Amy X Neuburg

Amy is a composer and performer of works for voice, electronics and chamber ensembles.

  • About
    • Biography
    • NEUs & Blog
    • Compositions
    • Tek Tawk & Rider
  • Projects
    • They will have been so beautiful
    • Cello ChiXtet
    • Fill as Desired
    • Teaching / Other
  • Shows
    • Upcoming
    • Performance history
    • Avant-Cake house concerts
  • Listen
    • Sampler
    • CD Recordings
    • Chamber/Vocal
    • Dance/Media
  • Look
    • Photos
    • Videos
  • Press
    • Quotes
    • Recent press
    • Archives
  • Contact
    • Contact & Mailing List
    • Donate!
October 21, 2012 by Helen

Songs 91 to 85

“Neuburg’s talents as songwriter, singer, arranger, studio technician, and keyboardist distinguish this remarkable release… Neuburg is a major player in her own right, a unique voice in the true sense of the word.” — Keyboard Magazine

Buy: CDBaby, itunes

1992. Created mostly while Amy was a college student, as a “pop” reaction to her classical training, Songs has a charmingly lo-tech quality — the result of cheap equipment and unofficial all-nighters in the basement studio. Regardless, you can hear the odd textures and intimate multi-layered vocals that have become part of Amy’s signature sound.

A great review in Keyboard Magazine helped this CD launch Amy’s career:

“Neuburg’s talents as songwriter, singer, arranger, studio technician, and keyboardist distinguish this remarkable release. From “This is the last,” an intricate a capella exercise in polyrhythms and accessible pop tunesmithery, Neuburg stretches to a sequence-driven recitatif, “Nothing,” with staccato vocals skipping over a spiky synth pattern. No slouch on keys, she plays some lines on “Get you out” with a most peculiar lead texture — analog synth with snarling animal sample? (Cut in 1985, this track forecasts the techno phenomenon with a frenzied clairvoyance.) A hypnotic quality permeates her arrangements — not the stupor of new age but the more dynamic stasis of minimalist repetitions powered, as on “Keep us 2,” by displaced accents and emphasized by sharp, low-budget, buzzy textures. Even on the sparer pieces, such as “It never ends,” a restlessness underlies her languorous vocals and lazy, legato synth lines. If the world was fair, Songs would win this Bay Area performance artist acclaim as America`s answer to Kate Bush. No, even that isn’t fair: Neuburg is a major player in her own right, a unique voice in the true sense of the word.” [Robert L. Doerschuk]

Released 1992 on Racer Records.

  • Words and music by AMY X NEUBURG
  • Occasional guitar by HERB HEINZ
  • Produced by AMY X NEUBURG
  • Recorded and mixed by AMY X NEUBURG
  • Mastered by PAUL STUBBLEBINE
  • Artwork by AMY X NEUBURG
Posted in Amy-centric, CD Recordings. RSS 2.0 feed.
« Amy as Contributor
UTECHMA »

Overheard....

“Sometimes high art like this can disappear into itself. Not so with Neuburg. Her diverse array of sounds (vocally and electronically) are matched by both her intelligent and emotionally connected lyrics and conversely her sense of fun.”

— Otago Daily Times, New Zealand
  • lynx.anim
  • get6
  • 6arts3.sm
  • green4
  • music
  • orgy
  • alabama
  • naked3
  • SOLup72
  • picture2
  • get16
  • artcard11
  • artcard12
  • fenceNYC
  • naked4
  • mygodimage
  • redwall300
  • wave
  • you2
  • 6arts.4×2
  • get11
  • green8
  • crazy1
  • crazy5
  • Picture 13 text

About

AMY X NEUBURG is a composer, vocalist and live electronics performer who has developed a unique career bridging the boundaries between classical, experimental and popular musics. MORE

Donate

Please help support Amy's ongoing projects through your tax-deductible donations.

Mailing list

Join Amy's mailing list!

Follow

Follow Us on FacebookFollow Us on TwitterFollow Us on MySpaceFollow Us on YouTubeFollow Us on E-mail

.
Amy X Neuburg

©2023 by Amy X Neuburg. Website by PerformSites. Log In