Massive Kids by Ruth Goller & Ben Somers
I had an idea lately to make an unconventional album for Music for children, by using lots of different children's instruments and was delighted by their wonky tuning. I then teamed up with my dear friend Ben Summer and we brought this into existence. It's experimental, new music influenced by our shared passion for the Alps.
Ruth Goller & Ben Somers
Massive Kids explores the total creative freedom we experience as children. Started as a project using children's instruments then broadening into building on the tiny pot of limitations & spongy parameters that tend to become rigid as we age.
"The sound, if you could hear it, a child's brain might make as it grows" - Liam Noble
"This is an album bursting with joy, tenderness & curiosity. I love it." - Lauren Kinsella
Tracklist
| 1. | Show and tell | 3:25 |
| 2. | Hänsel und Gretel | 2:41 |
| 3. | Boo Boo Baboon | 2:41 |
| 4. | Schönhut | 2:46 |
| 5. | Burn the schoole down | 2:46 |
| 6. | Puschtra | 4:30 |
| 7. | Untrachtensänger | 3:38 |
Videos
Credits
Ruth Goller: voice, bass, thumb piano, celeste, accordion
Ben Somers: voice, saxophone, flute, guitar
Arlo Updegraff (on Boo Boo Baboon): voice, piano, drums
Mixed by Ruth Goller & Ben Somers
Mastered by Wesley Gibbens
Photo by Pedro Velasco
License
All rights reserved.
Hailed by the Guardian for her “thunderous bass-guitar hooks’, Ruth Goller is a bassist, vocalist, composer, environmentalist and solo artist.
On Skylla, Goller “unravel(s) an intimacy so deep it (feels) almost blasphemous to be privy to its wonders.” ECM
Credits: Acoustic Ladyland, Melt Yourself Down, Vula Viel, Shabaka Hutchings, Kit Downes, Sam Amidon, Bojan Z, Rokia Traoré, Paul McCartney.