{"product_id":"783881016512-april-is-passing","title":"MIKE GANGLOFF | APRIL IS PASSING","description":"Second VHF solo LP from the Pelt\/Black Twigs mainstay, following 2022's acclaimed \"Evening Measures.\" \"April is Passing\" builds on the striking solo Hardanger-style fiddle performances on the previous LP to take the music even further out, with deep drones and extended techniques defining a vocabulary that is Americana-adjacent, but a unique and special sound that Mike is pursuing almost alone. Joined on selected tracks by Cara Gangloff's Sruti and Kaily Shenker's sonorous Cello, the all-original, all-live performances are resonant with both overt melody and a cloud of thick string overtones, whether on the more upbeat tunes like \"Ironto Dancer\" or the epic 11+ minute LP closer \"Helen's Song.\" \"September Air\" is a mournful slow build, the fiddle embroidering a minor-key melody over the drone of the Surti box and a low cello counter point. \"A Fallen Palace of Snowville\" is a solo performance where the additional sympathetic strings of the hardanger fiddle are strongly heard as a ghostly accompaniment, as Mike's elegant melody switches back and forth from minor to major. \"Helen's Song\" closes side 2 with a complex, ever-changing swirl of melodic and harmonic invention, with Mike's keening, languorous bowing leading the way through multiple moods and sounds.","brand":"ALLIANCE ENTERTAINMENT LLC","offers":[{"title":"USA Supplier - 4-10 Days","offer_id":53457170891052,"sku":"al-783881016512","price":73.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/5186\/5644\/files\/4400164-3318948.jpg?v=1784630531","url":"https:\/\/realgroovy.com\/products\/783881016512-april-is-passing","provider":"Real Groovy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}