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Maria BC
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2015
"Maria BC is a classically trained vocalist, a dexterous guitarist, and a songwriter with an innate gift for vast, stately melodies, but the defining strength of their music is the mood: an overarching melancholy that shadows everything like heavy storm clouds." -Pitchfork
Hyaline, was a 2022 ambient-folk highlight. It found the Oakland, CA-based artist Maria BC (they/them) crafting haunting tracks that played like they were beamed from the heart of some mystical, cobwebbed attic. On Spike Field, their Sacred Bones debut, strings, plucked guitar and buzzing swells accompany their classically-trained mezzo-soprano voice soaking their arrangements in a denser and more kaleidoscopic way than any of their previous work. Maria BC describes it as “filling out the sonic space,” as Spike Field builds on the intimacy of Hyaline through liberating instrumental embellishments.
Hyaline, was a 2022 ambient-folk highlight. It found the Oakland, CA-based artist Maria BC (they/them) crafting haunting tracks that played like they were beamed from the heart of some mystical, cobwebbed attic. On Spike Field, their Sacred Bones debut, strings, plucked guitar and buzzing swells accompany their classically-trained mezzo-soprano voice soaking their arrangements in a denser and more kaleidoscopic way than any of their previous work. Maria BC describes it as “filling out the sonic space,” as Spike Field builds on the intimacy of Hyaline through liberating instrumental embellishments.
Maria BC - Lacuna (Official Music Video)
From the album "Spike Field"
Out now on Sacred Bones Records lnk.to/SpikeField
Directed by and featuring Sam Kann
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In the early 1990s, a team of linguists, engineers, anthropologists, and archaeologists were tasked with constructing a type of communication that could transcend time. How might we converse with future civilizations when language may evolve or dissolve entirely? The result yielded the design of spike fields; a strange construction of granite thorns bursting from the earth to alert its viewers to the deadly uninhabitability of nuclear waste disposal sites. For Maria BC (they/them), this state of temporal focus molds the wanderings on their second full length album Spike Field. How do we connect with the weathered shadow of our experience, while envisioning the self a few steps ahead of us? While their debut album Hyaline (2022, Father/Daughter) explored grief and anxiety through a series of character-led accounts, Spike Field recognizes that mistakes, tragedies and embarrassments will continue to lurk below the surface until we decide to break through the soil.
Spike Field was recorded in the home of a family friend. The home featured an out-of-tune baby Steinway piano, complete with squeaky hammers and strange, sporadic sounds. The piano is sprinkled throughout the album, and features extensively on opener “Amber,” showcasing Maria BC’s looser, more extensive arrangements. The song flickers with electronic wonder, like a wave seeking out its station, before crashing into the angelic choral introduction of “Watcher”. Strings, plucked guitar and buzzing swells accompany their classically-trained mezzo-soprano voice on “Return to Sender,” a song that focuses on the frustrations and turmoil of being unable to reach a loved one--both physically and emotionally. Spike Field reminds us that despite our best efforts to bury certain aspects of ourselves, they will always lurk beneath the surface. Instead of ignoring the seeds striving to break through, we can point to these places with a curious grace, concocting a language that transcends words to converse with our previous selves. Maria BC pieces together juxtaposing sonic landscapes and oscillating vocals to represent the thread of miscommunication, or the failure of words, that weaves throughout the album, transforming it into a distinct and ever-evolving sonic tongue. If we listen, we might find something new within ourselves.
Out now on Sacred Bones Records lnk.to/SpikeField
Directed by and featuring Sam Kann
Follow Maria BC
mariab4christ
mariabcmusic/
mariabc.bandcamp.com/
In the early 1990s, a team of linguists, engineers, anthropologists, and archaeologists were tasked with constructing a type of communication that could transcend time. How might we converse with future civilizations when language may evolve or dissolve entirely? The result yielded the design of spike fields; a strange construction of granite thorns bursting from the earth to alert its viewers to the deadly uninhabitability of nuclear waste disposal sites. For Maria BC (they/them), this state of temporal focus molds the wanderings on their second full length album Spike Field. How do we connect with the weathered shadow of our experience, while envisioning the self a few steps ahead of us? While their debut album Hyaline (2022, Father/Daughter) explored grief and anxiety through a series of character-led accounts, Spike Field recognizes that mistakes, tragedies and embarrassments will continue to lurk below the surface until we decide to break through the soil.
