{"id":515,"date":"2014-10-29T03:39:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T10:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=515"},"modified":"2022-05-24T12:19:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T19:19:21","slug":"julia-holter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/julia-holter","title":{"rendered":"Episode 21: Julia Holter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Horns Surrounding Me&#8221; <\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SongExploder21.png\" alt=\"SongExploder21\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SongExploder21.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SongExploder21-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=34e8db2e530b0b458634a89d7de9be34\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/julia-holter-horns-surrounding\/id788236947?i=321173551&#038;mt=2?&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/da72297c-dbfc-490c-aecc-7e0b94c53f9c\/SongExploder21-JuliaHolter-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/juliashammasholter.com\/\">Julia Holter<\/a> studied composition, and in the song \u201cHorns Surrounding Me,\u201d she arranges not only acoustic and electronic instruments, but also layers of ambient field recordings and background noise. The song was released in 2013 on her acclaimed album Loud City Song. In this episode, Julia deconstructs the recording, and talks about what she did to evoke a feeling of fear in both the music and the way she sang, changing her voice on different parts of the song to create character and texture.    <\/p>\n<p>Buy &#8220;Horns Surrounding Me&#8221; on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/horns-surrounding-me\/id671114581?i=671114588&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/julia-holter-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\nThe song playing when Brian Ferry sings is Roxy Music&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0n3OepDn5GU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Love Is the Drug.&#8221;<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"endsign\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Horns Surrounding Me&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 Julia Holter studied composition, and in the song \u201cHorns Surrounding Me,\u201d she arranges not only acoustic and electronic instruments, but also layers of ambient field recordings and background noise. The song was released in 2013 on her acclaimed album Loud City Song. 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