Grand piano quietly marks out evocative chords, as an intimate and reverb-kissed vocal from the wonderful Emiko blends languages and emotions, for Venice.
Building from emotional introductions through a multi-lingual story that rises and falls like waves of dairy-style expression and vulnerability, the Nihon-go Version of Venice slowly but surely introduces hints of electric guitar and lightly programmed, uniquely distant rhythms, before exploding into life for a full-band arrangement of euphoric vibrancy at the half-way point.
The song structure is sensational, even the lyrics, from moments of uncertainty to the shorter refrain and resolve of the chorus, feed into an intoxicating artistic mix. In the end we’re immersed in an atmospheric, vocally harmonised crescendo of moments, both alternative and addictively familiar now, with what is a stunning lyrical melodic repeat and solo peak for the hook.
Emiko has long-since been a personal favourite artist for this kind of deeply emotional sense of realism, creativity, and purpose. The songs are sometimes many months apart, but this is because the focus is on the quality and depth of the songwriting, and the purity and power of real performance.
Nothing shines light on this more brightly than the compelling multi-cultural embrace of the rather stunning Venice. Featuring the additional talents of Grammy Award-Winning guitarist and producer Larry Mitchell, Venice (Nihon-Go Version) is a sublime reminder of the artistic charm and achievement of the ever-vibrant and talented Emiko, and the wonders of the independent music realm at large.
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