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Anni Rossi

December 12, 2023

Anni Rossi is an American singer, songwriter and producer from Minnesota, currently[when?] living in Brooklyn, New York. She is notable for playing an electric-viola that was handcrafted from a tree branch by former Swans percussionist Thor Harris.[1] Rossi adopts modern guitar and bass techniques and applies them to this instrument, as well as traditional viola styles. In recent years her music has evolved to incorporate elements of R&B and electronic music.

Anni Rossi
Anni Rossi in 2009
Background information
Instrument(s)Vocals, viola, keyboards
Labels4AD, 3 Syllables Too Pure

Early life edit

Rossi spent most of her childhood living in rural farming towns throughout the American Midwest. At age 4 she began violin lessons and around age 5 or 6 she started learning to play classical piano.[2] Her first public performance was in church with her grandmother, who was a church organist in Marine on St Croix, MN.

Rossi attended the Perpich Center for Arts Education in Golden Valley and graduated in 2004. She went on to study performance and composition at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)[3] alongside Julia Holter, John Maus and Ariel Pink. After leaving CalArts, Rossi relocated to Chicago and became a member of L.A. artist Carla Bozulich's touring band.[4]

Rossi currently teaches piano, violin and vocal training in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She also hosts workshops and mini songwriting camps, called ‘Rhymes’, and has been a guest lecturer at Brown University and Montclair State University speaking about her creative process.

Career edit

Anni Rossi's debut album Scandia was released in 2005 by Folktale Records. It was recorded at various locations in Los Angeles, CA, while Rossi was attending CalArts. John Wood of The Black Keys played organ and performance artist Corey Fogel played drums on the record. The album is named after Scandia, the city in Washington County, Minnesota where Rossi lived during her high school years.

After touring with Electrelane in 2007,[5] Rossi was signed to London independent record label Too Pure, who released her 7” single "Wheelpusher".[6] This was followed by a six track EP titled Afton, consisting of reworked versions of previously released tracks, including MySpace previews and the 7" single "Wheelpusher". Afton was released in October 2008 through 4AD Records. The majority of Afton was recorded at Bomb Shelter Studios in Los Angeles by Ben Tierney.

Rossi recorded her debut album Rockwell with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago. The album was released in March 2009 through 4AD Records. The album is named after Rockwell Street in Chicago, where Rossi was living at the time.[7] Rockwell includes a cover of Ace of Bases’ "Living In Danger".[3]

An appearance at the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival and a west coast tour followed in late winter/early spring of 2009. Later that year Rossi toured with Noah and the Whale, Camera Obscura, the Ting Tings and Micachu and the Shapes.[8][9][10] Rossi later wrote an essay about her love of Micachu and the Shapes for BOMB magazine.[11]

Rossi's second album Heavy Meadow was initially self-released in September 2010, and was later released in May 2011 via UK label 3 Syllables. The song “Land Majestic” later featured in Episode 56 (season 3 episode 6) of the American crime drama The Good Wife. “Crushing Limbs” featured in Episode 6 of UK comedy series Sirens.

On March 5, 2011, MTV Hive posted a streaming link to Anni Rossi performing Rihanna's "Rude Boy".[12] The recording later featured in season 12, episode 1 of the American medical drama Grey's Anatomy.[13]

After a six-year absence, Rossi released a mixtape of RnB demos, voice recordings and prank phone calls titled HER. It was self-released on April 1, 2017. Several songs were composed after it was suggested Rossi write music for former Destiny's Child member Kelly Rowland. The songs were never used by Rowland and instead became the foundation of Rossi's experimental mixtape.[14] “H.O.R. Remix” is used as the theme song for writer Chelsea Beck's Ménage à Mo podcast.[15]

In October, 2017, Rossi was a guest speaker and performer at the Monthly Music Hackathon NYC hosted by Spotify. Her talk was tilted ‘Log Lady: Re-wilding the viola as an electric guitar'.[16]

