International Anthem Announces Ruth Goller’s Skylla Vinyl Reissue out Dec 6 2024, New Video & November 2024 UK Tour
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
The US record label International Anthem is to re release "Skylla", the debut solo recording of Italian-born, London-based composer, bassist & vocalist Ruth Goller. She will be touring the UK in Nov.
We have received the following press release;
International Anthem Announces Ruth Goller’s Skylla Vinyl Reissue out Dec 6, New Video & Tour
International Anthem Announces Vinyl Reissue of Ruth Goller’s Skylla, Out December 6
Solo Debut LP of Otherworldly Detuned Bass Harmonics and Dense Vocal Arrangements Originally Released in 2021
Watch the Brand New Eerie Video for “What’s really important she wanted to know, pt. 2”, Created with Filmmaker Pedro Velasco HERE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVdtE78YBMk
Artist: Ruth Goller
Album: SKYLLA 1
Formats: LP, CD, Digital
Release date: Dec 6
Label: International Anthem
Bandcamp here
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/skylla
DSPs here;
https://international-anthem.lnk.to/Skylla
Skylla is the debut solo recording of Italian-born and London-based composer, bassist, and vocalist Ruth Goller. This album of otherworldly detuned bass harmonics and dense vocal arrangements was initially released in 2021 by longtime collaborator Bex Burch’s Vula Viel Records, and quickly went out of print. Since then, Goller’s notoriety has only grown, and her follow-up record, *Skyllumina*, was released by International Anthem in early 2024 to high praise.
Skylla is the genesis of her sound, and it’s a sound that is hard to place. Listeners could be convinced that these recordings emerged from contexts as disparate as 80s Downtown NYC or some mysterious Björk-adjacent project of the Icelandic 2010s. It’s hard to imagine a person making this music, despite the fact that its elements are instantly recognisable.
Listen to Skylla here
https://international-anthem.lnk.to/Skylla
To celebrate the reissue of skylla, Ruth (amateur octopus enthusiast) worked alongside filmmaker Pedro Velasco (Freeze Productions) to create this otherworldly new music video for the album track “What’s really important she wanted to know, pt. 2” – which they filmed entirely underwater at a local public pool (apparently freaking out the life guard in the process). Watch the official video here.
Starting November 13th in London, Goller and her Skylla ensemble (featuring vocalists Lauren Kinsella and Alice Grant, and percussionist Max Andrzejewski) kick off a short run of shows to close out 2024.
TOUR DATES:
13th November - London UK - Vortex
14th November - Newtown (Wales) UK - Hafan Yr Afon
15th November - Birmingham UK - Mac Fizzle
16th November - London UK - King’s Place (solo)
22nd November - Berlin DE - Kantine Am Berghain
...about Ruth Goller…
Italian born, London based Ruth Goller is known for her bass and vocal work with Alabaster DePlume, whose music she elevates in live contexts with her genre-less improvisational intuition. She’s also known for work with Bex Burch’s Vula Viel, whose DIY label released Goller’s solo debut Skylla in 2021. And she is known to creative musicians far and wide, with an incredibly diverse CV that includes performance and recording with Shabaka Hutchings, Rokia Traore, Melt Yourself Down, Sam Amidon, Damon Albarn, and many more.
In March 2024, she released her International Anthem debut SKYLLUMINA. Expanding on the wholly original sound Goller established with her solo work on Skylla – i.e. compositions of detuned bass under a spectra of soprano voices she arranged and overdubbed herself – SKYLLUMINA complicates matters as every piece is augmented with a different drummer. “As a bass-player, I love playing with drummers and I decided to focus on my close connection to that instrument and to the amazing people I met in my life who play it,” says Goller. Her accompanists on the album include International Anthem labelmates Bex Burch, Tom Skinner, and Frank Rosaly, as well as prolific British player Sebastian Rochford and longtime Vula Viel collaborator Jim Hart. But more importantly: the music is an immersive hyperfocus for Goller and her patently distinct, singular compositional vision.
“...Goller and guests create a world that is childlike, beatific and slightly terrifying.” - The Guardian (Contemporary Album of the Month, March 2024)
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