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I recently asked the powers that be to acquaint me with any trans male musicians out there. Not long after I discovered Anjimile and boy does he deliver.
Favorite track: In Your Eyes (Reflection) - Instrumental.
If each song on Anjimile Chithambo’s introspective 2020 debut, Giver Taker, was its own self-contained micro-journey of grief, hope, and identity, then their subsequent orchestral Reunion EP is fitting as a homecoming. It’s almost an extension, or sequel, to the ideas of rebirth Chithambo began excavating last year -- a simultaneous resettling into, and reimagining of, their songwriting.
Reunion features airy, emotive string compositions from the Los Angeles-based musician and composer Daniel Hart, known for his work with bands like Polyphonic Spree and St. Vincent, as well as his film scoring work for Pete’s Dragon and A Ghost Story. The framework of Anjimile’s pastoral, compelling songs blooms into something cinematic and swelling on this EP, a loving and hopeful tangle of discovery.
credits
released May 28, 2021
String arrangements by Daniel Hart
Mastered by Sarah Register
Art by Aaron Lowell Denton
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