Anna Homler is a vocal, visual and performance artist based in Los Angeles. She sings in an improvised melodic language of her own creation, and has performed around the globe with a wide range of collaborators. Anna’s original music has been described as “both ancient and post-modern” and “disconcertingly bewitching” by Cadence.
Reverie was recorded with a slate of Seattle’s finest improvisers during an artist residency in 2008. Unpublished until now, this unique album showcases Anna’s enchanting voice and the magic of free improvisation in defining an alternate musical universe.
Musicians:
• Anna Homler—voice
• Amy Denio—voice
• Bill Horist —acoustic guitar
• Elizabeth Falconer—koto
• Lori Goldston—cello
• Susie Kozawa—voice
• Ikue Mori—electronics
• Steve Peters—piano, percussion
Tracks:
1. Isola (3:06)
2. La Ka’ye (3:05)
3. Reverie (5:14)
4. Sisu (2:30)
5. Nocturne (3:40)
6. Chance Meeting (1:49)
7. Fable (2:20)
8. A’la Ya’ka (2:17)
9. Oracle (1:45)
10. Ha Ni’o (2:55)
11. Canticle (4:26)
12. Overmorrow (4:48)
13. Book of the Dead (5:37)
Cover artwork by Louisse Britton
More Information: https://www.rightbrainrecords.com/anna-homler
After a chance meeting at Heathrow Airport in 2019 orchestrated by the incredible Conny Prantera it was a pleasure reconnecting and interviewing the legendary Anna Homler for December’s show on Repeater Radio. Anna’s vocal and performance work work deals with transformations of people, language, and places. We talk about magic, marination, ancient innate memories and dreams that are films that are dreams. We hear some rarely heard recordings from Anna’s archive and a brand new collaboration with Sue Lynch @theoramawards.
