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Ultimately, Emiliana Torrini & The Colorist Orchestra’s ‘Racing the Storm’ represents collaboration in its richest form; and if there was ever an example that genre is dead in modern music (and that it can yield outstanding results), this is it.
It’s funny to think that one of the best-fitting collaborations in recent years was originally only supposed to be five concerts that the trio played together. Instead, what we got was a full album from Icelandic singer-songwriter Emiliana Torrini, and multi-instrumentalist duo, The Colorist Orchestra, that was released in 2018 and gave some of Torrini’s most famous songs a new identity. But, Aarich Jespers and Kobe Proesmans, who make up The Colorist Orchestra, and Torrini still felt that they had another story to tell, so they return this year with their latest project, Racing the Storm.
The trio’s collaboration allowed their collective creativity to thrive, and their similar interests helped create a more singular vision for the albumThese shared inspirations can be felt throughout the album, as can the push and pull of the artists’ varied backgrounds merging within every track. It’s a culmination of three different musical lives coming together on one cohesive album. As Torrini puts it, “this is a story that started way before we met each other.”
