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Artist......: Anjimile
Album.......: Giver Taker
Label.......: Father/Daughter Records
Genre.......: Indie
Catnr.......: FD090
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2020-10-16
Str.date....: 2020-09-18
Quality.....: 758 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://www.anjimile.com
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1. Your Tree 2:45
2. Baby No More 2:44
3. In Your Eyes 3:07
4. 1978 4:28
5. Not Another Word 2:57
6. Maker 2:57
7. Ndimakukonda 1:38
8. Giver Taker 2:11
9. To Meet You There 4:17
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,: On Giver Taker, the gorgeous debut album by Anjimile, death and :,
: life are always entwined, wrapping around each other in a dance :
:' of reverence, reciprocity, and, ultimately, rebirth. ':
,: :,
: Giver Taker is confident, intentional and introspective. :
:' Anjimile Chithambo (they/them, he/him) wrote much of the album ':
,: while in treatment for drug and alcohol abuse, as well as while :,
: in the process of living more fully as a nonbinary trans person. :
:' Loss hovers over the album, whose songs grieve for lost friends ':
,: (ôGiver Takerö) and family members (ô1978ö) along with lost :,
: selves (ôMaker,ö ôBaby No More,ö ôIn Your Eyes.ö) But here, :
:' grief yields an opening: a chance for new growth. ôA lot of the ':
,: album was written when I was literally in the process of :,
: improving my mental health, so thereÆs a lot of hopefulness and :
:' wonder at the fact that I was able to survive,ö says Chithambo. ':
,: ôNot only survive but restart my life and work towards becoming :,
: the person I was meant to be.ö :
:' ':
,: Each song on the album is its own micro-journey, adding up to a :,
: transformative epic cycle created in collaboration with bandmate :
:' Justine Bowe of Photocomfort and New-York based artist/producer ':
,: Gabe Goodman. ô1978ö and ôMakerö both begin as Sufjan :,
: Stevens-esque pastoral ballads with ChithamboÆs mesmerizing :
:' voice foregrounded against minimal instrumentation and swell ':
,: into the realm of the majestic through the addition of warm, :,
: steady instrumentation (informed by the mix of 80Æs pop and :
:' African music ChithamboÆs Malawi-born parents played around the ':
,: house) and harmonies by Bowe. ôIn Your Eyesö starts out hushed :,
: and builds to a crescendo via a mighty chorus inspired by none :
:' other than The Lion King. The allusion is fitting: each song ':
,: encapsulates a heroic voyage, walked alone until accompanied by :,
: kindred souls. The choirs present throughout are equally :
:' deliberate. Chithambo grew up as a choir boy himself, and ':
,: several songs (notably ôMakerö) grasp not only towards :,
: reconciliation between his trans identity and his parentsÆ :
:' strong religious beliefs, but towards reclaiming his trans ':
,: identity as an essential part of his own spirituality. (ô[Less] :,
: Judeo-Christian, more æColors of the Wind.Æö) There is a :
:' boldness to this borrowing and shaping, a resoluteness that ':
,: results from passing through hardship and emerging brighter, :,
: steadier. As a closing refrain on ôTo Meet You Thereö might sum :
:' it up: ôCatalyst light of mine / now is your time.ö ':
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