Collaborations edit

In 2007, Rossi released a CDr with Canadian multi-instrumentalist Ora Cogan. The two track CDr, titled Peep Creek, was housed in packaging fashioned out of recycled LP jackets, sheets of fancy paper and gold star confetti.[17]

In 2009, Folktale Records released Anni Rossi & Whitman, a collaboration between Rossi and Los Angeles artist and Folktale Records founder Chris Payne. It was released as a pressing of 500 10-inch records (300 on black vinyl and 200 on burgundy vinyl).[18]

In 2013, Rossi collaborated with anthropologist Michael Taussig for his theater piece titled "The Berlin Sun Theater". Rossi is credited as a composer and performer of the piece. The work premiered at The Whitney Museum on Feb 23, 2013.[19] Later that year Taussig and Rossi performed the work at Berlin's Haus der Kulturen der Welt, and in October 2014 they performed the work at Brown University.

Rossi offers the female voice for the majority of Simon Doom's record "Babyman", which was released on May 19, 2017.[20]

In 2017, Rossi produced Alex Rose's record ‘Arcadian Pages’ at Dandy Sounds Studio in Dripping Springs, TX.[21]

Rossi plays with Molly Klauber, Molly Shea, Sam Mason and MGMT’s Will Berman and James Richardson in the band Acrylics.

Discography edit

Albums:

EPs:

  • Scandia (2005)
  • My Grandmother Was A Church Organist (2007 limited edition tape only)
  • Afton (2008)

Mixtapes:

  • HER (2017)
  • Yultide x Rossi (2017)

Collaborations:

  • Peep Creek (2007)
  • Anni Rossi & Whitman (2009)
  • With Anni Rossi (2019, Shahzad & Thor (Shahzad Ismaily & Thor Harris), on Joyful Noise Recordings)[22]

Awards edit

Independent Music Awards 2012: "Crushing Limbs" - Best Film/TV Song[23]

References edit

  1. ^ "Thor Harris - Modern Drummer Magazine". Modern Drummer Magazine. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  2. ^ "Meet Anni Rossi The Minnesota native is about to release her debut on the influential 4AD label". Twin Cities. 2009-03-02. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  3. ^ a b "Anni Rossi: Rockwell Album Review | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  4. ^ "Artist of the Week: Anni Rossi". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  5. ^ "Hugs and Kisses #22: Farewell to Electrelane". Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  6. ^ Wheelpusher - Single by Anni Rossi on Apple Music, 2008-01-13, retrieved 2018-01-05
  7. ^ "Interview: Anni Rossi". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  8. ^ Un. "Anni Rossi | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  9. ^ [1] June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Anni Rossi on tour w/ Camera Obscura, plays Pianos tonight". Brooklynvegan.com. 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  11. ^ "Micachu and the Shapes by Anni Rossi - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  12. ^ Mike Ayers (2011-04-05). "Stream: Anni Rossi Covering Rihanna's "Rude Boy" | MTV Hive". Read.mtvhive.com. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  13. ^ "Music by Anni Rossi". Tunefind. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  14. ^ "Anni Rossi Makes a Mixtape". Bandcamp Daily. 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  15. ^ "About". Ménage à Moi. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  16. ^ "New Musical Instruments Hackathon". Monthly Music Hackathon NYC. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  17. ^ "Ora Cogan Featuring Anni Rossi - Peep Creek". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  18. ^ "Anni Rossi & Whitman, by Anni Rossi & Whitman". Folktale Records. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  19. ^ "Berlin Sun Theater: The Mastery of Non-Mastery". Whitney.org. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  20. ^ "Simon Doom Would Like You to Know He Feels Unloved". Noisey. 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  21. ^ "Arcadian Pages by Alex Rose - Terrorbird". terrorbird.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  22. ^ "Thor Harris: 2019 Artist in Residence". Joyful Noise Recordings. 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  23. ^ "11th Annual Independent Music Awards Winners Announced!" Independent Music Awards, 2 May 2012. Retrieved on 4 Sept. 2013.

