{"product_id":"669936779819","title":"Alkemie: A Fine Companion (Vinyl LP)","description":"A FINE COMPANION is an album of newly-composed settings of troubadour songs and texts, written in a dream-pop \/shoegaze\/ psychedelic rock style for an amplified combination of medieval and new instruments. The texts of this project were chosen by Charles Mueller (composer) and the ensemble, with a focus on troubadour lyrics that expand or refute the standard tropes of chivalrous love by choosing poems from a feminine perspective, and by delving into the metaphysical and spiritual subsets of the genre. The unbridled sensuality of the arrangements create space for a raw experience that inspires a visceral reaction in the listener. Mueller has used pre-existing troubadour music as a melodic and modal prompt on a number of pieces, with direct quotations organically morphing as if in an inspired game of telephone.  the switch with which one switches oneself, love is like the spark (escoutatz!), seguin + valensa, i know a lady, judas, nor, the butterfly, (find yourself) a fine companion, d'aurenga","brand":"Bright Shiny Things","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51549706518818,"sku":"669936779819","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2231\/7305\/files\/4276582-3161030.jpg?v=1776501520","url":"https:\/\/www.besvinyl.com\/products\/669936779819","provider":"besvinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}