Ben LaMar Gay's Certa Reveri prods at the boundary between real life and fantasy that was blurred durg the nadir of “shelter place.”
Contents:
- BEN LAMAR GAY ANNOUNC NEW ALBUM CERTA REVERI, SHAR 11-MUTE SONG “ÁGUA FUTURISM”: LISTEN
- BEN LAMAR GAY’S CERTA REVERI IS A PANMIC DREAM WORTH REMEMBERG
- BEN LAMAR GAY: CERTA REVERI (INTERNATNAL ANTHEM)
- BEN LAMAR GAYCERTA REVERI
BEN LAMAR GAY ANNOUNC NEW ALBUM CERTA REVERI, SHAR 11-MUTE SONG “ÁGUA FUTURISM”: LISTEN
Gay rerd the album’s sgle longform posn wh percsnist Tommaso Moretti * ben lamar gay certain reveries *
In the tradn of toddler crayon scribbl on perfectly pated bedroom walls, multi-hns poser Ben LaMar Gay expands on the teachgs of Alabama star spirs and prents a llectn of work volvg sound, fabric, movement, rivers, shadows, Lagosian memori, light and listeng.
'Certa Reveri' is a long-form posn by Gay, performed duo wh percsnist Tommaso Moretti. Gay prented the origal Certa Reveri visual program for EFG LJF three parts, wh the live performance portn dissected by a mmerizg short film (or “revery”) he nceptualized, choreographed, and directed, alone his Chigo apartment, as a tribute to the late ventor/poser Eddie Harris. All posns by Ben LaMar Gay (Tobany G Sound ASCAP).
Ben LaMar Gay – r, synth, voice. Chigo-born poser, volist, and multi-stmentalist Ben LaMar Gay has announced a new album: Certa Reveri is due out November 11 via Internatnal Anthem.
BEN LAMAR GAY’S CERTA REVERI IS A PANMIC DREAM WORTH REMEMBERG
* ben lamar gay certain reveries *
The album is sgle longform posn broken up to 11 track for s digal release, and featur Gay alongsi percsnist Tommaso Moretti. Acpanyg the announcement, Gay has shared a new 11-mute sgle lled “Água Futurism, ” which arriv wh a new mic vio. The vidsual was directed by Chris Strong, and follows Gay and Moretti as they perform the track live a low-l room.
BEN LAMAR GAY: CERTA REVERI (INTERNATNAL ANTHEM)
Certa Reveri follows Gay’s 2021 album Open Arms to Open Us. In November 2020, Chigo multi-stmentalist Ben LaMar Gay buted his long-form posn Certa Reveri at a London Jazz Ftival livtream show.
The performance was no mere park-and-play: wearg a black hood shawl that relled the grim reaper, Gay played electronics, synths, and of urse his r, and llaboratn wh brilliant percsnist Tommaso Moretti, he guid dienc through hntg dreamsp for more than an hour.
Almost two years after the origal stream, Gay is releasg the d om that remarkable live performance on lol label Internatnal Anthem, anized to 11 tracks.
BEN LAMAR GAYCERTA REVERI
The origal Certa Reveri stream was patently a panmic artwork, down to a short-film terlu shot si Gay’s apartment. Gay’s lamentg phras “Sk” sound like they’re g om behd a curta; actualy, on that prevacce ocsn, he and Moretti wore masks bee they were performg together close quarters. ” Gay repris the first sectn of Certa Reveri (“You A’t Never Lied” on the album) at the end of the posn (“New Tongu Tell Old Fibs” on the album), repeatg s tle rea and playg back distorted sampl of his and Moretti’s earlier improvisatns.
But parison to the stunng, soberg 12-mute penultimate track, “Água Futurism” (which sounds as though Gay and Moretti have been buildg up to the whole eveng), “New Tongu Tell Old Fibs” is practilly fallg actn.