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When Italian composer Bruno Bavota and Dutch
songwriter Chantal Acda first met several years ago, they
knew almost instantly that they wanted to make music
together. Bavota was already a fan of Acda’s dreamy,
orchestral folk, and in Bavota’s intimate, picturesque piano
compositions, Acda saw a potential for collaboration that
was begging to be explored. As it would happen, the
inherent loneliness and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic
would provide a most unusual opportunity to craft an album
together – without ever being ion the same room.
Originally conceived as a brief two- or three-song EP, A
Closer Distance is the result of a month of seemingly
endless and effortless creative connections between Bavota
and Acda. Spawned from the opening piano phrase that
became the album’s title track, the nine songs that make up
A Closer Distance were written and recorded by Bavota and
Acda in their respective homes. No stranger to
long-distance collaboration – having worked with an array of
artists from Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker of Low to
guitar legend Bill Frisell – even Acda was surprised by the
ease and pace with which A Closer Distance came
together: “This all came so weirdly natural. It woke up a part
of me that had been asleep for a while.”
Mostly built around Bavota’s solitary piano arrangements
and Acda’s layered, ethereal vocals, the songs on A Closer
Distance reflect the intimacy and tranquility of their
conception. It is a magical collection that connects to the
listener with the same air of comfort and familiarity that
inspired its creation.
