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Naima Bock - Giant Palm (Black Vinyl)
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The
roots
of
Naima
Bock’s
music
are
far
reaching.
Born
in
Glastonbury
to
a
Brazilian
father
and
a
Greek
mother,
Naima
spent
her
early
childhood
in
Brazil
before
eventually
returning
to
England
and
various
homes
in
South
East
London.
This
heritage
combines
with
more
recent
pursuits
in
Naima’s
music.
From
the
Brazilian
standards
that
the
family
listened
to
while
driving
to
the
beach,
to
the
European
folk
traditions
she
tapped
into
on
her
own,
and
the
pursuits
that
interest
her
today
-
studies
in
archaeology,
work
as
a
gardener,
and
walking
the
world’s
great
trails
-
Naima’s
music
draws
from
family,
the
earth
and
music
handed
down
through
generations.
Naima’s
debut
album,
‘Giant
Palm’,
is
undoubtedly
infused
with
the
Brazilian
music
of
her
youth
and
regular
family
visits.
She
found
inspiration
in
“the
percussion,
the
melodies,
chords
-
and
particularly
the
poetic
juxtaposition
of
tragedy
and
beauty
held
within
the
lyrics.”
By
the
age
of
15,
Naima
was
embedded
in
the
music
scene
of
South-
East
London,
eventually
forming
Goat
Girl
with
school
friends
and
touring
the
world.
After
six
years
playing
bass
in
Goat
Girl,
Naima
left
the
band
to
try
something
new.
She
set
up
a
gardening
company
and
started
a
degree
at
University
College
London
in
archaeology
because,
as
she
jokes,
“I
liked
being
near
the
ground.”
During
this
time,
she
wrote
music,
played
guitar,
learned
violin,
worked
with
ever-shifting
South-London
collective
Broadside
Hacks,
and
met
producer
and
arranger
Joel
Burton
through
Memorials
of
Distinction
labelhead
Josh
Cohen.
Joel’s
burgeoning
interest
in
Western
classical
music,
global
folk
music,
and
experience
in
large
scale
arrangement
and
orchestration
informed
the
collaborative
process
that
eventually
culminated
in
‘Giant
Palm’.
Recorded
with
the
help
of
over
30
musicians
(including
Josh
Cohen
on
synth
/
electronics)
by
Dan
Carey
of
Speedy
Wunderground
at
his
studio
space
in
Streatham,
South-East
London,
and
engineered
by
Syd
Kemp,
the
songs
on
‘Giant
Palm’
represent
a
snapshot
of
a
specific
feeling,
of
brief
moments
in
Naima’s
life
that
make
up
a
larger
whole.
The
expansive
yet
delicate
arrangements
highlight
Naima’s
love
for
the
collectivist
values
of
traditional
folk
music,
in
which
songs
belong
to
everyone,
and
singing
can
take
on
countless
forms
without
the
need
to
exactly
replicate
something.
“All
the
other
representations
that
I’d
had
of
singing
felt
so
unattainable,”
she
recalls.
‘Giant
Palm’
finds
Naima
bucking
these
expectations
to
let
her
unique
voice
and
sense
of
communal
creativity
flourish.
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