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01 Venus

We hear a distorted piano playing droning chords that drop at even intervals like distant thunder or Autumn's falling leaves.  A disco hi hat interrupts this tranquility to announce the arrival of driving beats, chiming guitars and persistent bass hits.  Two voices (of one) sing of spaces, the departed, dreams/visions and the difficulty of reality.  
As the first single off  of I and I's next record, The Hardest Part heralds the coming of the future in Space Disco anthems, post everything coping strategies and songs to get by on.  
This maxi single also includes a remix by the Chilled out beat maker known as Atlantic At Pacific and an Italo Disco inspired mix by Nassau.  A historical homage to the legendary Pocahontas set to distorted beats and cheap synths rounds out the set.  

1 The Hardest Part (single edit)

I and I is one of the creative projects of multi-instrumentalist, artist, and gardener Adam Sarmiento.  His latest release, "White Noise/Black Music," is a reflective dance record that blends post-everything with electronic earthiness and the kind of thoughtful, provocative lyrics that one doesn't always expect to accompany such movement-inducing grooves.  

Following stints as drummer and writer with the New Tribe, the Pistol Arrows, and the Candles, Adam invested in some recording gear and set about experimenting with sounds and styles, eventually resurfacing with his debut record, "We Are," in hand.  That album was suffused with energy and soul, and was something of a raw affair, but also elaborate and adorned with an assortment of synths, basses, guitars, vocal harmonies, and, or course, beats aplenty.  Indeed, one of the many things that sets this guy apart from many other solo ventures is the complexity of the drum and percussion arrangements that undergird the songs.  His second release, the 2006 EP "Music Computer Film," saw Adam following his exploratory muse on mostly instrumental material, crafting music that was both more sonically distinct and more refined, and, as the record's title suggests, more cinematic.
At present, I and I is taking the songs from the new record to the live setting.  Check out the show listings for upcoming dates.



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