“simple, elegant, and powerful” (Fingertips Music)
Revived and re-imagined, Alan Dweck remasters his track Melting Icicles previously featured on 2019 album, Entangled Moment. Entwining the soul and jazz of the sixties, with the blues, prog and world music of the seventies, Melting Icicles provides a unique experience.
Understated, the laid-bare production which removes the unnecessary extras highlights the gentle and haunting nature of Dwecks vocals. This simplicity makes for a sentimentalism, supported by haunting string sections and masterful guitar.
“I wrote this song just after arriving in Singapore, probably one of the fastest songs I have ever written. Surrounded on all sides by a new and different culture, I felt a long way from home and somehow the idea, words, chords, and structure just fell out. It was all I could do to get it all down on paper.”
Presenting audiences with an accompanying video, Alans’s ethos of substance over ego shines through. These abstract animations rise and fall as does the track, giving the sense of breath and dynamism, the pastel colour palette complementing the sentimentality. Dweck has no interest in featuring his face within the video, wanting the focus to be on his art.
Remastering previous track from the same album, Before, saw Alan reach critical and fan acclaim, reaching over 142,000 streams since its release earlier this year. Dweck plays tribute to some of the great blues and soul songs of the past, with gospel inspired collective vocals making for a spiritual finish to Melting Icicles. Poignant lyrics set the introspective and emotional delivery of instrumentalism, allowing listeners to process the meaning in their won way.
For fans of Lou Reed, Pink Floyd, and David Bowie. Audiences can look forward to streaming the Melting Icicles Remaster on all digital platforms 03/12/21.
Words by Olivia Barnes