Thai-born Canada-based drummer and producer Salin first caught our consideration in 2021 because of her debut album, Cosmic Island, and it is time to highlight her immense expertise as soon as extra. Loads has occurred since Nasko’s “Delusional” characteristic 4 years in the past, together with her performing on the Montreal Worldwide Jazz Pageant and well-deserved assist on LA’s infamous KCRW radio.
The gifted multi-instrumentalist explores the enchanting sound depths of Northeast Thailand infused with psychedelic jazz sounds from the area and West Africa, all wrapped in a layer of lush soulfulness. As somebody deeply fascinated with the nation itself, I discover her music to be not solely inspiring however a supply of unmatched experiences I hardly ever discover in anybody’s music.
I’ve had the pleasure of spending loads of time in Southeast Asia and I really feel we’re simply scratching the floor in terms of up to date expertise, so I could not be happier to see Salin championing that sound. Listening to “Painted Girl” brings nothing, however pleasure for one’s soul and it brings a way of heat formed in a calming cocktail of jazz, funk, soul, and loads of coronary heart. A track that may elevate you as a human being.
Salin elaborates, “Salin additionally means river/water of life in Thai, reflecting my reference to the Painted Girl. I made a prayer that if there’s an Indian summer season, I’d movie this video, as Canadian fall climate is just too chilly for anybody to be exterior and not using a coat. One weekend, Indian summer season got here and the leaves had been the proper colour for us to movie Painted Girl. I discovered the proper location the place the solar hits completely through the golden hour. In one of many takes, the leaves coordinatingly blow round me through the peak of the track. We merely couldn’t plan all of this. This exhibits that when issues simply occur completely, it’s only by an act of God and he/she is there every time we’d like.”
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