411 MUSIC GROUP RELEASES THE COLLABORATIVE CONCEPT PROJECT
THE LIGHT & DARK: LONDON
LISTEN TO THE LIGHT & DARK: LONDON: HERE
411 Music Group has released the epic collaborative project The Light & Dark : London out worldwide today on all major digital services. The project is a 17 track collection of collaborative works based on the concept of “light” and “dark” and how the two ideas can co-exist. The project was conceptualized by 411 Music Group’s CEO, Kristen Agee, who in addition to producing the project, wrote and collaborated on several of the tracks. There were some obvious choices when choosing a theme that could have been catered to sync, but Agee decided to make this album about art, as opposed to focusing on its marketing potential. “The concept came to me after I was almost in a plane crash coming back from Canada earlier this year,” says Agee. “I eventually made it home to Los Angeles, slept for 3 days, and woke up with this idea in my head. Good and bad things happen simultaneously all the time. It’s taken me over 30 years to understand that life is not black and white. Light and darkness move together, and without one, you don’t have the other. It’s possible to have a good and bad day, positive and negative experiences and a full spectrum of emotions throughout every step. That’s part of being human, and it’s okay. It’s a difficult concept to unpack, which brought me to the studio to write and record this album.”
Agee was very interested in what would emerge when pairing composers who have never worked together. Agee recruited an incredibly talented and diverse group that included composers Brian Carr (Family Guy, American Dad, Chrisley Knows Best, etc), Stephen Edwards (Glow, Dallas Buyers Club, South Paw etc.), Benji Merrison (Dynasties, Victoria, London Olympics, MTV Music Awards, etc.) and Hospital Records Drum & Bass DJ, Keeno. Each composer was asked to contribute original pieces based on the concepts of “dark” and “light.” Ideas and tracks were traded back and forth for months. The group reconvened in August at AIR studios and with the help of arranger Andrew Skeet, the compositions were arranged and recorded by a live orchestra. The result is an impressive and diverse, yet cohesive body of work.
“The process of making this album allowed me the headspace to work through internal struggles I've experienced this year and put them into something tangible that now exists in a physical space,” says Agee. “It was challenging to get everyone on the same page creatively, but I'm happy we stuck with it. It's one chapter that is now closed, and a new one has already opened. I'm excited about the next project and the collaborations I already have planned for the coming years.”
WATCH THE ALBUM TRAILER (filmed at Air Studios) : HERE