Music News - Emily Rice releases new waiata, 'Red & Blue' ahead of 'Auaha' EP out May 7
22 April 2021 - 0 Comments
Aotearoa indie-pop singer-songwriter, Emily Rice, has released her new single and video for Red & Blue ahead of her EP Auaha due out on May 7.
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The multi-instrumentalist says the inspiration for this smooth, jazz styled pop track struck during lockdown last year when she was on the lawn at home looking up at the blue sky.
“I closed my eyes and saw red and I love that feeling, warmth on the skin on a blue sky day and the red of your eyelids when that light is shining through closed eyes.”
From here, Rice wrote down all the contrasts she could think of and all the different things those two words evoked for her, and that's where the song started.
“It's a simple song for me about all red & blue and the different things they both mean to
me, and about feeling all those different feelings and embracing the highs and lows of life in depth.”
Starting out, the song was vocals with a simple repetitive guitar, recorded at home, Rice added vocal layers, clicks and percussion.
Produced by M J Collier, he made the vocals pop. Bass was then added by Maia Huia and mastered by Vivek Gabriel.
Being released the same time as the single, the video for Red & Blue was
filmed on a Super 8 camera and was produced and edited by Beka Hope.
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“We filmed it on the glorious black sanded beach called Karioitahi, my local - where I danced and spun letting the song wash over me as the waves washed over my toes, wearing NZ made clothing by Kowtow & jewellery by Penny Foggo. I was delighted to film this the weekend before I gave birth to my baby girl Olive, and if you look closely you can see her little bump beneath the red dress,” says Rice.
Emily Rice’s third EP Auaha is due out on Friday May 7 and moves through a variety of different styles, always integrating vocal looping, sprinkles of jazz and a touch of the saxophone. Her new sound is
best described as chill DnB/RnB-pop.
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