Mirante
We Are Busy Bodies, 2025
9/10
The Toronto artist Nick Storring returns with a 9th album, where he pays tribute to Brazil that’s strong on percussion and rhythm.
The ambient and soothing “Roxa I” leads and builds into waves of cinematic, rhythmic gestures, and “Roxa II” follows with spare percussion and bouts of sci-fi exploration amid the atypical melodies.
The middle tracks belong to “Falta de Ar” and “Parque Tingui”. The former carries a beat and thumps with a nearly tribal mood, while “Parque Tingui” radiates with bright tonality and colorful exploration.
“Terra de Garoa” lands close to the end and carries some funk flavor and no lack of grooves that welcomes mandola, mandocello and bass, and “Roxa III” exits with an artistic intimacy and sonic intrigue that’s heartfelt.
A highly creative affair that recruits field recordings and traditional instrumentation, Storring’s vision is one of grace, adventurousness and cultural significance that even incorporates beatboxing and bamboo saxophone.
Travels well with: India Gailey- Butterfly Lightning Shakes The Earth; Alfredo Santa Ana- Before The World Sleeps