Holly Herndon’s Chorus EP for RVNG Intl. draws source material from Skype and YouTube, Akihiko Taniguchi-directed video unveiled, unleashed, and uncovered (oh, and unfurled)

Holly Herndon's Chorus EP for RVNG Intl. draws source material from Skype and YouTube, Akihiko Taniguchi-directed video unveiled, unleashed, and uncovered (oh, and unfurled)

Movement, the most “gorgeously pranayamic” album of 2012, was an incredible hybridization of modern composition and club music that emphasized Holly Herndon’s breathtaking (sometimes literally) voice experiments. In fact, it made it to #13 on our Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 list, not because it was lucky enough to have received enough votes, but simply because we were lucky enough to be privy to Herndon’s strange yet comforting sonic innovations.

Herndon’s follow-up to Movement is a two-song EP called Chorus. It continues a similar project of vocal processing and genre hybridization, but it sounds considerably different: on the title track, for example, Herndon’s source material comes in part from her daily browsing habits, including sounds from YouTube, Skype, and more. Check its Akihiko Taniguchi-directed video below, which visually articulates the track’s themes quite well:

Chorus is released today on RVNG Intl., digitally and as a limited 12-inch.

Meanwhile, RVNG Intl. says Herndon will soon “offer a web-based tool allowing users to compose their own version of ‘Chorus’ around a browser based experience1.”

Chorus tracklist:

01. Chorus
02. Solo Voice

1. Is it just me, or does it seem like Herndon is just trying to make more work for us proletariats? This is typical bourgeois rhetoric that just shows the necessity of building a coordinated movement on a national and world scale that links immediate demands for higher wages with a clear socialist program to challenge Herndon’s dominance and defend working-class families against continuous blackmailing. The economy needs to be based on the needs of the millions, not the greed of the billionaires. If the system can’t afford good wages and services, then we can’t afford this system!! UGH!!!

• Holly Herndon: http://hollyherndon.tumblr.com
• RVNG Intl.: http://www.igetrvng.com
• Akihiko Taniguchi: http://okikata.org

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