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City of Culture 2021 have worked with 32 sound and visual artists to create an album. Lorna spoke to Rob Latimer from CANDID who have been one of the bands involved.
A new ‘visual album’ – featuring musicians and artists from across Coventry – has been released to create a piece of lockdown history for the city. A sonic and visual snapshot of the city, the album showcases local talent with a diversity of music genres from Alt-Pop to Indie-Rock through to Dancehall Reggae and Experimental Electronica, in addition to visual interpretations of these tracks from filmmakers, animators and visual artists.
Front Room Sessions was commissioned by the Coventry City of Culture Trust in April and has been created in just a matter of weeks under lockdown conditions. Working with a team of local, expert sound technicians the album was recorded remotely in each of the musicians’ homes before visual artists responded to the new tracks. The album features original songs and visual art by 32 creatives from the city.