Salenta + Topu
About the project
Salenta and Topu met serendipitously in the summer of 2019 at a mutual friend's apartment in Bed-Stuy. They discussed the idea of jamming as they left the small gathering, and months later found themselves in a friend’s recording studio in Bushwick. The studio boasted amazing gear and perfect acoustics, but ironically, they struggled to get the software to work and ended up recording everything acoustically on an old recorder.
A few months later, Salenta acquired a beautiful spinet piano that hadn’t been tuned in over 20 years. While it was out of tune by Western standards, it possessed a unique vibration and character of its own. Building on their initial recordings in Bushwick, Topu and Salenta continued their jam sessions at Salenta’s apartment. To match the piano’s distinct intonation, Topu tuned his cello down accordingly. Together, they improvised countless compositions, seventeen of which are included in this album.
https://salenta-topu.bandcamp.com/
Year
2021
Design Areas typography and layout for album cover
photography
poster
merch (t-shirt)
Team
music: Salenta + Topu
illustration: Nadia Westcott
photography: Tori Huang, Guarionex Rodriguez, Jr.
2021
Design Areas typography and layout for album cover
photography
poster
merch (t-shirt)
Team
music: Salenta + Topu
illustration: Nadia Westcott
photography: Tori Huang, Guarionex Rodriguez, Jr.
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