Terami Hirsch + Dan Lloyd
From The Ash
© 2003 Dan Lloyd / Terami Hirsch
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Brooding, atmospheric compositions, gently tinged with a thin Victorian piano. Interpretive songs based on Terami's 2002 release To the Bone.
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- 1 Storming (Stained)
- 2 Fire (Conflagration)
- 3 Falling (Section)
- 4 Fire (Desolation)
- 5 Raising The Dead (Reverie)
- 6 Paperweight (Interlude)
- 7 Fathomless (The River)
- 8 Stained (157 Mix)
- 9 Until You (Section)
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FROM THE ASH - remixes by Dan Lloyd
We're proud to announce the first remix album of Terami Hirsch's music, From the Ash. These interpretive songs based on Terami's 2002 release To the Bone are crafted by Australian artist Dan Lloyd. Poetic and gothic, From the Ash melts the original dark pop songs into brooding, atmospheric compositions, gently tinged with a thin Victorian piano.
Tracklist: Storming (Stained), Fire (Conflagration), Falling (Section), Fire (Desolation), Raising the Dead (Reverie), Paperweight (Interlude), Fathomless (The River), Stained (157 Mix), Until You (Section)
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In 2002, the release of Terami Hirsh's To the Bone offered a refreshing, candid look at one musician's interior world. Terami, a Californian native, followed up her 1999 debut, All Girl Band, with a mature set of piano-driven tracks, wooing listeners and critics alike with intelligent songwriting and the mind-fuck production prowess of her producer, Kevin Benson.
Now, hot on its heels, comes From the Ash, a full-length reinterpretations project from Sydney-based artist Daniel Lloyd. Using raw materials from the To the Bone sessions, Lloyd has created a set of tracks both familiar and disarming - but it's best not to call them remixes.
"I think that 'remix', in the popular eye, has become a very narrowly-defined term of late," Lloyd says. "It seems to have become limited to something on a 12" for the dance floor, or something with slightly different elements that make it more radio friendly. Since my versions of Terami's songs fit into neither category, calling them remixes feels like I calling them something they're not. Even though, I suppose technically, they are remixes."
The cuts on From the Ash are also bold, inventive statements that put their parent album in a whole new (decidedly gothic) context. "Versioning - remixing, covering, reinterpreting - has always interested me," he adds; "how different elements can be brought to a song and create a completely different feel. In my eyes, it allows the versioning artist to create something of their own by using someone else's work as a springboard."
The emphasis on original music as that kind of springboard is, no doubt, responsible for the complex, divergent textures of Lloyd's reworked tracks - some have been a year in the making. "It all began around September 2002," he explains. "I was casting around for a project to work on for my music class at university - it was pretty much carte blanche for whatever you wanted to do. I didn't feel confident enough to write something myself at the time, and then Terami announced on her message boards that she was looking for people to remix the track 'Fire' from To The Bone. I asked if I could have a stab at it for my assignment - I was only required to submit one track - and so I did, and thus the two versions of 'Fire' you hear on From The Ash were born. Then, early this year, I took the next level music subject where you had to put together a whole musical package - artwork, music, everything. I'd enjoyed working on 'Fire', and people I'd played my versions to had enjoyed them, so I figured I'd try for the whole package and see how things worked out."
It's safe to say that From the Ash worked out rather well indeed. With a limited CD-R release (fully green-lighted by Hirsch and Benson) and a positive media buzz, Lloyd has already achieved what many musicians spend a lifetime working towards. His goal, however, was simple. "Hopefully," he says, "once people have listened to From The Ash, they'll re-listen to To The Bone and hear things that they hadn't heard before. If they enjoy it, that's great. If they don't, that's great too - as long as they can say they've heard it and made a decision from that. Whether they hear in the originals what I heard, or use the new versions as a springboard to hear their own interpretations is up to them, but I hope it opens people's minds to listening to more than just what is put down as the artist's finished version."
- Dan Stapleton, September 2003
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Take my breath away
author: Bloodlossgirl, gothling.comI was intrigued from the first time I read about the existence of this CD. Dan Lloyd has woven an eerie, breathtaking magic into the wonderful raw materials of Terami Hirsch's work. I didn't think it could be better than the album "To the Bone", and it isn't --- its different and equally beautiful. The track "Fire (Desolation)" adds a haunting dimension to the original that will stay in your mind for a while. The delicate piano running through these songs brings to mind the work of Tori Amos, only less strident and more poignant. Anyone who purchases "To the Bone" must own this complementary companion piece - it's a moral imperative.
Fires Your Mind
author: ShelleyThis CD is truly amazing. After a friend gave me To The Bone, I knew I needed more Terami. Although I was hesitant about a remix album, there was no need to be. From the Ash is truly amazing, capturing the soul of her message and music artfully and beautifully.
takes To The Bone in a new and interesting direction
author: ApolloThis Terami Hirsch album (remix, reinterpretation, or whatever else it could be called) is of the same quality as her previous works. It takes To The Bone in a new and interesting direction and brings out some of the sounds that could otherwise be overlooked on the original album. Mr. Lloyd has, without a doubt, enhanced the original artist's own music unlike any other remix project I've encountered. I'm listening to the closing track of my first spin of it, and already I can tell it will become one of my favourite albums, and there are certainly ample layers of sound that will make this a joy to discover over many listens.
Emotion prevails!
author: Alli of Turning Out Rivers: A Terami Hirsch FansiteWhat you get with From the Ash is far less a Terami Hirsch "remix album" than a collection of songs involving Terami. Dan Lloyd has worked magic with the original masters of Terami's recordings, often incorporating his own recordings on new instruments. This album is not a rehashing of To The Bone, nor a set of cold electronic remixes. Exciting and fresh, the new arrangements bring to life a new dimension to the original songs. The emotion of each song is preserved, and enhanced, in their new incarnations. If you love Terami's music and are hungry for more, you'll love this album.
To The Bone, to the next level
author: Greg LeuchI've been a Terami fan for awhile. Ever since I heard sound clips from To the Bone, I was sold on her music and style. So nevertheless, Dan and Terami hook up to do this killer remix of some of the songs from To the Bone. After waiting patiently for this CD to come out, I grabbed my credit card and ordered it immedietly. And sometimes I get so excited about things, they loose interest when they finally arrive. But not this cd! Dan has done an excellent job on creating this CD, and of course, Terami's vocals are spectacular. I definitly give this 5 starts, because it deserves it. :)