People Pleaser [Nebular Green Vinyl LP]

Damian Dalla Torre - People Pleaser [Nebular Green Vinyl LP]

Damian Dalla Torre returns with People Pleaser, a record shaped by movement, collaboration and an ever-deepening relationship with sound as environment. The Leipzig-based multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer first found wide attention with his 2022 debut Happy Floating, and his subsequent album I Can Feel My Dreams was named the #1 Contemporary Album of 2024 by The Guardian, an accolade that broadened his audience and deepened confidence in his evolving voice. That second album, written between Europe and South America, opened unexpected doors and took Dalla Torre to stages across New York, Japan and Italy. "When you release music, it's very intimate," he reflects. "You show your emotions pretty raw. I was kind of scared. But getting so much positive feedback gave me a lot of self-confidence to try out more." People Pleaser begins in that quiet shift of confidence. The title stayed with him for months before he committed to it. "It was a working title for a long time," he says. "I didn't actually think I would use it. But this term also felt somehow relevant in connection with the phase of self-negotiation during the development process. Some aspects are related to pressure, others are positive." The ambiguity felt right. Rather than presenting it as a statement, Dalla To(more...)

A1. Intro / Sprouts (3:00)
A2. Longitude (7:29)
A3. Nacre (1:58)
A4. Chives (6:22)
B1. Bupi (2:05)
B2. Slant (4:15)
B3. Loops (1:51)
B4. Tenki Ame (feat. Manami Kakudo) (4:35)