Considering he's a 3x Grammy winnerâŠ
Considering he's a 3x Grammy winner who's worked closely with the likes of Lou Reed, Hal Wilner and many other musical and audio greats, Marc Urselli is remarkably down to earth and fantastic to work with- one of my all time fav creative collaborators.
One of the last big public performances I attended in the before-times was the celebration of the First Annual Lena Horne Prize, honoring Solange at Town Hall, late February, 2020. The lineup was spectacular, the vibe was Sacred, and the sound was perfect! I learned later, it was Marc Urselli on the live sound board that night.
A few months later, Marc mixed my latest single "Red Pill", produced by genius great, Clark Gayton. Marc not only understood my song, and our intentions, but, when it came to the mix, he was out ahead, working inventively AND quickly. Marc made amazing, creative contributions that enhanced the meaning and the sound experience of our song. Inspiring collaboration!
On top of that, he was willing to send in fun footage for our forthcoming music video ;)
One of his latest efforts, âAngel Headed Hipsterâ is transcendent, musically, across the decades, across genres and genders, and all the earthly boundaries that didn't seem to hinder hipster prototype, genius songwriter, charismatic, sexy, dirty cherub, Marc Bolan.
âAngel Headed Hipsterâ is a love letter to so many layers of musical and social history and groove and movements and more. Effectively a double album, the collection features songs like "Metal Guru" which demonstrates Bolan's childhood roots in 1950s rock. But, then, when you hear Nick Cave perform"Cosmic Dancerâ, it's hard to imagine Cave didn't write it for himself this year.
Many of the pairings are greater than the sum of their parts. It's a fantastic kismet that Kesha was in the studio next door and spontaneously performed what became the opening track, "Children of the Revolution". Perry Farrell's "Rock On" is so Bolan it's incredible. And there are many more luminaries (Elton John, Lucinda Williams, Todd Rundgren, Sean Lennon, Julian Lennon), international talents and plenty of women on the roster (Joan Jett, Borns, Gaby Moreno, more).
Like great paintings next to each other in an exhibition, these juxtapositions and deliveries add richness to an already deep and fascinating catalogue of modern music.
This IS the kind of album that will appeal to music lovers across the spectrum, across generations, audiophiles, living room dancers, air drummers, reminiscers or modern day hipsters, curious ears and minds, all.
To say it makes a universally solid holiday gift would be only to touch on the tip of this awesome thoughtful, sonically delicious, agile and versatile production from Marc Urselli.
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