External links edit

  • Official blog

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Early life 2 Career 3 Collaborations 4 Discography 5 Awards 6 References 7 External linksEarly life editRossi spent most of her childhood living in rural farming towns throughout the American Midwest At age 4 she began violin lessons and around age 5 or 6 she started learning to play classical piano 2 Her first public performance was in church with her grandmother who was a church organist in Marine on St Croix MN Rossi attended the Perpich Center for Arts Education in Golden Valley and graduated in 2004 She went on to study performance and composition at California Institute of the Arts CalArts 3 alongside Julia Holter John Maus and Ariel Pink After leaving CalArts Rossi relocated to Chicago and became a member of L A artist Carla Bozulich s touring band 4 Rossi currently teaches piano violin and vocal training in Williamsburg Brooklyn She also hosts workshops and mini songwriting camps called Rhymes and has been a guest lecturer at Brown University and Montclair State University speaking about her creative process Career editAnni Rossi s debut album Scandia was released in 2005 by Folktale Records It was recorded at various locations in Los Angeles CA while Rossi was attending CalArts John Wood of The Black Keys played organ and performance artist Corey Fogel played drums on the record The album is named after Scandia the city in Washington County Minnesota where Rossi lived during her high school years After touring with Electrelane in 2007 5 Rossi was signed to London independent record label Too Pure who released her 7 single Wheelpusher 6 This was followed by a six track EP titled Afton consisting of reworked versions of previously released tracks including MySpace previews and the 7 single Wheelpusher Afton was released in October 2008 through 4AD Records The majority of Afton was recorded at Bomb Shelter Studios in Los Angeles by Ben Tierney Rossi recorded her debut album Rockwell with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago The album was released in March 2009 through 4AD Records The album is named after Rockwell Street in Chicago where Rossi was living at the time 7 Rockwell includes a cover of Ace of Bases Living In Danger 3 An appearance at the South by Southwest SXSW music festival and a west coast tour followed in late winter early spring of 2009 Later that year Rossi toured with Noah and the Whale Camera Obscura the Ting Tings and Micachu and the Shapes 8 9 10 Rossi later wrote an essay about her love of Micachu and the Shapes for BOMB magazine 11 Rossi s second album Heavy Meadow was initially self released in September 2010 and was later released in May 2011 via UK label 3 Syllables The song Land Majestic later featured in Episode 56 season 3 episode 6 of the American crime drama The Good Wife Crushing Limbs featured in Episode 6 of UK comedy series Sirens On March 5 2011 MTV Hive posted a streaming link to Anni Rossi performing Rihanna s Rude Boy 12 The recording later featured in season 12 episode 1 of the American medical drama Grey s Anatomy 13 After a six year absence Rossi released a mixtape of RnB demos voice recordings and prank phone calls titled HER It was self released on April 1 2017 Several songs were composed after it was suggested Rossi write music for former Destiny s Child member Kelly Rowland The songs were never used by Rowland and instead became the foundation of Rossi s experimental mixtape 14 H O R Remix is used as the theme song for writer Chelsea Beck s Menage a Mo podcast 15 In October 2017 Rossi was a guest speaker and performer at the Monthly Music Hackathon NYC hosted by Spotify Her talk was tilted Log Lady Re wilding the viola as an electric