May 18, 2018
Breathe Of My Leaves
Breathe Of My Leaves is a project a long time in the making. Conceived randomly when his brother casually chucked him a music-making software disc that he found in a magazine, the one-man band headed by Stephano Barberis, a multiple award-winning Canadian music video director, began as a casual experiment in electronic sounds and dramatic melodies. Chimera is the follow up album to 2013's Pangeometrica and is more wildly experimental, featuring manipulated vocal samples on top of the typically super-melodic synth arrangements. The album is also more varying, touching on spaghetti western, gospel, Motown, traditional Greek "laika," country, rock, and baroque, on top of spiraling trance arpeggios, hip hop breakbeats, and booming analogue synths. This motley mosaic of influences is what prompted the name "Chimera" – after the mythical Greek monster composed of a multitude of different animal parts. The first single from Chimera is the throbbing pop tempest "Love You Lately" feat. Jordan Gant - a muscular, catchy, mid-tempo anthem that manages to be both dark and uplifting at the same time.