ASOF011: Doe Paoro x Auntie Flo
New Release of Balearic beauties in collaboration with Costa Rica-based Doe Paoro, limited edition Orange 12" available exclusively on Bandcamp.
The latest release on A State of Flo is a collaborative EP between myself under my Auntie Flo alias and Costa Rica-based singer-songwriter Sonia Kreitzer aka Doe Paoro. Sonia got in touch last year and asked if I’d like to remix ‘Teach Us Of Endings’ from her recent album ‘Living Through Collapse’.
I was blown away by the parts she sent over: beautifully recorded instrumentation, percussion and vocals, which gave me building blocks that were a joy to work with. I made a standard radio-friendly remix, which will be released next month, but I had so much fun dubbing them out in the studio that I ended up making a 12 minute version - allowing all the part to breathe.
I’m going to sound hypocritical here, as I spend a lot of time advocating for adopting original practises in the creative/music-making process - try not be derivative, break the formula, don’t follow the trends of the day.
However, if there was a formula at work here, it would be very much in the mould of my 2024 track Green City:
Super long extended version that could go on forever (imo)
Takes ages for the vocal to drop
A killer Ziggy Funk guitar part
Snare Rolls to build the excitement
Hypnotic CZ5000 Kalimba/Marimba groove
Check Check Check. The main point is, I’ve perhaps found a compositional sweet spot where music exists in a continuous flow, ensures you get fully locked in and builds to reach a state of maximum joy by the end. Just wait and wait for those lush strings to come in!
Does it work for you as well as it does for me?
Maya on the flip is in a similar mould but much moodier - running to 9 mins, it is carried by a Ziggy Funk bassline and some killer percussion. I added analogue synth washes that build until the glorious flute parts enter the fray. To me, it sounds much more Levantine or Middle Eastern - echoes of music by Insanlar/Ricardo Villalobos, Khidja, Red Axes and played by the likes of Ivan Smagghe or Vladimir Ivkovic.
Release Day: Bandcamp Exclusive
I’m going to do an experiment with this release - it is available to buy now on vinyl via my Bandcamp exclusively. I’ve pressed 300 copies on Orange vinyl and they look and sound amazing.
If they all go, perhaps I’ll do another pressing but if not, I’ll work with a distributor to get them into the record shops. I’m all up for supporting the record shops but the costs are so high for vinyl selling direct is the only realistic way of breaking even on a 300 press.
So please, if you want a copy go buy one today on Bandcamp Day (where they don’t take their usual cut).
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In case you missed it, Birds Of Paradise was repressed and I have around 40 copies left.
Buying the record gets you the full selection of remixes:
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