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Mooncalf - Marty Hicks & Georgie Darvidis

'Mooncalf' is a 45-minute work for piano and voice. A treatise on the beauty of imperfection, impermanence and fragility, the work draws on a multitude of influences spanning literature, film and history. 

Revelling in the moments in music that would normally be discreetly shifted aside - such as audible breaths, extraneous noises, cracks in the voice, and the rustling of material and machine inside the piano - 'Mooncalf' heralds these as sounds sharing the same value and beauty as the notes that are a product of them, celebrating the inescapable humanity, and inherent imperfection, in making music. 

“I feel like [Marty] is a younger, better version of me - assuming that is complimentary […] his 2013 album, Mooncalf, is beautiful.”
-Luke Howard

"...totally captivating energy throughout...Darvidis and Hicks create a truly beautiful sound together. Full of subtle surprises, this is creative music with maturity and sophistication well beyond the years of its creators. 
A superb debut album."
-Andrea Keller

"...a wonderful example of creative, beautiful music-making. No surprise here, for [Marty's] playing has always had a wonderful subtlety to it, as do his compositions. This recording is a fine example of these qualities. Listen." 
-Tony Gould

『Mooncalf（ムーンカーフ）』はピアノと声による音楽作品である。

人間性、無常性、そして脆弱性などの概念や、文学、映画や歴史などのような様々な分野から影響を受けたこの45分の楽曲群は、スッと聞こえる息、偶発的なノイズ、ひびで染めた歌声などがわざと活用され、人間の不完全さを表現し礼賛しようとするものである。

Marty Hicks - Piano, electronics
Georgie Darvidis - vocals

track 5 lyrics by Georgie Darvidis
track 8 lyrics adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Tender is the Night”

recorded & mixed by Alexander Beck
photography & art by Emma Matsuda

all tracks written & produced by Marty Hicks

released on September 11, 2013

CD, digital