guitar 16 Collaborations editIn 2007 Rossi released a CDr with Canadian multi instrumentalist Ora Cogan The two track CDr titled Peep Creek was housed in packaging fashioned out of recycled LP jackets sheets of fancy paper and gold star confetti 17 In 2009 Folktale Records released Anni Rossi amp Whitman a collaboration between Rossi and Los Angeles artist and Folktale Records founder Chris Payne It was released as a pressing of 500 10 inch records 300 on black vinyl and 200 on burgundy vinyl 18 In 2013 Rossi collaborated with anthropologist Michael Taussig for his theater piece titled The Berlin Sun Theater Rossi is credited as a composer and performer of the piece The work premiered at The Whitney Museum on Feb 23 2013 19 Later that year Taussig and Rossi performed the work at Berlin s Haus der Kulturen der Welt and in October 2014 they performed the work at Brown University Rossi offers the female voice for the majority of Simon Doom s record Babyman which was released on May 19 2017 20 In 2017 Rossi produced Alex Rose s record Arcadian Pages at Dandy Sounds Studio in Dripping Springs TX 21 Rossi plays with Molly Klauber Molly Shea Sam Mason and MGMT s Will Berman and James Richardson in the band Acrylics Discography editAlbums Rockwell 2009 Heavy Meadow 2011 EPs Scandia 2005 My Grandmother Was A Church Organist 2007 limited edition tape only Afton 2008 Mixtapes HER 2017 Yultide x Rossi 2017 Collaborations Peep Creek 2007 Anni Rossi amp Whitman 2009 With Anni Rossi 2019 Shahzad amp Thor Shahzad Ismaily amp Thor Harris on Joyful Noise Recordings 22 Awards editIndependent Music Awards 2012 Crushing Limbs Best Film TV Song 23 References edit Thor Harris Modern Drummer Magazine Modern Drummer Magazine Retrieved 2018 01 05 Meet Anni Rossi The Minnesota native is about to release her debut on the influential 4AD label Twin Cities 2009 03 02 Retrieved 2018 01 05 a b Anni Rossi Rockwell Album Review Pitchfork pitchfork com Retrieved 2018 01 05 Artist of the Week Anni Rossi pastemagazine com Retrieved 2018 01 05 Hugs and Kisses 22 Farewell to Electrelane Retrieved 2018 01 06 Wheelpusher Single by Anni Rossi on Apple Music 2008 01 13 retrieved 2018 01 05 Interview Anni Rossi Tiny Mix Tapes Retrieved 2018 01 05 Un Anni Rossi Gratis muziek tourneedata foto s video s Myspace com Retrieved 2012 04 04 1 Archived June 6 2011 at the Wayback Machine Anni Rossi on tour w Camera Obscura plays Pianos tonight Brooklynvegan com 2009 06 23 Retrieved 2012 04 04 Micachu and the Shapes by Anni Rossi BOMB Magazine bombmagazine org Retrieved 2018 01 05 Mike Ayers 2011 04 05 Stream Anni Rossi Covering Rihanna s Rude Boy MTV Hive Read mtvhive com Retrieved 2012 04 04 Music by Anni Rossi Tunefind Retrieved 2018 01 05 Anni Rossi Makes a Mixtape Bandcamp Daily 2017 05 05 Retrieved 2018 01 05 About Menage a Moi Retrieved 2018 01 05 New Musical Instruments Hackathon Monthly Music Hackathon NYC Retrieved 2018 01 05 Ora Cogan Featuring Anni Rossi Peep Creek Discogs Retrieved 2018 01 05 Anni Rossi amp Whitman by Anni Rossi amp Whitman Folktale Records Retrieved 2018 01 05 Berlin Sun Theater The Mastery of Non Mastery Whitney org Retrieved 2020 04 09 Simon Doom Would Like You to Know He Feels Unloved Noisey 2017 05 22 Retrieved 2018 01 05 Arcadian Pages by Alex Rose Terrorbird terrorbird com Retrieved 2018 01 05 Thor Harris 2019 Artist in Residence Joyful Noise Recordings 2019 Retrieved 2019 12 23 11th Annual Independent Music Awards Winners Announced Independent Music Awards 2 May 2012 Retrieved on 4 Sept 2013 External links editOfficial blog Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anni Rossi amp oldid 1171854082, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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