft and a culmination of her experiences as an artist in Philadelphia.
ABOUT THE MUSIC
Propelled to spread creative energy like a colorful weed, Tania Alexandra muses her listeners. Her passionate voice weaves through piano driven primal grooves creating a collage filled with poetic lyrics and engaging melodies. Tania's songs are edgy, evocative, and subtly complex. Some haunting, some playful, some reflective, some bold - her music explores her journey into the connections and emotions in life through generations and over time between people, nature, and love.
ABOUT EMERGENCE
Alternating between rhythmic intensity and subtle
reflection, Tania Alexandra's second full-length CD
finds her piano-driven expressions expanded by a thrilling array of musicians and sounds. Accompanied by new heights of lyrical maturity, dissonant chords give way to fluid melodies, as Tania's evocative explorations
find voice in forms both intimate and bold.
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infectious and ethereal all at once
author: Barbara
Last week I invited six women to come live with me via cd baby, and Tania is the honored guest. Except she won't be leaving anytime soon. Bandaid Solution, The Flow, and Snowflake Metaphor are the infectious, all able to withstand multiple playings while repeatedly satisfying. I must say about Snowflake, I haven't felt so inspired towards personal individuality since Ani's Pick Yer Nose. This cd is a wonderful collection of stories short and long, easy to love, with some unusual (yet not jarring) arrangements, and the voice... a crystal with sharp edges, able to cut or dazzle with it's shininess. Prepare to be surprised at the diversity, the songs not on sample are more pensive and haunting. No Sides is 14 min. long and will require in no particular order: a glass of wine, an unhurried attitude, and a cluttered mind. The last because with one thoughtful listen it will sweep out all the cobwebs in your dusty corners.
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one of the most original pieces of music I've heard in years.
author: Dena Marchiony
This is one of the most original pieces of music I've heard in years.
It's the musical version of a tapestry... lush, rich, intricate, beautiful, woven together with the silken threads of Tania's voice. I haven't been this excited about a CD since Rickie Lee Jones put out her first. Emergence will defy your attempts to catigorize it- simply amazing. Buy it, you'll fall in love!
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Beautiful voice! I really like the Bandaid Solution track.
author: Randy Skizinski
This CD has music for every mood. I have really enjoyed listening to it over the last week!
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an amazing album
author: Rand Hubiak
The opening track alone (Bandaid Solution) is well worth the price of admission here -- the complex rhythms and lyrics, the funky horn section, the subtle hook that ultimately draws you in. But for those of you who insist on solid albums... everything that follows is brilliant too! The musical styles here are diverse, from lush piano ballads to the aforementioned funk, and yet the album is absolutely cohesive with every track woven into a seamless whole.
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