WELCOME
Rowing At Sea is a small label dedicated to richness of texture, meaning and pure intentions. We hope that our releases will be an invitation to travel, first inside to discover what it is you want to bring into being - then encouragement to go forth into the world and create it. Rowing At Sea was founded by Ryan Francesconi in spring 2007.
Our partner labels are Sweet Dreams (Japan) and Time Release Records (USA).
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CONTACT
| General / Press: | hello AT rowingatsea DOT com |
| Licensing: | Heyday Media Group info AT heydaymediagroup DOT com www.heydaymediagroup.com |
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ARTISTS
| Ryan Francesconi are-f.com |
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| RF & Lili De La Mora myspace.com/rfandlili |
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CATALOG
| # | artist | title |
| RAS 001 | RF & Lili De La Mora | Eleven Continents |
| RAS 002 | Ryan Francesconi | Parables |
Ryan Francesconi's "Parables"Catalog Number: RAS 002 / SDLP 001 / SDCD 003 1 Sheet: Download PDF Preview: Myspace, YouTube Released: April, 2010 | ||
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Buy CD/LP @ Drag City Buy Digital @ ITunes | ||
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Rowing At Sea has made available Parables on vinyl, and the CD release is done by Sweet Dreams in Japan. Distributed by Drag City.
"Ryan Francesconi is one of the most awe-inspiring musicians I've known. On "Parables," he distills his many realms of artistry -- his unmistakable compositional voice, his mastery of bulgarian folk technique and form, his comprehensive classical background, and his virtuoso, incomparable mind-melting guitar stylings -- into a beautifully minimalist, poetic, intricate, emotionally realized study of themes, variations, organic counterpoint, and such devastating forays into fractal-metric out-lands that it is nearly impossible to believe he's picking those strings with just one hand. This is solo music that sounds like an ensemble, an ecstatic and measured reconciliation of West African / Balkan / Baroque / bluegrass influences, which ultimately resembles nothing I know. " -Joanna Newsom | ||
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TRACKLIST 01 Parables 02 Parallel Lights 03 Deep Rivers Run Quiet 04 Palios Karsilamas 05 With Hands 06 Elder Brother 07 Pravo 08 Lost Years |
FEATURING Ryan Francesconi - Solo Guitar |
RF & Lili De La Mora's "Eleven Continents"Catalog Number: RAS 001 1 Sheet: Download PDF Preview: Last.fm Radio Video: YouTube Released: July, 2007 | ||
Buy CD @ Amazon, Darla Buy Digital @ ITunes | ||
| "In addition to Ryan Francesconi's deftly picked guitar and Lili De La Mora's breathy voice, wisps of cello, trumpet, flute, and harp drift through the album gentle as a breeze, never upsetting its delicate balance. The result is music that moves efficiently without sounding hollow and artificial, music that is full of embellishment while sounding neither gaudy nor ostentatious. The album's finest moments, though, come when the silvery tones of Joanna Newsom's harp join the mix. The album's title track unfurls to reveal a rushing, ever-growing spiral of graceful guitars, playful harp strings, and fragile, pensive vocals. Every note sounds as if it has been bathed in silvery twilight." - Jason Morehead, OpusZine | ||
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TRACKLIST 01 Through the Trees 02 Fences 03 Miles and Miles 04 Kings 05 Hundreds of Threads 06 Cherry Park 07 Fascinated 08 Newt Crossing 09 11:11 10 Steep Ravine 11 Eleven Continents 12 Lifetime |
FEATURING Lili De La Mora - lead vocals Fabiola Sanchez - vocals, lead on 4 Ryan Francesconi - guitar, bass, rhodes Ken Negrete - piano, rhodes Joanna Newsom - harp Heather Lockie - viola Shaun Darius Gottlieb - cello James King - flute Eric Oberthaler - trumpet Tolga Yenilmez - percussion Artwork by Mijn Schatje Produced by Ryan Francesconi and Ken Negrete |