Univers by Jane Weaver
Following the release her acclaimed new album Love In Constant Spectacle, Jane Weaver prepares for an autumn tour that sees her heading to Europe for the first time since its release. Jane will also play a London live date with Gruff Rhys at Barbican on 13th September as well as this year’s Sŵn Festival and a number of UK dates.
Ahead of the tour, Jane releases a brand new version of Heavy Mellow track ‘Univers’ that sees her breaking through language barriers with a dreamlike French translation of the original.
“Univers is my first foray into translating a whole existing track into French Language and took some help and guidance! I imagined the song visually as little vignettes from a film with simple subtitled translations to convey the story, inspired by a time in my life when carrying around the anticipation of grief and yet experiencing small pockets of joy in simple things, these moments appear vivid by comparison, they are spontaneous and unplanned, they are in nature and our surroundings, a reminder that everything evolves.”
Jane Weaver
Love In Constant Spectacle evokes spectacular imagery and distils the artists’ vision in its purest form, elevating her inimitable sound and poetic vision to new heights. Recapturing the melancholy of her early work whilst propelling it forward, she sketches scenes as we watch new colours, shapes and languages emerge and fill the frame. It sees her taking measured steps towards a vivid, dreamlike record, that offers resolve in the face of life’s inevitability.
The foundations of Weaver’s sound are still evident – lush motorik drums, pulsating bass, custom modded synths and exotic fuzz pedals - but the stream is awash with scrabble piece poetry and Letraset lullabies leading to lush escapism, the free abandon that you’d associate with free jazz and the avant-garde. But, as determined and visionary as Weaver might be, Love In Constant Spectacle wasn’t executed without assistance. Here we find a long mooted unison with Jane’s first ever producer, John Parish (PJ Harvey, Aldous Harding), who has shared Weaver’s process in the surrounds of Rockfield Studios and Geoff Barrow’s Invada studio.
Love In Constant Spectacle is a voyage into undisclosed pastures, it’s a heartfelt manifesto from an artist that continues to boundlessly evolve with each chapter in her career.
Tracklist
| 1. | Univers (French Version) | 5:13 |
| 2. | Univers (MEMORIALS Remix) | 5:08 |
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Abusing, evading and obliterating 20 years of whimsical pop trends Jane Weavers experience as a truly independent and resilient female experimental songwriter / sound-carrier commands respect and inspiration in equal measures.