Jason Calhoun – revelations of divine love

I love what Jason Calhoun has to say about this first song from his upcoming album revelations of divine love: I enjoy working with abstracted, gestural melody that isn’t necessarily connected to a traditional beat. The tapping ‘bass drum’ rhythm in ‘tolstoy tatsoi’ offers a subverted sense of rhythm which feels disjointed yet in place with the rest of the track — similar to tapping your foot to a song in your head while the radio plays something else. As my daughter has gotten old enough to (vehemently) make song requests when we’re in the car together, I more than ever find myself thinking about one piece of music while another one is playing. Though I have managed to turn her on to some good music (her favorite song is probably Pixies – ‘Monkey Gone to Heaven’), she generally wants to hear K-Pop Demon Hunters or something from a Disney movie. Consequently, I am frequently imagining music I’ve recently written or heard against a backdrop of Indina Menzel and Kristen Bell, or the…