Jenny Olivia Johnson: Sylvia Songs

This album produced and composed by Jenny Olivia Johnson was inspired by quotations by Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. The musicians P. Lucy McVeigh/voc, Lavena Johanson-David Russell/cel, Jenny Tang-Isabelle O’Connell/p, Eliko Akahori-Nicholas Knouf-Jenny Olivia Johnson/synth-elec and Lisa Liu/eg create a mix of ethereal ambiance to reflect the prose. Celestial harmonies with electric percussion dominate material such as the “Glass Heart: Interlude 1” while sounds of wind chimes are created on the “Interlude 3” and moods of a dark fairy tale form icy shadows on “Devonsire.” The longest pieces, an 11 minute “Wellesley” could well be inspired for a Part Two of the movie Frozen, with chilling sonic wonders and sounds of Northern Lights.

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