HANIA RANI – Music For Film And Theatre – CD – GONDCD045

Last year the Warsaw-born, Berlin-based composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist Hania Rani released Home, an album that introduced electronic and vocal elements to her otherwise minimal piano compositions. Citing James Blake and Nils Frahm, Rani brought a poppy but also more experimental influence into her music, with whiffs of Blake-ean bass wobbles sneaking into the final minute of the title track. Incorporating these newfound styles propelled Rani to a larger audience (she was profiled by Mark Coles for BBC Radio 4, for example), and on her latest LP, Music For Film And Theatre, Rani continues to build on these sounds, embroidering her piano and string tapestries with touches of electronic decay and haunted vocal lines.

Henry Ivry / Resident Advisor