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Neil Armstrong’s ‘In the Borderlands’: A Nostalgic Journey Through Love and Loss

“In the Borderlands” by Neil Armstrong Neil Armstrong steps onto our blog stage for the first time as an artist. His music pays tribute to the icons of the 80s, including The Cure, Tears For Fears, Pet Shop Boys, and Howard Jones. Oscillating between the realms of Synth-Pop/Rock and New Wave, Armstrong’s transnational work, fluctuating between Spain and Scotland, is expressed in his latest piece, “In the Borderlands.” The song takes us on an introspective journey through the nuances of human relationships, unfolding the complexity of interpersonal dynamics . It exposes these nuances on the operating table of music, bringing them to life with a nostalgic touch reminiscent of the 80s, thereby endowing the work with a soul. The arrangement, inspired by the musical giants of that era, is a testament to Armstrong’s exceptional talent for composing and arranging songs. Every note, every melody in “In the Borderlands” is carefully chosen to tell a story of love: its loss and rediscovery, wit
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"Far, Far Away" by Florie Namir

Florie Namir is an award-winning jazz-pop singer-songwriter

Florie Namir

Florie Namir, jazz-pop singer-songwriterFlorie Namir is an award-winning jazz-pop singer-songwriter born in Tel Aviv, currently based in London, UK. A two-hat artist, Florie is also a classical composer.
After exploring composition on her own, Florie began her formal composition studies at Tel Aviv University and upon graduating, she travelled to the USA for graduate school. While in Boston, Massachusetts, Florie was part of a variety of ensembles as singer, pianist, composer and arranger, among them an Eastern European folk group, Natasha Folk, and a New York-based Musical Theater company, Floating Tower.

Amidst PhD dissertation writing, after a successful first solo performance as singer-songwriter, Florie began venturing into Boston’s singer-songwriter scene. She played in venues such as Brighton Music Hall, Club Passim, The Lizard Lounge and The Burren. In 2012, she recorded and released an acoustic EP, called “In My Room” (Bandcamp). 
Soon she expanded her performances from Boston to the rest of the East Coast, including New York, where she participated in Mondo.NYC festival and industry summit. In 2018, Florie went on a tour in the USA, Mexico, Israel and Japan.

Florie then relocated to London, UK, where she has been performing as solo singer-pianist. During the first Covid19 lockdown, Florie ran and produced an online weekly streamed concert series, called “Florie’s Living Room Concerts”, with guest artists from the USA. The series was enthusiastically viewed by audiences from 13 different countries around the world.

In February 2021, her single “Mornings” won The UK Songwriting Contest in the Jazz category.
She successfully raised funds with the help of her fans to complete her upcoming debut full-band EP. The EP will include her own arrangements and production. It was partially recorded remotely with musicians from the USA, Japan, and the UK, and is scheduled to be released in the fall of 2021.

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Far, Far Away

"Far, Far Away" is an alt-pop song driven by classical strings and energized by a super catchy chorus, and speaks of the urgency to change one’s life.", stand zu lesen und da will ich natürlich "prüfen" ob das auch so stimmt in Bezug auf "energized by a super catchy chorus". Andererseits wollte ich auch wissen wie eine klassische Komponistin einen Alt-Pop Song umsetzt.
Der Einstieg gelungen, feinstrukturierte Streicher holen den Hörer direkt am "Eingang" ab und begleiten diesen bzw. leiten einen durch den Song. Spätestens ab dem Chorus, welcher wie ein Frühling in Paris klingt, zumindest stell ich mir diesen so vor, lächelt man zufrieden. Mit einer eleganten Leichtigkeit wird vorgetragen.
Der Refrain bestätigt Versprochenes. Die Dringlichkeit sein Leben zu ändern wird als Thema in den Lyrics verarbeitet. Das Arrangement, wie ich, nachdem ich die Bio gelesen hatte, bereits vermutet hatte, perfekt. Die Virtuosität einer klassischen Komponistin, welche im Jazz-Pop zu Hause ist, trifft hier auf Pop und schreibt sich diesen Song auf den Leib.
Es sind die kleinen und feinen Nuancen an Sounds welche dem Gesamtbild Farbe verleihen und es zum Leuchten bringen, die Impression und die Vollendung verdankt der Song aber dennoch dem Gesang von Florie selbst. "Far, Far Away" by Florie Namir ein eleganter Alt-Pop Song der besonderen Art. 


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