{"product_id":"anthony-calonico-spacious-heart-vinyl","title":"Calonico, Anthony: Spacious Heart (Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"full\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nvfhzpgP4Ls?si=q3yRximNJcfzd-yN\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusic From Memory presents \u003cem\u003eSpacious Hear\u003c\/em\u003et, the debut solo album from Los Angeles-based musician Anthony Calonico. Known for his work as part of the trio Total Blue, Calonico steps forward here with a collection of songs and instrumentals that invite the listener into his lush, expansive and deeply personal world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten and recorded gradually between 2020 and 2024, \u003cem\u003eSpacious Heart\u003c\/em\u003e emerged through a slow and open process, allowing the music to develop without rigid expectations. The album’s sonic landscape sits in a somewhat similar zone to Total Blue, with warm keys, synthesizers and rich production creating spacious environments where melodies and textures open up naturally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpacious Heart\u003c\/em\u003e effortlessly straddles the transcendental qualities of spiritual jazz, the restraint and space of minimal composers such as Harold Budd, and the quiet intensity and dynamics of songwriters like Mark Hollis and John Martyn, ultimately arriving at something wholly its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere \u003cem\u003eSpacious Heart\u003c\/em\u003e diverges mostly clearly from Total Blue is through the presence of Calonico’s voice, the emotional anchor of the record. Smooth, luminous and quietly expressive, his singing carries a sense of earnestness and vulnerability while remaining delicately restrained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album unfolds as a conversation between song and atmosphere, with vocal pieces drifting in and out of focus, intimate and inward-looking. The surrounding instrumentals open up space for these emotions to breathe, settle and expand, creating a world where feeling, texture and nuance move softly together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEther\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHillside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhispers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGray Glow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBaka Dom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho Am I\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoft Blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCollapsing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Music From Memory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54217088237914,"sku":"MFM083","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1481\/5374\/files\/anthony-calonico-spacious-heart.jpg?v=1781783485","url":"https:\/\/freebirdrecords.com\/products\/anthony-calonico-spacious-heart-vinyl","provider":"Freebird Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}