Maria Chiara Argiró announces new album Closer, shares title track
The London-based electronic composer will share her new album on April 26 via Innovative Leisure.
Maria Chiara Argiró. Photo By Dimitris Lambridis
Maria Chiara Argiró has shared details of her new album Closer. The Italy-born, London-based electronic music composer will release the follow-up to 2022's Forest City on April 26 via Innovative Leisure.
"Closer," the title track out today, wraps existential concerns of inner peace and connecting with one's surroundings inside of a tense, gentle ascendent ballad. “This song explores the dream of navigating life, finding where you truly belong, and discovering freedom within this feeling," Argiró said in a press statement. "It’s a journey centered on connecting with oneself and getting closer in a dreamlike world.”
The music video for "Closer," streaming below, is directed by Raoul Paulet and stars Klaudia Wittmann who dances across different urban and natural environments, making the scenery her partner in movement. Paulet said of the video: “A woman relives her journey on this planet in the pursuit of belonging. Only through the acceptance of the world around her, she can find our true self. Or, is it the other way round?”
Read Argiró's statement on Closer below, followed by the project's cover art and tracklisting.
It is about a feeling, a dreamlike feeling in motion, a feeling that we cannot describe, a dream I’m sort of walking through. Emotions/dreams/feelings that sometimes you can just imagine, a dreamlike world where we walk through to get to the core of ourselves a bit more, even if things are completely undefined and blurry. While working on the music there was this strong feeling - at times blurry and at times more defined - of getting, with every single note, closer and closer to the person I want to be. Free. Curious and consequently Aware, Connected and Closer to the people I love. There is so much noise in this world, I think being direct, gentle, light, open and connected is the key.
Closer cover art and tracklist
1. Light
2. Closer
3. Grow
4. September
5. Time
6. Koala
7. Sun
8. Game
9. Air
10. Floating