New-ish BarmaLjova creation - "Crazy For You"

A few weeks ago, Ljova scored a wonderful short film called "Cupcake," to be featured at the Tribeca Film Festival in a couple of weeks. And I got to sing a little song, written by Ljova, for the end-title of the film - check it out below, and read Ljova's post about the film.

Play "Gone Crazy"

Moving to CCMixter...

Vox365 back to Earth... After a couple of weeks of responsible posting, I realized that I can't keep up with posting samples in two places - both on this blog and on ccMixter, so I'll post a few samples that I have already accumulated on ccMixter, and then continue posting there - regularly, I hope!

Here's my ccMixter address: ccmixter.org/innabar

1/21/08 - I love you, you're crazy

A outburst of energy and amour at night :)

Play "I love you, you're crazy"


Download, Remix, Reuse, Cut & Run the sample at CCMixter

1/20/08 - Nostalgie Air

I was recording a catchy little sample for a friend's project, and that made me think about what makes a sample catchy. Not sure if I have an answer yet, but here's a plaintive nostalgic melodic fragment. Remix it in good health.

Play "Nostalgie Air"


Download, Remix, Reuse, Cut & Run the sample at CCMixter

1/19/08 - Nane Tsoha

Today we played at Golden Fest, the annual Eastern-European music bonanza in New York (a photo from Romashka's set pictured here, photo by Kelly Marshall). There are lots of Roma songs I could record a capella (and maybe I will record some for this project), but for now, this melody from the famous Roma song "Nane Tsoha" was tugging at me, so here it is.

Play "Nane Tsoha melody"


Download, Remix, Reuse, Cut & Run the sample at CCMixter

1/18/08: You Wear Jeans

A bluesy bittersweet tune. Not sure how it came about - I was looking at LZ's jeans, and something about the way they were wallowing in the living room, shapeless and sallow made me sing this little verse. Not sure where this Billie Holiday-like vibe comes from - I don't even listen too much to her these days, but her recordings linger on, and I feel her air every time I start singing (in English, that is).

Play "You Wear Jeans"


Download, Remix, Reuse, Cut & Run the sample at CCMixter

1/17/08 - Tagine

Here's some Morrocan flavor for y'all, a little Mediterranean-like dittie. I'm picturing a steamy desert dance track or a hookah lounge chill-out. I tried for a slightly longer piece yesterday to create more possibilities.

Play "Tagine"


I'm a bit puzzled how this track came out of me - I spent the day listening to Classical music of 20th and 21st century (first on Pandora, and then a Wordless Music Series concert featuring minimalist sublime pieces by Gavin Bryars, John Adams, and Johnny Greenwood. Then some all-Americana cover band at a post-concert bash at a bar. And then I get home, open my mouth to record something gypsy-like, and this comes out. Tomorrow I will try to record earlier in the day, so I can sing louder and think through it more.