THE RESET: AMBIENT FOLK FOR TANGLED TIMES
An indie-folk artist from New York sends out an acoustic offering from the heart of a global pandemic. This album was recorded in the East Village, NYC.
There is chaos in our networks, and this music encourages a return to a more natural hum of being. It can help you to find some grace under all the pressures of daily life. *It’s actually so chill it’s best to not operate heavy machinery or drive while listening!
ALBUM DESCRIPTORS:
Ambient Acoustic Folk
Boho Chill
Transcending normative ideas of content
Getting outside of thought
Relief from Rabbit Holes
Created with Lungs and Larynx and Third Eye
This album is unique. You can throw on the album and let it play on through… or you can choose the area of your life where you seek more peace, and select the song that corresponds. Then you simply listen and breathe. It’s the easiest RESET there is.
DIANA on THE RESET…
” A RESET is something we all need right now. I spent the pandemic lockdown in NYC, and this album helped me to stay grounded. This project is an artistic response to tangled times and the ways we try to move through them.
For the recording of each song I connected with Agnes Kowalski, (who not only is an amazing producer, but also a gifted therapist) and the musicians, and we would discuss and tune into the theme of each track. Then we would improvise with the main frameworks being the key the music was in, and the vowel sound.
Making music this way was an interesting process. By moving away from short format songs and leaning into building long meditative arcs, it became about harnessing our musical skills in service of simplicity and intention.
This project is unique. You can throw on the album and just let it play on through as with any album… Or you can select the area of your life where you could use a little more peace and choose the song that corresponds and listen there.
Each song consecutively climbs a note up the scale, has a color associated with it, a vowel sound, and a theme. I also created a visual collage, and created simple hashtags for if the listeners want to find their way into a certain vibe, and chill there.
When we find ourselves overwhelm and want to reset, sometimes what is simple can be just the thing to help. Here you just listen and breathe…”
“Diana Kazakova’s singing is hauntingly beautiful and affecting”
THE BOSTON GLOBE
“Ms. Kazakova has talent, clarity and assurance”
GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Vancouver
“Diana simply blows you away…”
EYE WEEKLY, Toronto
QUOTES ON THE RESET
“Sometimes when you have talked enough, it is time to listen. To breathe. This music can help to release you from the dilemmas of daily life and take you to a place of peace and openness. This is a wonderful album.”
– dr. bill bissett, International Award Winning Poet. Sound Poet, and Painter
“The stellar musicianship and love that is evident in every note of this recording will help you to unwind. Ultimately, this music is about discovering the profound silence and deep stillness that exists within all of us.”
– Travis Sullivan, Conductor of The Critically Acclaimed “Bjorkestra”.
“This powerful project is a living mosaic of space, sound and silence”
– Craig Baldwin, Pianist / Musical Director / Composer – New York City Ballet
DIANA is an extensively trained vocalist raised on folk music. She recently performed with the Indigo Girls as part of the Grammy Women Who Rock Festival, and with Enya on Live with Kelly & Ryan on ABC. As the founding lead singer of The Bjorkestra in New York City, she toured the east coast, and as a solo artist, she has performed in concerts and music festivals across Canada, the U.S., Mexico, and Europe. Diana has also enjoyed a vibrant theater and producing career. Other notable performances include guest vocalist with The Canadian Tenors and the Touring Cast of The Lion King, and she was worked with and performed with many notable Broadway performers.
Her new release THE RESET: ambient folk for tangled times, is an acoustic offering from the heart of a global pandemic. This album was recorded in the East Village. With so much chaos in our networks… this music encourages a return to a more natural hum of being. In collaboration with Agnes Kowalski (producer and therapist), this unique album will be released worldwide.
Her next album – THE CHELSEA HOTEL & OTHER STORIES will feature Ben Smith, (Heart/Roadcase Royale), Katie Kresek (Adele, Beyonce), Peter Stroud, (Sheryl Crow/Sarah McLachlan), Richard Hammond (Hamilton/Joan Osborne), Ben Butler (Sting/George Michael) along with many additional inspiring players from across the continent, including members of the infamous Yacht Rock Revue.
