There’s something magical about the sound of music that can help shape and define that very moment of listening that affects your mood and being which can’t take you to a place of the unknown while removing you from you present state. Those sounds can bring you joy, place you in a meditative state in giving full attention or make you forget all of the world state of affairs that’s happening on a planet that seems to be in an ever state of chaos. But whatever you’re outcome, it’s the music that brings people together which is exactly the sounds that you will hear on the new self titled “Resavoir” LP by Will Miller. It’s a fascinating journey and body or work that will take multiple listens to truly understand the depths and layers of creativity that went into it. It’s magic and it is indeed a crate essential to take you into the colder seasons to bring warmth to your surroundings.
Resavoir – the collaborative project led by Chicago producer/composer Will Miller – presents their second self-titled album. The new ‘Resavoir’ is a subtly radiant symphony interweaving modern-day soul-jazz with bedroom beats, synth serenades and twilight sonatas. It represents Miller’s most assured and refined work to date.
Imagined, instigated and produced by Miller, who ties the diverse sounds into an expansive, coherent whole, ‘Resavoir’ features a wide and vibrant cast of collaborators, including Elton Aura, Whitney, Akenya, Matt Gold, Eddie Burns, Lane Beckstrom, Jeremy Cunningham, Irvin Pierce, Macie Stewart, Peter Manheim and more.
Rooted in the collaborative spirit of the early 2010s indie hip-hop scene, Miller cut loose from his training at Oberlin jazz conservatory, taking a compositional assignment to write a tune about a reservoir as his cue to explore a beats and RnB-inspired sound that could function as a literal reservoir of music to draw from. Running his trumpet through MIDI keyboards, experimenting with samplers, drum machines and synths, he began to build a sound that could seamlessly collaborate with MCs, vocalists and instrumentalists.
“With Resavoir, it’s been more about unlearning those stigmas and traumas of going through the very rigid system of learning music and coming back to making something that is going to make me feel good and reflects how I’m feeling in the moment,” Miller explains.