Ultraviolet (Kelly Moran album)
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Ultraviolet is a 2018 album by Kelly Moran, released on Warp. The album has received positive reviews.
Recording and release
I am trying to obfuscate exactly what the piano sounds like. The whole point is to make it sound different.
— Kelly Moran, 2018[1]
Ultraviolet is the first release by Moran on Warp.[2] Moran was inspired by the sounds of nature and tried to reproduce them on the recording.[2] She went to the prepared piano she has used on 2017's Bloodroot and improved with the instrument, adding synthesizer later.[1]
Music video
On April 8, 2018, Moran released the music video to "Water Music". Directed by Katharine Antoun, the video shows a montage of meditative abstract imagery: iridescent splashes of color produced by
Turkish marbling, microscopic footage of cellular activity, Moran’s own face and hands, and an uncanny CGI blob. Andy Cush of Spin explained: "With deft editing, the visuals become more than screensaver-ish visual ambience, tracking the rising tension of the sounds with increasingly quick cuts between images."[3]
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
Pitchfork Media | 7.6/10[9] |
Tiny Mix Tapes | 4/5[10] |
Under the Radar | 7/10[11] |
According to the review aggregator
post-minimalism, Spyros Stasis of PopMatters ends his nine out of 10 review writing, "Starting from a minimal perspective, with a solitary piano as the main guide through this journey, she can awaken a pronounced ethereal and light characteristic, but further infuse it with a darker element."[8] Exclaim!'s Tom Beedham also gave it a nine out of 10 and contrasted the album's influences in his assessment: "Ultraviolet is indebted to the charm of the natural world, but with it, Moran unlocks dazzling new ones in the process, keys jammed firmly between the strings of her instrument".[6]
Accolades
Publication | Accolade | Rank |
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Exclaim! | Exclaim!'s Top 10 Experimental and Modern Composition Albums of 2018 | 8[12]
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Gigwise | Gigwise's Top 51 Albums of 2018 | 7[13]
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Paste | Paste's Top 50 Albums of 2018 | 40[14]
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Pitchfork | Pitchfork's Top Experimental Albums of 2018 | N/A[15]
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PopMatters | PopMatters' Top 70 Albums of 2018 | 41[16]
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PopMatters' Top 25 Electronic Albums of 2018 | 14[17]
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PopMatters' Top 20 Avant-Garde and Experimental Albums of 2018 | 14[18]
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Spin | Spin's Top 51 Albums of 2018 | 33[19]
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Time Out New York
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Time Out New York's Top 16 Albums of 2018 | N/A[20]
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Track listing
All songs written by Kelly Moran
- "Autowave" – 3:09
- "Helix" – 8:48
- "Water Music" – 6:29
- "Nereid" – 10:07
- "In Parallel" – 6:20
- "Halogen" – 7:15
- "Radian" – 2:50
Personnel
- Kelly Moran – piano, songwriting, production
- Dina Chang at Setta Studio, New York City, New York, United States – photography
- Katharine Hayden – digital retouching
- Heba Kadry – mastering
- Lafont London – graphic design
- Daniel Lopatin – synthesizer and additional production on "Helix", "Water Music", and "Nereid"
- Gabriel Schuman – engineering
- Tim Saccenti at Setta Studio – photography, creative direction
- Chris Tabron at Red Bull Studios, New York City, New York, United States – mixing
See also
References
- ^ a b Ham, Robert (November 16, 2018). "Kelly Moran". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ a b Weingarten, Christopher R. (November 2, 2018). "Kelly Moran's Trippy, Beautiful Piano Music". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ Cush, Andy (April 8, 2018). "Kelly Moran "Water Music" Video". Spin. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ a b "Ultraviolet by Kelly Moran". Metacritic. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ AllMusicGuide. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ a b Beedham, Tom (November 1, 2018). "Kelly Moran Ultraviolet". Exclaim!. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ Devlin, Ben (November 19, 2018). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ a b Stasis, Spyros (October 31, 2018). "Kelly Moran: Ultraviolet". PopMatters. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ Pitchfork Media. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ a b Coral, Evan. "Kelly Moran – Ultraviolet". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- ^ Axeman, Stephen (December 18, 2018). "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "Exclaim!s Top 10 Experimental and Modern Composition Albums of 2018". Exclaim!. December 13, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "Gigwise's 51 Best Albums of 2018". Gigwise. December 17, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2018". Paste. November 26, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "The Best Experimental Albums of 2018". Pitchfork. December 14, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "The 70 Best Albums of 2018". PopMatters. December 20, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ Carr, Paul (December 12, 2018). "The 25 Best Electronic Albums of 2018". PopMatters. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ Harrison, Noah (December 17, 2018). "The 20 Best Avant-Garde and Experimental Albums of 2018". PopMatters. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "51 Best Albums of 2018". Spin. December 12, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "16 Best Albums of 2018". Time Out. December 21, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Ultraviolet at Discogs (list of releases)
- Ultraviolet at MusicBrainz (list of releases)