Uno Lady‘s new album, titled “Alaska,” showcases her unique approach to music composition, which involves layering ambient vocal textures with classic doo-wop and jazz styles using experimental techniques. The album features a few tracks that incorporate effected vocals similar to the White Lotus theme, while the final two tracks are meditative and calming in nature.
Recorded at an off-the-grid solar-powered arts fellowship at Chulitna Wilderness Lodge in Lake Clark National Park & Preserve, Alaska, this is Uno Lady’s ninth release.
The album will be available digitally and on cassette via Softseed Music, with 32 swirled cassettes being released on March 21st, 2023 at 7am PST / 9am CST / 10am EST.
Christa Ebert is a musician and mixed media artist who goes by the moniker Uno Lady. Her performances involve her singing as a one-woman choir and using her voice, electronic tools, and nature sounds to compose her songs.
She utilizes her four-octave vocal range to create sonic landscapes filled with ethereal looping tones and dream-like vocal layers.
Christa is also a video artist, and she produces stop-motion music videos inspired by nature to accompany her compositions.
Throughout her career, she has composed, produced, and recorded nine releases, featuring over 100 songs.
Commenting on the new single “Today’s the Day”, Christa’s explains that the music came to her first and she struggled to come up with lyrics until she decided to write about the very thing she was experiencing – being stuck and trying to get moving.
Her lyrics highlight the various strange rationalizations people often make to motivate themselves, such as finishing a snack or cleaning something first. The ultimate goal is to reach a state where everything on their to-do list is accomplished and everything is perfect.
“The verses are about ambition, perfectionism, and procrastination.” – says Christa. “The chorus is a reminder to let go of control because the present moment is a gift; plus a little existentialism sprinkled in because time is flying by and this may be it. The song ends with an angelic aria, lulling me/you/we to sleep because instead of doing all those things, I/you/we laid down for a nap.”
Lyrics:
Today’s the day
I am going to accomplish all of my intentions and do it all with laser focus
Without delay
All things will be organized, optimized, and alphabetized
Like the stars and the ocean
(We’re moving in a)
constant state of motion
(join the joy ride)
Time is limited edition
(Clocks ticking by)
Movement with a mission
Café au lait!
Perhaps a snack will be the fuel I need to succeed and charge full speed
Today’s the day
I’ll conjure up some urgency and mend all the emergencies
Like the stars and the ocean
(We’re moving in a)
constant state of motion
(join the joy ride)
Time is limited edition
(Clocks ticking by)
Movement with a mission
“A bird sampled throughout the album is the Swainson’s Thrush. The males defend their breeding grounds by singing a series of spiraling notes inflected upward, which to me sounds like a flute through phaser pedals.” – concludes Christa.
