Putting aside time for solo work, Chakravorty partners with Unperceived Records to release debut album ‘A Map With No Memory’
Self -taught composer Jay Chakravorty has worked to find his place as a musician, experimenting with different projects created under different names, breaking into TV and film and honing his talents in classical leaning electronica along the way. As a session musician Chakravorty has worked with names like Bright Light Bright Light, Bryde and Emma McGrath. Now however, he seems intent on bringing forward his own sound, which promises to be worth listening out for.
Like the projects he’s been involved with Chakravorty’s style is fluid and varied, but now that his debut solo album is on the brink of release we’ve had a glimpse of what a totally independent approach will sound like. The tracks released so far approach from different genres, but each ventures into environments cinematic and imbued with emotion.
‘Sunlight at Stratford Station’ takes on heavier waves of synth but remains a meditative track, slow paced and gentle rhythms building up a quiet intensity. Our featured track ‘Alexia, Berlin’ moves much further into neo-classical, drawing on Chakravorty’s skills as a multi-instrumentalist, as well as those of his supporting cast of musicians. Strings and piano filter through to create a track where melody is tended to with painstaking care and patient love.
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