Allison Burik
Realm

Out: February 2nd, 2024 (CD/DL)
Genres: experimental, ambient, folk
RIYL: Jason Sharp, Lankum, Mali Obomsawin, Patrick Shiroishi, Grouper.

ALLISON BURIK — WEB | BANDCAMP

Allison Burik‘s debut solo full-length Realm sees the multifaceted musician-composer blending a plethora of influences and approaches into an engrossing and mythologically informed whole, all inspired by women and non-binary characters throughout folktales, lore, and real-world history. Within recent years, the Tio’tia:ke/ Montréal-based artist has unquestionably emerged a key part of the city’s vibrant jazz and experimental music scenes. They’re member of groups such as Bellbird (alongside Claire Devlin, Eli Davidovici, and Mili Hong), the duo Umbrella Pine, and they’ve also played various projects fronted by acclaimed musician Mali Obomsawin including the band that was featured on her celebrated 2022 album Sweet Tooth.  Atmosphere is the clear the driving force behind Realm;  Burik superimposes textural phrases of alto sax and bass clarinet, threading in their limpid vocals, field recordings, subtle electronic treatments and even guitar (both from Burik themself and their Umbrella Pine collaborator Magdalena Abrego).  Drawing on aspects of free improvisation, the darker end of ambient, and folk musics, it serves as a powerful yet elusive introduction to their work.

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Year-End/ Radio — CJSW Top 50 of 2024
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Year-End — Sgarab Tapes Newsletter
Newsletter — A Closer Listen Weekly #50
List — On The Stereo 15 March 2024, The Letter
List — Kevin Press, Friday Five 2.2.2024, The Moderns
List — Albums En Ribambelle #21 – février 2024, Culture Jazz
List — Agenda des sorties d’albums 2024 (de janvier à août), Benzine Magazine
List — Les sorties d’albums pop, rock, jazz, soul, ambient du 2 février 2024, Benzine Magazine
List — Upcoming Releases, A Closer Listen
List — Verhoovens Jazz
News — G-point Audio
News — Steve Gerrard, Montreal’s Allison Burik unveils debut album, Realm, Montreal Rocks
News — Tomaz, ALLISON BURIK – Unveils Singular Amalgam Of Improvisation, Ambience And Mythology, Terra Relicta
News — Allison Burik unveils their singular amalgam of improvisation, ambience and mythology on “Realm”, Click Roll Boom
News — Allison Burik unveils their singular amalgam of improvisation, ambience and mythology on “Realm” (out Feb. 2, 2024), JazzNews
News — Jacopo Vigezzi, [News] Allison Burik released the first single “Heiemo og Nykkjen” taken from upcoming album, Progressive Rock Journal
Review — Daniel Spicer, The Wire
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Micro-review — WRUV
Round-up — Simon Kirk, Weirdo Rippers #12, Sun-13
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Round-up — The Attic — Staff Picks (February 2024)
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Round-up — Mel Minter, A Grab Bag of New Releases, Musically Speaking
Round-up — ACL 2024 ~ Winter Music Preview: Ambient, A Closer Listen
Podcast — Free Form Freakout #242
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Podcast — The Moderns, Ep. 302
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