Karate Body Records » book of leaves http://www.karatebodyrecords.com Karate Body Records Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:39:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Rachel Grimes / Europe http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/rachel-grimes-europe http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/rachel-grimes-europe#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:47:28 +0000 admin http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/?p=1263

Rachel Grimes will join Erased Tapes Records’ Nils Frahm this fall in Europe:

September
14 Seven Artspace – Leeds (UK)
15 Vortex – London (UK)
16 Cellule 133A – Brussels (B)
18 Theater Kikker – Utrecht (NL)
19 Roepaen – Ottersum (NL)
21 La Centrifugeuse – Pau (F)
22 La Chapelle Royale – Rodez (F)
23 Barry Room @ National Concert Hall – Dublin (EIR)
24 Model Arts Centre – Sligo (EIR)
26 Private Show – Hamburg (D)
27 Dreikönigskirche – Dresden (D)
28 Divadlo Dobes¹ka – Prague, Czech Republic
29: Approximation Festival – Düsseldorf (D) (Rachel only)

October
1 Platform – Glasgow

Read these kudos from CMJ and Done Waiting about Rachel’s recent tour with On Fillmore.

]]> http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/rachel-grimes-europe/feed 0 “Book of Leaves” SOLD OUT! http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/%e2%80%9cbook-of-leaves%e2%80%9d-sold-out http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/%e2%80%9cbook-of-leaves%e2%80%9d-sold-out#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:37:57 +0000 admin http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/?p=566 Thanks everyone!

XO,
KBR

]]> http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/%e2%80%9cbook-of-leaves%e2%80%9d-sold-out/feed 0 Pitchfork hails Book of Leaves http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/pitchfork-hails-book-of-leaves http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/pitchfork-hails-book-of-leaves#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:26:50 +0000 admin http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/?p=564 Read Joe Tangari’s review here.

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]]> http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/%e2%80%9cbook-of-leaves%e2%80%9d-in-wire/feed 0 Rachel Grimes: Detroit, 12.18 http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/rachel-grimes-detroit-1218 http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/rachel-grimes-detroit-1218#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:53:31 +0000 admin http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/?p=516 Motor City Blog has posted photos from Rachel Grimes’ Dec. 18 solo piano performance at Detroit Institute of Arts. View them here.

]]> http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/rachel-grimes-detroit-1218/feed 0 Rachel Grimes / 12.18.09 / Detroit http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/rachel-grimes-121809-detroit http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/rachel-grimes-121809-detroit#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:05:05 +0000 admin http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/?p=484 Rachel Grimes closes out 2009 with a concert this Friday, Dec. 18, at Detroit Institute of Arts, where she’ll perform selections from her new solo piano album, Book Of Leaves. In today’s edition of The Detroit Free-Press music columnist Mark Stryker says of Grimes’ work, “Her best pieces emit a reflective yet focused shimmer that seems like a plea for peace in a world that moves too fast and loud for its own good.”

Book of Leaves vinyl LP is available here at karatebodyrecords.com and it as well as the CD version are in independent record stores nationwide. It is sold digitally in the United States through Think Indie. In Europe, Book of Leaves is out now on RuminanCe Records.

]]> http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/rachel-grimes-121809-detroit/feed 0 MOJO loves “Book of Leaves” http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/mojo-loves-%e2%80%9cbook-of-leaves%e2%80%9d http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/mojo-loves-%e2%80%9cbook-of-leaves%e2%80%9d#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:08:38 +0000 admin http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/?p=452

Rachel Grimes
Book Of Leaves
 RUMINANCE
4/5

With Rachel Grimes’ day job chamber ensemble Rachel’s (who are not, curiously enough, named after her) currently inactive, an album that bears at least one of that group’s compelling hallmarks is welcome. Book Of Leaves is more than a Rachel’s record sans cellos, drums or electronics, however — its crisply recorded piano essays distinguished by a particular intimate lyricism, invoking autumnal wistfulness and poignant contemplation without recourse to maudlin soundtrack cliché. “Satie-esque” is frequently shorthand for any generic, reflective piano music, but the French impressionist’s dreamy Gymnopédies are a palpable inspiration here, notably on stately opener “Long Before Us.” Elsewhere, Grimes paints vivid landscapes with iridescent arpeggios, dulcet counterpoints and Michael Nyman-like staccato pulses. So transporting is her flickering right hand playing that the birdsong which decorates “The Corner Room” feels superfluous — as, by the album’s close, do those Rachel’s associations.

]]> http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/mojo-loves-%e2%80%9cbook-of-leaves%e2%80%9d/feed 0 Louisville Courier-Journal features Rachel Grimes http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/louisville-courier-journal-features-rachel-grimes http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/louisville-courier-journal-features-rachel-grimes#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:31:01 +0000 admin http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/?p=440 Read classical music writer Andrew Adler’s interview here.

Book Of Leaves gatefold vinyl LP in stores now via Think Indie in the U.S., Code 7 in the U.K., and online here at karatebodyrecords.com.

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Hear + Now concert at 21C Museum Hotel, October 8, 2009

]]> http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/10809-21c-louisville/feed 0 WRUV spins Rachel Grimes http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/wruv-spins-rachel-grimes http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/wruv-spins-rachel-grimes#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:36:36 +0000 admin http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/?p=434 Ben & Jerry’s, and now this: University of Vermont radio station WRUV has spun selections from Book of Leaves for the last two weeks, we’re happy to report. Rachel’s new solo piano gatefold LP and CD will be available at her upcoming concert at 7 p.m. Dec. 18 at The Detroit Institute of Arts.

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