MD Pallavi & Andi Otto - Songs for Broken Ships - Vinyl LP

The LP comes with a text sheet containing all of MD Pallavi's lyrics in Kannada - which has its own vocabulary and script - together with the phonetic transcription and English translation.

MD Pallavi & Andi Otto first crossed paths on a theatre stage in India ten years ago. They started collaborating instantly and in 2016 MD Pallavi's mesmerizing vocals for the downtempo raga Bangalore Whispers warmed hearts and ears. Their musical relationship flourished with artistic residencies in Bangalore and Hamburg, their respective hometowns, and a concert tour in Japan.

The album presents an interwoven pop-aesthetic vision of the two artists with their contrasting musical backgrounds. It ranges from organically woven folktronica to cut-up disco tracks and acoustic ballads.

MD Pallavi is a singer, actress, filmmaker and performer from Bangalore, South-India, where she trained in Hindustani music and poetry since childhood. On Songs for Broken Ships, poems in her native tongue Kannada*, one of India's many languages, are performed over Andi’s alluring production, translating the stories into musical narratives. The poems address topics that are as timeless as the music itself. Social equality is touched upon in Bayalu (written by Bontadevi in the 12th century). Artistic struggles - communicated on An Unwritten Word (Gangadhar Chittala, 1865) - are almost prophetic and the surreal, dreamlike scenario of Clockshop (KS Narasimhaswamy,1958) brings you further inside the sonic journey.

Andi Otto is a composer, cellist and DJ based in Hamburg, Germany, He is known for his idiosyncratic and unconventional dance music productions on labels such as Multi Culti, Shika Shika and Pingipung (which he co-runs and curates). For this collaborative experience his dubbed out basslines gently interlock with the 7/4 and 5/4 beats to create a backbone for the instrumentation and expressive vocal timbres of MD Pallavi. His sound design combines graceful acoustic recordings, juxtaposed against modern drum machines, computer generated noise and vintage synthesizers. 
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veröffentlicht am 12. Mai 2023

All songs written and composed by MD Pallavi and Andi Otto in Bangalore and Hamburg, 2018-2023
MD Pallavi: Vocals, percussion
Andi Otto: Electronics, cello, table harp, pipe organ, percussion, steeldrum, PPG 1020
Additional percussion on “An Unwritten Word”, “Prayer to the Cloud” and “Look Again” (digital bonus) by Manuel Chittka
Ambient sound design on “An Unwritten Word” by Leo Hofmann
Recorded and mixed by Andi Otto
Mastered by Jonas Romann at Chaos Compressor Club
Vinyl cut by Ruy Mariné at Dubplates & Mastering
Cover photo: Port of Nouadhibou, Mauritania by Kevin McElvaney
Cover Design: TEOTH
c&p 2023 Pingipung
Pingipung 079