skirt

Hello, my name is Ursula. SKIRT is my solo project. Ever since the release of the 7" single POPPIT SAND 2001 on vinyl, I compose on the computer. I discovered the sequencer as a great substitute for digital recording. The first two pieces that I composed this way have a distinct signature. Polyphonic sounds and gently held-back vocals. Pop melodies, however, dominate the songs, followed by unconventional arrangements as if the songs themselves had longing. A longing for traditional music and innovative song writing simultaneously. All my songs are abstract stories, that are drawn from fragments of an occurrence or extracted from a certain mood. They start with a simple theme, played on guitar or piano and build further melodies from there which layer upon each-other and are broken by off-beat drum rhythms. Sometimes there are also unexpected turns and breaks and new melodies lead to new sound-worlds.The origin of the content of my work stems from my experiences and my different states reflecting those experiences, and it is directly tied to my surroundings. In my mind my songs are three demential structures. Everything intertwines, old fragments from my past in Romania with my current state and environment.POPPIT SAND is a small town in Wales. We were once there in the summer. We stayed at a youth-hostel, in a little house with a baby blue bathtub and a view of the bay. In the morning a soft mist enveloped the landscape and smudged all contours and we believed we were in heaven. The sand was so soft that it felt as if walking on clouds, but our feet were no longer on the ground, we were afloat . . . in pastel