Last night while I was working, the most captivating song came through my headphones. SomaFM's Groove Salad reported that the name of the song was Awaken by Sophie & Ives. I was immediately taken back by the sound of the woman's voice, the downtempo beat and the quiet passion in the performance. A quick search yielded this background on Sophie & Ives. I was just blown away by their story of collaborating from a great distance (he is in the US, she is in Perth, Australia). Furthermore, the fact that they started an unconsumated relationship that eventually ended (they were too far apart and too poor to be able to travel to each other) struck me as so sad and yet so hot at the same time.
This is the first time I felt compelled to buy something from iTunes (up until now, I have only used it for grabing podcasts and managing my existing music). I am very pleased to say that iTunes carries this song (and the rest of the album). I will be definitely checking out more of their music in the future. One last thing, Sophie's website has a far better sample of Awaken than what is available in iTunes. Happy listening!
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Comments (7)
Nice... haven't listened to SomaFM in a while. I enjoy the cliqhop idm and dronezone stations.
# Posted by Will | August 29, 2005 12:23 PM
Too funny - the exact same thing just happened to me, only instead of going straight to iTunes, I found your entry first - then went and bought the album. (: mike at schema - ca
# Posted by Mike Oligny | May 5, 2006 4:06 AM
Viral music... Like Mike above from SomaFM to google to here! Crazy world.
# Posted by jops | August 29, 2006 5:28 PM
Groove Salad RULES!!
As does this tune by Sophie Moleta. It's incredible.
# Posted by mckay | November 28, 2006 8:28 PM
Yup yup Mckay, I enjoy it too.
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November 28, 2006 9:32 PM
I just heard it on SomaFM. Groove Salad needs donations, too, with all the jacking up of internet radio fees by those greedy bums in the recording industry who dont share with the artists.
# Posted by FrontPage | July 16, 2007 4:48 PM
Apparently great minds think alike. I just heard this song and immediately wikipedia/googled it. This is what I found first. Thanks!
# Posted by Ryan | April 10, 2008 6:42 PM