Spike Field was recorded in the home of a family friend. The home featured an out-of-tune baby Steinway piano, complete with squeaky hammers and strange, sporadic sounds. The piano is sprinkled throughout the album, and features extensively on opener “Amber,” showcasing Maria BC’s looser, more extensive arrangements. The song flickers with electronic wonder, like a wave seeking out its station, before crashing into the angelic choral introduction of “Watcher”. Strings, plucked guitar and buzzing swells accompany their classically-trained mezzo-soprano voice on “Return to Sender,” a song that focuses on the frustrations and turmoil of being unable to reach a loved one--both physically and emotionally. Spike Field reminds us that despite our best efforts to bury certain aspects of ourselves, they will always lurk beneath the surface. Instead of ignoring the seeds striving to break through, we can point to these places with a curious grace, concocting a language that transcends words to converse with our previous selves. Maria BC pieces together juxtaposing sonic landscapes and oscillating vocals to represent the thread of miscommunication, or the failure of words, that weaves throughout the album, transforming it into a distinct and ever-evolving sonic tongue. If we listen, we might find something new within ourselves.
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Maria BC - Still (Official Audio)
มุมมอง 4.3Kปีที่แล้ว
From the album "Spike Field" Out now on Sacred Bones Records Pre-order / pre-save: lnk.to/SpikeField Video by Maria BC Follow Maria BC mariab4christ mariabcmusic/ mariabc.bandcamp.com/ In the early 1990s, a team of linguists, engineers, anthropologists, and archaeologists were tasked with constructing a type of communication that could transcend time. How might we con...
Maria BC - Watcher (Official Audio)
มุมมอง 5Kปีที่แล้ว
From the album "Spike Field" Out now on Sacred Bones Records lnk.to/SpikeField Video by Maria BC In the early 1990s, a team of linguists, engineers, anthropologists, and archaeologists were tasked with constructing a type of communication that could transcend time. How might we converse with future civilizations when language may evolve or dissolve entirely? The result yielded the design of spi...
Maria BC - Hyaline Remixes
มุมมอง 3732 ปีที่แล้ว
Maria BC's 'Hyaline Remixes,' out now (Father/Daughter & Fear of Missing Out) Stream / Download: fdrecords.lnk.to/hyalineremixes Follow Maria: open.spotify.com/artist/1GRdVyqsikMsJrvHskjwry?si=CAMPmQgkRv6uKgyZJLQfMg music.apple.com/us/artist/maria-bc/1520138332 mariab4christ mariab4christ mariabcmusic mariabc.bandcamp.com
Maria BC - The Only Thing (Lucy Liyou remix)
มุมมอง 6962 ปีที่แล้ว
"The Only Thing (Lucy Liyou remix)" from 'Hyaline Remixes,' out now (Father/Daughter & Fear of Missing Out) Stream / Download: fdrecords.lnk.to/hyalineremixes Follow Maria: open.spotify.com/artist/1GRdVyqsikMsJrvHskjwry?si=CAMPmQgkRv6uKgyZJLQfMg music.apple.com/us/artist/maria-bc/1520138332 mariab4christ mariab4christ mariabcmusic mariabc.bandcamp.com
Maria BC - Good Before (Nina Keith remix)
มุมมอง 1652 ปีที่แล้ว
