At the Popnoise Festival at The Fire here in Philly on February 23, were there going to be six bands, five bands, or four? I wasn't sure. "Dani Mari" was listed in some of the publicity for the February 23 show, and "Primitive Heart" was listed in others, and both were listed in still others. It turned out that Dani Mari was performing as "Primitive Heart", her solo project, but also playing solo versions of music from bands in which she played. And maybe some solo work pre-Primitive Heart. Not sure; the lines were a little blurry as to what was which.
Dani Mari is a prolific writer whose work spans many genres. A look at her Soundcloud page shows work in many styles played not only as solos but also as collaborations with an impressive list of other musicians from many backgrounds.
Here is an excerpt from her web page: Dani Mari is a multi genre music producer and visual artist that works with artists from all over the world. She is currently working on a solo album as Primitive Heart and her love for shoegaze has brought about collaborations with Violentene, Omega Vague, Xeresa and more.
As a visual artist, Dani Mari creates live visuals for her performances and other events. She is a huge horror fan and created a series of songs & horror films inspired by Dario Argento's movies about witches (Suspiria, Inferno & Mother of Tears) with Johnny Butler for Cruel Beauty Productions & premiered them at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival.
Dani Mari is the founder of Female Frequency, a community dedicated to empowering female, transgender & non-binary artists through the creation of music that is entirely female generated. She created an album made entirely by women with co-founders I Am Snow Angel & Claire London, Madame Gandhi, Ryat and many other female producers & engineers.
Even though there's a huge amount of work on her web pages, this was one of those situations where the live performance bore little resemblance to what's on line. I actually enjoyed her live style much more than the web music. One of the qualities I liked best about her performance that night was a dynamic similar to what I had heard by the musician in my previous blog, that there were a couple of different tempos and textures operating at the same time. I couldn't find anything on the web pages that resembled that. While the tempo and tonality of her vocals at the show were similar to what we hear on much of her page, the accompaniment at the live performance was in many instances a fuller, up-front, slow-moving bass. It was a solid foundation to the words she was singing. I'm intrigued by the combining of textures.
Of the music on her page, one of the tracks I like the most is "Invisible Lines". While she has a few renditions of the song, this is one with Brooklyn Shanti and Kid Graavity.
If you'd like to see Dani Mari live, you're in luck. She'll be doing a show on Tuesday, March 20th, at Brooklyn's "C'mon Everybody". In the meantime, here is the click to her Facebook page: Dani Mari on Facebook (CLICK HERE). And here is the click to her Soundcloud page where I'm sure you'll be impressed by her wide variety of work: Dani Mari on Soundcloud (CLICK HERE).
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