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EXCLUSIVE: Classicalite Q&A with Nicholas Young on Winning a Bessie Award, Rhythm In Motion, STOMP, SoundMovement and Michelle Dorrance
Singing Comet Is a Mystery to Rosetta Scientists Responsible for Philae Probe Landing
Singing Comet 67p is a mystery to the scientists of the Rosetta mission who successfully landed the Philae probe on the comet’s surface yesterday. The comet is emitting a strange “song” into space, which was first detected by instruments on the Rosetta orbiter several months ago. EXCLUSIVE: Classicalite Q&A with Agnes Obel on 'Aventine' & 'Philharmonics' (Play It Again Sam), David Lynch Remix & Twin Peaks Remake, Maya Deren & November Show @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
Danish singer/songwriter Agnes Obel is yet another of the fantastic trend of indie-classical crossovers. Her 2010 debut, Philharmonics garnered her platinum status in Belgium and France, received a Gold award in Holland and went quintuple Platinum in Denmark. Agnes cleaned up at the Danish Music Awards in 2011 for Philharmonics, taking home five awards. Her follow up release, Aventine, was written and recorded at home in Berlin by Agnes herself. To wit, her deluxe edition of Aventine features a remix of "Fuel To Fire" by cult classic director, producer, musician, clothing designer David Lynch. Sonically, Obel is unlike many singer songwriters in the sense that she has a nearly complete backing band of strings and a piano producing a celestial escape. Classicalite recently caught up with Obel over the phone before her debut Minneapolis show to gain insight on her technique, David Lynch and her diaphanous music videos.