"Good Before (Nina Keith remix)" from 'Hyaline Remixes,' out now (Father/Daughter & Fear of Missing Out) Stream / Download: fdrecords.lnk.to/hyalineremixes Follow Maria: open.spotify.com/artist/1GRdVyqsikMsJrvHskjwry?si=CAMPmQgkRv6uKgyZJLQfMg music.apple.com/us/artist/maria-bc/1520138332 mariab4christ mariab4christ mariabcmusic mariabc.bandcamp.com
Maria BC - Betelgeuse (No Home remix)
มุมมอง 1412 ปีที่แล้ว
"Betelgeuse (No Home remix)" from 'Hyaline Remixes,' out now (Father/Daughter & Fear of Missing Out) Stream / Download: fdrecords.lnk.to/hyalineremixes Follow Maria: open.spotify.com/artist/1GRdVyqsikMsJrvHskjwry?si=CAMPmQgkRv6uKgyZJLQfMg music.apple.com/us/artist/maria-bc/1520138332 mariab4christ mariab4christ mariabcmusic mariabc.bandcamp.com
Maria BC - No Reason (Ragana remix)
มุมมอง 1892 ปีที่แล้ว
"No Reason (Ragana remix)" from 'Hyaline Remixes,' out now (Father/Daughter & Fear of Missing Out) Stream / Download: fdrecords.lnk.to/hyalineremixes Follow Maria: open.spotify.com/artist/1GRdVyqsikMsJrvHskjwry?si=CAMPmQgkRv6uKgyZJLQfMg music.apple.com/us/artist/maria-bc/1520138332 mariab4christ mariab4christ mariabcmusic mariabc.bandcamp.com
Maria BC - ROF (Rachika Nayar remix)
มุมมอง 8222 ปีที่แล้ว
"ROF" (Rachika Nayar remix) from 'Hyaline Remixes,' out now (Father/Daughter & Fear of Missing Out) Stream / Download: fdrecords.lnk.to/hyalineremixes Follow Maria: open.spotify.com/artist/1GRdVyqsikMsJrvHskjwry?si=CAMPmQgkRv6uKgyZJLQfMg music.apple.com/us/artist/maria-bc/1520138332 mariab4christ mariab4christ mariabcmusic mariabc.bandcamp.com
Maria BC - Betelgeuse
มุมมอง 4.3K2 ปีที่แล้ว
"Betelgeuse" by Maria BC Stream/Download 'Hyaline' out now: lnk.to/hyaline Follow Maria: open.spotify.com/artist/1GRdVyqsikMsJrvHskjwry?si=CAMPmQgkRv6uKgyZJLQfMg music.apple.com/us/artist/maria-bc/1520138332 mariab4christ mariab4christ mariabcmusic mariabc.bandcamp.com Lyrics: [I.] There’s no orbit around this house He’s not wishing on us now J had to hide...
Maria BC - Good Before
มุมมอง 2.8K2 ปีที่แล้ว
"Good Before" by Maria BC Stream/Download 'Hyaline' out now: lnk.to/hyaline Follow Maria: open.spotify.com/artist/1GRdVyqsikMsJrvHskjwry?si=CAMPmQgkRv6uKgyZJLQfMg music.apple.com/us/artist/maria-bc/1520138332 mariab4christ mariab4christ mariabcmusic mariabc.bandcamp.com Lyrics: You dreamed last night of a locust swarm Woke up stoned With nothing left in th...
Maria BC - "The Only Thing"
มุมมอง 9K2 ปีที่แล้ว
"The Only Thing" by Maria BC Stream/Download 'Hyaline' out now: lnk.to/hyaline Video Choreographed and Performed by C Green Shot By / In Collaboration with Olivia Q. Pintair Produced with facilities provided by Media Factory in Burlington, VT Follow Maria: open.spotify.com/artist/1GRdVyqsikMsJrvHskjwry?si=CAMPmQgkRv6uKgyZJLQfMg music.apple.com/us/artist/maria-bc/1520138332 mariab4...
Maria BC - Adelaide (Music Video)
มุมมอง 3.6K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Video for "Adelaide" by Maria BC. From the album "Devil's Rain" released via Fear of Missing Out Records. Directed, Choreographed, and Edited by Ami Furgang In collaboration with dancers: Yang Zhen Lee Anna Azizzy Kiki Teshome Lyrics: no, no i don’t wanna tell you this i don’t wanna tell you this here, here flowers in the alleyway disappear my love you’ve been too afraid of a season demon in th...
