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One of my favorite “Kyrie” movements in a Renaissance mass from the late 15th century. I love the open Renaissance harmonies in this piece, the feeling of blending your voice in tightly woven small choral pieces, feeling the way the lines move with or against each other...

I know it’s a classic, but have to include one of my favorites of all time - Lisel

“Courante” from Caroline Shaw’s “Partita” is one of my favorite things I get to perform all the time — Roomful of Teeth is an 8 person vocal ensemble I sing with a lot, and this piece by Caroline Shaw is really transcendent...

I’ve sung Philip Glass quite a few times, his music is a huge influence on me — especially the way he uses the voice as an instrument to blend with the sounds of other instruments. also the overlapping repeated rhythmic patterns, classic Philip Glass stuff...

Love the vibe of her and this live video, Lizzy Mercier Descloux performing “Fire.” -- Lisel

Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker choreographed Rosas Danst Rosas in 1983. I saw it live at the American Dance Festival when i was a student there during college. In the piece, four women repeat movements over and over again that are simple, contained, pedestrian, everyday, but expressive and evocative...

I’ve worked with composer Michael Gordon on a few different projects, I recently did an opera of his called “Acquanetta” — directed by Daniel Fish, the production was very abstract, using imagery and tropes from the 1950s Hollywood horror movie genre to evoke a message about female agency...

Lisel's beautiful debut LP Angels on the Slope is officially out today on Luminelle, and to celebrate the occasion, we've asked her to run things here on GvsB for the day. She starts her takeover with the debut of her new music video by artist Ilana Harris-Babou; check that below, pick up Lisel's new record on limited "statue marble" colored vinyl here, and follow along with all of her p

We've expressed how special Lisel's debut LP is to us a time or two, and now you can finally experience the whole record for yourself in advance of its release this Friday on Luminelle, courtesy of Hype Machine. Stream Angels on the Slope below, and if you love it as much as we do, you can grab the limited statue marble 12" or tape here.

Lisel shares the third track from her glorious debut LP Angels on the Slope, coming July 26th on Luminelle. In speaking with Billboard, who premiered the track this morning, Lisel expands on the song's concept, and the idea that, "somehow we have space inside our heads to swing back and forth from immobilizing self-doubt and uncertainty to a starry-eyed self-indulgence that allows us to think