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Michael Mormecha – Kaleidoscope & Mixtapes (Live In Session)
Thursday 5th May, 2016
They Say: “[The studio version of] ‘Mixtapes’ came about from playing with a loop pedal, it's one chord looped the whole way through the song. It is made up of re-sampled sounds and a drum fill that is increasingly popular in RnB at the minute. Actually it was a Beyoncé song that i was thinking about when playing the drum fill into the choruses. It’s a light-hearted, fun love song, pointing out the idiosyncracies of two lovers.
'Kaleidoscopes' is one of the songs I'm most proud of - over the past two years I've been writing more on the piano and this is a stand out piano track. I love the chord progression. It was fun to record, the dynamic is intense. Like most of my writing the music comes first and then I just let the chord progression or melody pry the lyric out of me. This song has a bit of a Queen feel about it, maybe not my vocals unfortunately, but definitely the piano and guitars.”
We Say: “As huge fans of both Mojo Fury and vocalist Michael Mormecha as a solo artiste, it was a real treat to have the latter in to perform live. All three tracks were outstanding, but ‘Mixtapes’ in particular illustrates beautifully his slightly wonky and unpredictable approach to song-writing and performance. The masks were a strong look too.”
After a successful crowd-funding campaign, the release of Michael Mormecha’s new album ‘LOFi LiFE’ is on the horizon.
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