![]() ![]() “In a closed down world where all our connections with the outside suddenly are remote or absent, the line between the real and imaginary is blurred. He writes: “things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed”. The title of the record is a term coined by James Frazer in The Golden Bough. Sympathetic Magic is like a dream within a dream.” – Kim Myhr It all felt like a hallucination, which fed back into the music. And all this positive, joyful energy felt quite magical, arriving like out of thin air in this otherwise grim situation. It felt like a social project even if I spent most of the time on it alone. “The music created a situation of unexpected positivity. While the world was locked down in 2021, thanks to a commission from Oslo Jazz Festival, Kim had the opportunity to delve deeply into this project, working with the members of the band, one at a time: Thematically, Sympathetic Magic circles around a longing for collectivity and togetherness. Playing around with this instrument, along with an 80s Roland Juno synth and a new drum machine took the music in new directions.” – Kim Myhr Please wait a few seconds while we extract the instrumental. Upload Move Your Body - Single Mix by Sia. The lyrics of Move Your Body aren't explicit. At first, he thought the organ would be a subtle element on the new record, but it ended up becoming a focal point: “It’s a brilliant in-your-face sound that brought an ecstatic quality to the music. This instrumental was recorded by Sia, and released 5 years ago on Friday 6th of January 2017. Just before starting working on Sympathetic Magic, Kim bought an old 70s Yamaha organ (the YC45d), after falling in love with the sound of it on different recordings. The result is a more song-like kind of music than what I’ve done before.” – Kim Myhr I wanted to challenge this a bit, to push certain elements forward. The beat is great, fun to dance to, and the lyrics arent fillers. “With You | me, I wanted to create an ocean of sound, where the listener is surrounded by a myriad of elements that has equal importance in the music. Like The Chainsmokers, Sia has broken through the last couple of years, and she has just putting out hits. Put simply, Sympathetic Magic is a collection of song-like structures that has expanded into symphonic proportions. The shimmering, oceanic waves of You | me has been traded for cosmic currents in Sympathetic Magic. A band of eight musicians playing a wide variety of instruments including electric 12-string guitars, drum machines, vocals, synthesizers, organs and lots of drums and percussion, has created a work of a grander scale. While the immersive warmth of You | me is still present, Sympathetic Magic is more expansive than its predecessor. Sympathetic Magic is the follow-up to Kim Myhr’s 2017 album You | me, which was widely praised and received an honorary mention at the 2018 Nordic Music Prize. Sympathetic Magic is an ecstatic, delirious, and deeply touching piece of music a towering new work in Kim Myhr’s increasingly substantial output as an artist and composer. ![]()
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