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LP1

by ISOLA

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1.
Last Winter 03:26
LAST WINTER You In the sun On my skin Sing to you (Bring you) Are you cold? (Dove blue)
2.
Too Soon 03:47
TOO SOON I have a really good feeling about this one Is it too soon to say? Never had such a good feeling for another Is it too soon to say? It's midnight
3.
Red Balloon 04:04
RED BALLOON I picked up these flowers for the window and for the street Won't you please give him my kiss? I need wind for this red balloon You made your confession and hey It's ok Won't you please give him my kiss? I need wind for this red balloon
4.
Aquarius 02:44
AQUARIUS Here with my arms above my head And my opening song Above the tree Above the trees How'd I get up so high? I said get me out I got in Into the soft ground They dig into the leaves
5.
Heaven 05:25
HEAVEN I'll see you in heaven by the seaside like you said
6.
IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT In the dead of night I awoke to find you standing at the water staring at the wall
7.
FOR THEE I SING Whatever's coming Sink into it. See all those bells? For thee I sing I knew you well I heard you won I saw you win I knew you I let you win I need your smile I wish you well See you again
8.
Prayer 04:23
PRAYER I'm going out on my own way I'll say a prayer for you
9.
Sundowner 02:47
SUNDOWNER The last time I saw you it was blazing Walking down the street I realized I forgot my legs I could barely stay awake Like neon in the fog Like harrows on the wall Holding onto you because I fall so easily

about

Isola LP1: An Introduction

Isola is Ivana Carrescia, an artist and synthesist now based in the farmlands of West Virginia. Her first release EP1 on Godmode – ”another star-making house debut” wrote Resident Advisor’s Andrew Ryce – paired her glassy vocals and musique concrète arrangement style with minimal house and dub techno reminiscent of early Chain Reaction releases. “It’s the kind of thing that makes you feel like you’re dancing and floating all at once,” wrote Pitchfork’s Philip Sherburne.

For Isola, there is music hidden in every sound around us – the howl of the wind, the whirr of traffic, the blank hum of a refrigerator. LP1, which arrives April 28, is both a continuation and departure – somehow more focused and more adventurous than before. Each song explores the giddy side of falling in love – all the little moments when you feel it setting in but don’t want to ruin by saying anything. It’s all set to the sumptuous microhouse sound that’s become Isola’s signature, with hints of Wolfgang Voigt’s Gas, Steve Standard’s Strafe, and the tickled arpeggiations of Suzanne Ciani’s music for Buchla.

Carrescia worked closely across all nine tracks with Godmode co-founder Nick Sylvester, the producer behind the label’s breakouts like Channel Tres and Yaeji. LP1 is the first release on Smartdumb, Sylvester’s brand-new outlet since departing Godmode in late 2022. Smartdumb is, according to Sylvester, “a home for music that starts with a question mark and ends with an exclamation point.”

Artist: Isola
Title: LP1
Label: Smartdumb
Date: 28 April 2023

Tracklisting:
01 Last Winter
02 Too Soon
03 Red Balloon
04 Aquarius
05 Heaven
06 In the Dead of Night
07 For Thee I Sing
08 Prayer
09 Sundowner

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released April 28, 2023

Written by Nick Sylvester and Ivana Carrescia
Produced by Nick Sylvester and Ivana Carrescia
Co-produced by Robert Szmurlo

Recorded by Nick Sylvester and Ivana Carrescia at Godmode Studios, LA
Mixed by Nick Sylvester and Robert Szmurlo at Godmode Studios, LA
Mastered by Nick Sylvester at Godmode Studios, LA
Creative direction by Pat Dagle

Vocals performed by Ivana Carrescia
Sequential Rev2 performed by Ivana Carrescia
Waldorf Microwave performed by Nick Sylvester
Sequential OB-6 performed by Nick Sylvester
Sequential Tempest performed by Ivana Carrescia
Intelllijel modular performed by Nick Sylvester
Make Noise modular performed by Nick Sylvester
Erica Synths Techno System performed by Nick Sylvester

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ISOLA Las Vegas, Nevada

ISOLA is

Ivana Carrescia

an artist and synthesist

from the desert of las vegas

now based in the farmlands of west virginia
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