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I can’t explain this; but that’s what makes it wonderful
This is incredible this is really amazing
I'm in love with 'Hyaline', and this is my favourite song from that album. So sorrowful and heartbreaking and beautiful. It's such a comfort to me during this particular period of terrible depression, loneliness and anxiety that I'm currently going through...along with the works of Mark Kozelek and Ali Murray - two incredible songwriters that I'd highly recommend you check out if you like melancholic loner music.
the fact this video has only 6k views is crazy to me. this video is so beautiful. and so i the song - they are perfect for each other. but i guess this is the world we live in....
J'adore ! Merci pour ce beau moment d'écoute. Tom, from Brest, France.
wildness.
何故か泣きそうになるな。綺麗。すごく好き。
日本にも来て。
👏👏👏
#2023
incredible
sound and space. amourous and abstract
Amazing
So happy I found you.
sublime hope to see you at Headrow House
I’m all in on this kind of dreamy, ambient content 😍
Haunting and beautiful.
L;O;O./OJ./;LO.;.;.
I cannot understate how incredibly hyped I am for this album. Already have this on repeat. Your voice is nothing short of ethereal.
Amazing.
Lit. Legit. Living for it. ✨
Best Vocals of 2022: Kadhja Bonet - For You Many Selves Version Maria BC - April Екатерина Шелехова | Полуфинал | България търси талант 2022 Sun's Signature - Apples Elizabeth Fraser Lisa Fischer "Rock n Roll" Maddie Delivers a Powerful Performance of "Higher Love" | AGT 2022 Gusto ko nang bumitaw | MORISSETTE Live in Dubai Dimash - The Story of One Sky You Won't Believe This Voice! | Nicotine Dolls Takes a Chance With an Original Song | AGT 2022 Дмитрий Цымбал vs. Роман Мелиш - "Стоїть гора високая" - Бои - Голос країни 12 And 10 more: Laura Bretan - Medley | Concert LAURA BRETAN 20 - Sala Palatului (10.04.2022) Róisín Murphy - The Time Is Now (The Late Late Show) GAYLE - bad reputation (joan jett cover live on tour) Grace Cummings - Storm Queen - Live at Meeniyan Town Hall Faouzia Live at Lollapalooza Paris 2022 Анастасия и Николай Гетьман - "Обійми" - выбор вслепую - Голос страны 12 Ирина Бенько - "Мелодия" - выбор вслепую - Голос страны 12 Indigo Sparke - Time Gets Eaten Иван Дятлов - Livin’La Vida Loca | ФАКТОР.BY | Прямой эфир 2 Денис Науменко - Whole lotta love | ФАКТОР.BY | Кастинг
Wow, um. This is going on repeat right now.
Gorgeous remix of one of my favourite tracks from Hyaline.
Replayed this 10 times when I first heard it. It's so hauntingly beautiful.
いいですね〜🥹アルバム聴きました😳
Hope you have lots of success though 🌞
Maria idk why I put Melissa ;(
Listened to devils rain about 100 times recently great song Melissa bc
I like this very much.
Maria, you've reach the point where your music can evoke past and futur "probabilities" while rooting the present in a gorgeous and next to dangerous environment!! Bravo!! So organic and wise! I would call it "multi dimensional music" likewise Jimi Hendrix's music..
Beautiful as the whole album... Makes me think of a XXIst century musical reincarnation of Hildegard Von Bingen. Great!!! Next to immortal!!!
Beautiful.
stunning
I'm so in live with my new musical discovery. Hyaline is just amazing. Her voice in Good Before reminds of Paula Cole.
Beautiful voice,Maria. Soothing stuff.
So full of heart and soul. Beautiful work!
🖤
Very cool! Your voice really shines through.
i saw you perform this last night in SF, it was so beautiful! <3
Splendid!
Reminds me of Pat Metheny's sound (It is a compliment)
very nice music, singing.. good material.... wish the dancer was wearing more neutral clothes... those colors distract from the feeling
so beautiful!
gorgeous!
your music is so ethereal and peaceful 🌺
You deserve MUCH more views than that. I hope that you will 🙌
Your talent is completely insane! It would be great to build a community around it! 👌💯 I send you an email for contact