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Leland Whitty: Anyhow (Badbadnotgood) Vinyl LP
“Badbadnotgood multi-instrumentalist Leland Whitty’s current solo project is a departure from the improvisation focused collaborative band that has made his name. Anyhow began in 2020 after Whitty had finished working on several film score projects including Disappearance at Clifton Hill (Albert Shin) and Learn to Swim (Thyrone Tommy). That focus on narrative fed into his own work, which combined elements of cinematic composition with jazz and rock like he has created in the past. His latest album Anyhow features Whitty on guitar, synthesizer, woodwinds, production, composition and strings. Narrative is built into each of Whitty’s tracks in some way. Rather than a specific story, he drew from photographic or cinematic sources. The aim was for the production and arrangement to imply the kind of structural narrative found in jazz improvisation. Whitty’s compositions emerged from voice notes and short loops, for example guitar riffs that he would feed into Ableton and flesh out into larger arrangements. The layered result is very much a studio-based experience, creating a very particular sense of intimacy as a result. The album is a look inward, expressing something personal – a reflection of the experience of music itself.” – Innovative Leisure
- debut solo full-length from Leland Whitty of Badbadnotgood
- black vinyl pressing
- digital download included
- music label: Innovative Leisure 2022
