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Sachal Vasandani

Slow Motion Miracles

Sony Masterworks | OKeh

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Sachal - No More Tears
Google Hangout with Sachal & Michael Leonhart
The Evolution of Jazz
1 Afternoon Sun
2 Can't Talk
3 Cover the Water
4 Denim Lights
5 Haystacks
6 Marie
7 Neither One of Us
8 No More Tears
9 Slow Motion Miracles
10 Waiting on the Roof
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As a singular singer-songwriter, Sachal has pivoted into an appealing new direction on his sublime OKeh debut, the aptly titledSlow Motion Miracles. It's a remarkable 10-track album of top-flight songs teeming with close-to-the-heart personal stories of love and loss, vignettes of fleeting moments and dreamy fantasies-all fluid with the ebb and flow of heartbreak and discovery.

On Slow Motion Miracles, Sachal delivers a full set of multilayered gems steeped in a variety of styles, including indie pop, hip-hop, electronica, Brazilian, Afro-beat, old-school jazz and new-styled jazz. "I'm not limiting," he says. "I weave my voice through a lot of the music I listen to. It's still me and just a part of my journey."

Sachal cites a number of key influences-from Paul Simon, Seu Jorge, Frank Ocean and popular hip-hop, to Fleetwood Mac, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and 19th century German art songs-but says that what it all comes down to is serving his songs in a fresh and resonating way.

"The inspiration for the new album startswith experiences I've lived through that evolve into fantasy," says Sachal. "The songs were germinated from personal moments, then mingled with daydreams to become something new. It was transcendent. The feelings and ideas would float up and soar and would become greater than the original moments."

Sachal enlisted multi-instrumentalist Michael Leonhart to produce Slow Motion Miracles as well as collaborate compositionally on two songs. Sachal was introduced to Leonhart through a mutual friend and passed on to him demos of soundscapes, orchestration and lyrics he had crafted on a computer.

"As a writer and composer, you're often in isolation, but sharing these private moments with Michael made him a great partner, a real colleague," Sachal says. "He has a great ear, plays a ton of instruments, is a wizard with technology and made the sounds sparkle.Plus, with all of what he offered, he retained a human touch. Michael took my initial ideas and brought them to the next level."

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