{"id":132,"date":"2015-07-30T04:30:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T04:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=132"},"modified":"2021-02-07T04:55:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T04:55:46","slug":"varuna","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/product\/varuna\/","title":{"rendered":"VARUNA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Laurie Antonolio, vocals<br \/>\nRichie Beirach, piano<br \/>\nPepe Berns, bass (tracks 5-8)<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Laurie Antonioli<br \/>\nArtistic Consultant &#8211; Hans Wendl<br \/>\nTracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8: Recorded and mixed June, 2006<br \/>\nby Kai Mader at FWL Studios, Leipzig, Germany<br \/>\nTracks 3, 4, 9,10, 11, 12, 13: Recorded February, 2012<br \/>\nby David Luke at C-Change Studios, Berkeley, CA<br \/>\nAdditional recording and mixing (3, 4, 9-13) February, 2015<br \/>\nby Dan Feiszli at What&#8217;s For Lunch, El Cerrito, CA<br \/>\nMastered by Christoph Stickel, Munich, Germany<br \/>\nPhotograph of Laurie by a-restrospective<br \/>\nPhotograph of duo by Darlene Pearson<br \/>\nCover photo by Wanphen Chawarung<br \/>\nCover design &amp; layout by John Bishop<br \/>\nTracks (1, 6-10), published by<br \/>\nRemains2BSeen Music<\/p>\n<p><strong>Track List<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/215771941%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-Ricw1&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false\" width=\"90%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/215773059%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-u4hhK&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false\" width=\"90%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/215774314%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-By5fE&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/215776638%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-4n2eF&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false\" width=\"90%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/215777642%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-0VRtO&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false\" width=\"90%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/215778415%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-phdWd&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false\" width=\"90%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/215777810%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-UmYbE&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false\" width=\"90%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/215779620%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-MwIco&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false\" width=\"90%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/215779962%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-gb47b&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false\" width=\"90%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/215783063%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-HiyeI&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false\" width=\"90%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/215787269%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-rqvrL&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false\" width=\"90%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/215783496%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-a6w4W&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false\" width=\"90%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/215783583%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-41EMQ&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=false&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false\" width=\"90%\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liner Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Richie and I have been friends and collaborators since we first met in 1988, performing both in Europe and the United States. We\u2019ve had some extraordinary experiences, from the Leipzig Gewandhaus, with a full choir singing my lyrics to Richie\u2019s music, to duo concerts in cities including Istanbul, Vienna, Zagreb, Munich, and San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>When Richie and I are together for a performance, we often go into the studio for a day or two to capture the essence of our collaboration in that time and place. As I traced the arc of the past ten years of these ad hoc sessions, I found a storyline of dreams, the night sky, the morning sun, birth, death, the unseen, and of course, love. The narrative of Varuna is shaped from our favorite sessions in Leipzig, Germany in 2006 and Berkeley, California in 2012, with some additional recording done specifically for this album in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the songs are introspective. As Richie noted, our feelings about the music have deepened over time. He said, \u201cOne of the good things about getting older, if you can hold on to your health, is that certain things get easier. You become more yourself. This is hard won over years of gigs, traveling, recordings, and all the in-between times of deep, long conversations about life and music, which are just as important as rehearsing. We\u2019ve gained experience and, above all, humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Were it not for Richie, I might not be singing today. His insistence and belief in me as an artist have never wavered. Of course, Richie\u2019s mastery has never been in question. He has developed a unique voice in the history of jazz, and his students read like a Who\u2019s Who of contemporary pianists. His classically infused playing provokes an interplay that is both familiar and complex, offering unexpected turns leavened with a healthy dose of humor.<\/p>\n<p>Varuna is a Vedic god who presides over the celestial waters. It\u2019s also the name of a new dwarf planet, or a moon, that astronomers recently discovered hiding near Pluto. The harmony of the spheres, the miracle of space and time, and the joining of two musicians are all magical phenomena. I hope you find that magic in our music.<\/p>\n<p>With love,<\/p>\n<p>Laurie Antonioli<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PLEASE NOTE, INTERNATIONAL SALES ARE $26.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nRichie Beirach and Laurie Antonioli meet again, releasing VARUNA, their second album, with sessions from Leipzig and California.<\/p>\n<p>This CD is autographed by Laurie Antonioli, and price is inclusive of shipping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[13],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-132","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-cd","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"sale","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.laurieantonioli.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}