Forward Music Project 2.0

by Amanda Gookin

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1.	Veiled 07:47	buy track
2.	Tactile 08:48	buy track
3.	To Tell A Story 09:31	buy track
4.	Belly: I Sanguine 05:04	buy track
5.	Belly: II Choleric 02:33	buy track
6.	Belly: III Melancholic 04:46	buy track
7.	Seething 11:05	buy track

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Forward Music Project 2.0 is a world-premiere recording featuring five multimedia works for solo cello that elevate stories of feminine empowerment commissioned by Amanda Gookin, the Grammy® nominated cellist, activist, and creator of the Forward Music Project. The recording includes music by Paola Prestini, Shelley Washington, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Alex Temple, and Kamala Sankaram, all of which were commissioned during Amanda's Artist Residency at National Sawdust in 2018-19.

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released November 19, 2021

Album artwork and design by Giselle Manzano Ramirez
Produced by Jessie Montgomery
Engineered, Edited, Mixed, and Mastered by Mike Tierney
Recorded at Shiny Things Studio, Brooklyn, NY, July 2021
Photos by Julia Comita
Performer credits:
Tracks 1-7: Amanda Gookin, cello, vocals, kick drum
Track 1: Chelsea Loew and Solmaz Badri, vocals
Track 3: Sxip Shirey, electronics

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Amanda Gookin Brooklyn, New York

In pursuit of socially-conscious programming,
her GRAMMY® nominated album with
PUBLIQuartet, Freedom and Faith,
addressed the resilience of the female spirit
throughout history; and her Forward Music
Project focuses on contemporary stories of
womanhood around the world.

Cellist Amanda Gookin celebrates the music of
the moment and “pushes classical forward.”
(LA Times) ... more

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