Janel And Anthony LP/CD Release Show

"Janel and Anthony are an important step in the evolution of music. They both exist on so many levels, each piece is like a hundred doors opening up!" - Jimmy Chamberlin (Smashing Pumpkins) "Janel & Anthony - guitars and 'cello respectively - play a haunting and humbly virtuosic form of music wherein the elements of electronics, looping, and lo-fi timbres live both in intimacy and in majesty in the same house as acoustic instruments and folk/blues- inspired melodies. As such, it is both timely and… Show more timeless, drenched as it is in intoxicating atmosphere; wan, quiet voices submitting to waves of sonic drama. Who could possibly resist it?" - Nels Cline (Wilco, Nels Cline Singers) Janel and Anthony are a Washington DC based instrumental duo whose elegant experimental music has gained the attention of some of the world's most important improvisers and musicians, and captivated live audiences (and NPR and BBC listeners) locally and abroad. For Where Is Home, their second album and first release on Cuneiform, the duo have created a lush, orchestral work investigating the treacherous emotional terrain at the hyper-mobile heart of 21st century America. Drawing on everything from Hindustani ragas and surf rock licks to Appalachian laments and post-bop harmonies, the album alternates between intricately lapidary, electro-acoustic soundscapes and brief improvised dialogues. Transcending music genre as well as geographic locale, Where Is Home is rooted equally in the 21st century's global village and in Washington's vanished past. Janel and Anthony is the collaborative venture of two of the fastest-rising stars in DC's burgeoning experimental music scene, Anthony Pirog, an omnivorous guitarist, and Janel Leppin, a conservatory trained cellist steeped in North Indian and Persian classical music, free improvisation and jazz. They began performing as a duo in 2005, and in 2006, they recorded and self-released an eponymous album which sold thousands of copies at countless shows they've played since. Their new album, Where is Home, was recorded over the past several years during an exhilarating and exhausting period for the two professional musicians. An ethereal instrumental song cycle soaked in the apprehension and thrill of wanderlust, Where Is Home in an astonishing creation, born in a studio that served as spiritual heart, home, and only fixed locale during 3 years of constant touring, travel to distant locales for musical collaborations, and multiple moves. While exploring themes of restlessness, homesickness and feelings of disorientation, the music itself is deft and focused-a vivid, dynamic offering that shimmers with consummate professionalism and a bond shared since adolescence.

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