In Nora's heart lay the fossil of Robin, intaglio of her identity, and about it for its maintenance ran Nora's blood. Thus the body of Robin could never be unloved, corrupt or put away. Robin was now beyond timely changes, except in the blood that animated her. - Djuna Barnes
A música está intimamente ligada a um imenso espectro de emoções. Uma das mais influentes e marcantes, talvez seja o amor. Pode ser expresso através de baladas introspectivas em que o músico, qual narrador e poeta, discorre sobre uma ou várias experiências passadas que se metamorfoseiam em metáforas ou imagens que são universais, ou também através de temas rock, directas, mas intemporais, com um refrão que entra para a história, ou através de peças clássicas onde os instrumentos são os veículos que exalam torrentes da tão prezada e valiosa emoção.
Há miríades de expressões musicais que almejam expressar de forma mais directa ou indirecta, essa emoção intrigante, mas irresistível chamada Amor.
A sensibilidade romântica na música pode adquirir texturas sofisticadas, mas pode ter também no seu cerne simplicidade e candura. Encontramos vários músicos que conseguem estabelecer esse equilíbrio elegante tanto no passado como no presente, e um dos nomes da contemporaneidade, que se distingue por um dream pop, cativante e magnético, chama-se Johanne Swanson, sendo que Yohuna é o seu nome artístico. A criativa de Nova Iorque (EUA) consegue reunir no seu mais recente disco, Mirroring, um conjunto de temas elegantes e apaixonados que se destacam pelo seu carácter onírico, flutuante e ambiental.
Os temas tanto são convites à introspecção e auto-análise, como algumas visitas a um passado que deixou marcas, que também nos educou e tornou mais fortes e preparados para o futuro. No tema Fades to Blue, Yohuna medita e reflecte sobre amores do passado e da aprendizagem que teve através das suas memórias, positivas e negativas.
Assim como o nome do disco indica, Mirroring estabelece uma relação fortemente empática entre artista e ouvinte, como se pouco ou nada os separasse, e as lições que aprendemos são sempre mais parecidas do que pensamos.
Embalados e fascinados pelo seu disco, pedimos a Yohuna as suas escolhas para 5 livros, 5 discos, 5 filmes/séries e aqui estão:
Livros:
- How Should A Person Be, Sheila Heti
- The Neapolitan Novels, Elena Ferrante
- The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk
- Bonjour Tristesse, Françoise Sagan
- Bluets, Maggie Nelson
Discos:
- Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill, Grouper
- Loveless, My Bloody Valentine
- Emily Alone, Florist
- Pop 2, Charli XCX
- Keyboard Fantasies, Beverly Glenn-Copeland
Filmes/Séries:
- Six Feet Under, Allan Ball
- The OA, Zal Batmanglij, Brit Marling
- Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Rachel Bloom, Aline Brosh McKenna
- Insecure, Issa Rae, Larry Wilmore
- The Sopranos, David Chase
In Nora's heart lay the fossil of Robin, intaglio of her identity, and about it for its maintenance ran Nora's blood. Thus the body of Robin could never be unloved, corrupt or put away. Robin was now beyond timely changes, except in the blood that animated her. - Djuna Barnes
Music is intimately connected to a large spectrum of emotions. One of the most influent and memorable may be love. It can be expressed either through introspective ballads in which the musician, as a narrator or poet, sings about one or several past experiences that turn into metaphors or poetic images that are universal, or maybe through rock songs, direct and timeless with a chorus that becomes part of history, or even through classical pieces of music where the instruments are the vessels that exhale torrents of that precious and valuable emotion.
There are myriads of musical expressions that aim to reach in a direct or indirect way that intriguing but irresistible emotion called love.
Romantic sensitivity in music can have sophisticated textures but at the same time have simplicity and candour in its core. We find several musicians that manage to establish that elegant equilibrium both in the past and present and one of our contemporary names that distinguishes herself through a captivating and magnetic dream pop is called Johanne Swanson that has adopted the name Yohuna. The artist from New York (USA) manages to gather on her latest album called Mirroring, a set of songs that are elegant and passionate and have an oniric, floating and ambient quality.
The songs are like an invitation for introspection and self-analysis as well as trips to the past that left its marks but that taught us lessons and made us stronger and ready to face the future. In the song, Fades to Blue, Yohuna reflects about past loves and the learning that she experienced through her memories, be they positive or negative.
Just like the name of the record indicates, Mirroring, establishes a very strong empathic relationship between artist and listener, like nothing or almost nothing truly separates them and the lessons we learn are more similar than we expected.
Lulled and fascinated by the record, we asked Yohuna her choices for 5 books, 5 records, 5 films/TV shows and here they are:
- How Should A Person Be, Sheila Heti
- The Neapolitan Novels, Elena Ferrante
- The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk
- Bonjour Tristesse, Françoise Sagan
- Bluets, Maggie Nelson
Records:
- Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill, Grouper
- Loveless, My Bloody Valentine
- Emily Alone, Florist
- Pop 2, Charli XCX
- Keyboard Fantasies, Beverly Glenn-Copeland
TV Shows:
- Six Feet Under, Allan Ball
- The OA, Zal Batmanglij, Brit Marling
- Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Rachel Bloom, Aline Brosh McKenna
- Insecure, Issa Rae, Larry Wilmore
- The Sopranos, David Chase
Texto | Text: Cláudia Zafre
Escolhas | Choices: Yohuna
Escolhas | Choices: Yohuna