New music collective Antics & Collectables are pleased to announce their debut release with the arrival of ‘Breaking Point’, lifted from the upcoming EP due in 2023.
Antics & Collectables is a project led by producer, composer, sound designer Alfonso De Grandis. In advance of an upcoming EP, he’s just released a great track called ‘Breaking Point’.
Here’s Alfonso’s introduction to the project…
“Breaking Point started as an electronic improvisation at the beginning of the first pandemic. Having tidied up the improvised session I sent the idea to Sam without any direction. He came back with the vocals that for my taste were fitting perfectly. He is incredibly talented and has the gift of simplicity. I decided that the drumming for the main part had to be acoustic rather than electronic. I then called Eddie, a friend and drummer from Sons of Kemet. His playing is full of feeling and he has such a distinctive style. Breaking point alternates between tension and release. Chaotic instability and a state of spiritual calm. It is a song about personal identity and its internal search.”
Alfonso has a wealth of experience to draw upon with his music production. He’s an established sound designer, sound artist, composer and music producer, working and collaborating with artists on site specific and multichannel soundscapes. He works from his studio at Urchin Studios in Hackey Wick, London.
And so on to ‘Breaking Point’, which features singer-songwriter Sam Mitchell and Sons of Kemet drummer Eddie Hick, and draws on a myriad of influences from left-field electronica, funk, soul and jazz. It’s a wonderful downtempo groove that opens up from it’s low key beginning into an uplifting groove with soulful vocals and and a wonderful groove. Enjoy…
Breaking Point is available now from Spotify and all good streaming services…
