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November (Black Rose) Symphonic Episode

by Martin Del Carpio

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Official music video:
vimeo.com/308358803

The Oniros Film Awards 2020 - Award Winner for Best Song.
International Sound & Film Music Festival (ISFMF) 2021 - Official Selection for Best Original Song.
Munich Music Video Awards 2021 - Official Selection for Song Lyrics.
International Music Video Awards 2021 - Semi Finalist for Original Song.

A reinterpretation of my song November (Black Rose) with an orchestral arrangement.

One of the first songs I wrote and recorded for my album Involution. Black is the color of the illness that ultimately took my mother's life. Rose is what my mother was like. November was the month where almost every time in her last 8 years of existence something seriously went wrong with her health.

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Praise for November (Black Rose) Symphonic Episode:

"Martin Del Carpio’s re-working of the song November (Black Rose), from his album Involution, is a piece that sees the easily familiar vocals and lyrics emerge surrounded by a mildly orchestral and classical feeling ambiance – one that redirects the mood of the song in a fascinating way.

There’s a quickness to the playing here – more notes, more energy, yet still the smooth and delicate essence of the song remains at the centre of the experience. The piece grows to be notably expressive, introducing a brighter and more detailed soundscape as it progresses, and actually evolving to compliment the central feel of the song in a beautiful way. The mildness, as it were, intensifies throughout – the concept and the artist’s leading voice remain prominent, calm but steady and always familiar; the essential threads that make this what it is. Elsewhere though, the music builds and builds, moving from mild to immense and dramatic in a few short minutes.

Musically this reinvention of the song sees Del Carpio veer off in a more organically impressive or passionately skillful direction, letting the strength of the song increase in a gradual manner from start to finish. When you listen effectively, through decent speakers or headphones, the soundscape seems to envelope you more and more so as it moves along.

There’s an overwhelming level of rising energy to it all that’s entrancing to witness. At the same time, you can break it down to the details, if you wish to, and you can locate every new bridge between notes or every new element and riff that has led to this fresh appearance. If the latter is to be true, the song becomes powerful in a totally different way. One approach is to let the sheer escapism embrace you, the other is to sit back in awe as an experienced musician and creative crafts something mesmerizing around you. In both instances, a live performance would be out of this world.

As suggested before, Martin Del Carpio brings something exciting to the music world, this meeting between styles is refreshing and unique to his writing." - Stereo Stickman

lyrics

She was used to the sun
Her laughter gave you joy
In her hands, you belonged
Till November came along

Oh black rose will you sing?
Black rose
My heart is in your hands

Don't go say you're alone
When she was full of love
Oh she knew all along
Till November came around

Oh black rose will you sing?
Black rose
For the heart beats no more

She was left behind
How the years went by
She whispered her desires
Till November took her down

Oh black rose why don't you sing?
Black rose
You don't know how it feels.

credits

released August 13, 2018
Arrangement By Christos Nikolaou
from Involution, released May 14, 2018
Original music production by Little Pioneer & Martin Del Carpio.
Recorded at Little Pioneer Cider House in New York, NY.
Lyrics by Martin Del Carpio.

Photo by William Murray.
williammurrayvideo.com

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Martin Del Carpio New York, New York

Martin Del Carpio is a music and film artist.

In 2011, aside from previous albums, a retrospective compilation called Lost Illusions was released.

In 2015, an experimental music project was released titled Notes from the Underground.

In 2018, a personal record called Involution was released along with some remixes and reinterpretations of the songs.

New songs are released as singles in 2019.
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