Domino Records recently signed Final Fantasy to their label for the release of his forthcoming album, ‘Heartland’, which is due out January 12th. However, due to some trademark infringement legalities, ‘Heartland’, will be released under Owen Pallett’s given name and he will no longer make music as Final Fantasy.
Some interesting details regarding the album:
‘Heartland’ is a fully orchestral record, designed to exist simultaneously as an album, a 45-minute piece of orchestral music and a set of songs for looped violin and voice. Pallett explains: “The songs themselves form a narrative concerning a farmer named Lewis and the fictional world of Spectrum. The songs are one-sided dialogues with Lewis, a young, ultra-violent farmer, speaking to his creator.”
“The album was compositionally modeled upon the principles of electronic music. The principles of analog synthesis informing symphonic writing, like an inversion of a Tomita record. These songs, too, were designed to be as dense with polyphony as the Final Fantasy live shows can become. While writing it, I kept an image in my head of putting so many notes on the page that the paper turned black.”
Take A Listen: Lewis Takes Action from Owen Pallett
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