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San Francisco Bay Area ambient/ethereal project Falling You have released the album “Metanoia” as a self-released digital album. John Michael Zorko composed and produced the record and worked together with several collaborators across the 11-track release.

We find Dru Allen on “Alcyone,” Courtney Grace on “Flesh To Tree” and “Ariadne,” Slim Heilpern on harmonica for “Ari’s Song,” Amelia Hogan on “Constellations,” Anji Lum and Ryan Lum on “Philomena,” Erica Mulkey on vocals and cello for “They Give Me Flowers,” Colleen Segale on “Throw the Stone,” Shikhee on modular synths for “They Give Me Flowers,” and Jennifer Wilde on “Demiurge (Momento Eorum)” and “A Thread Of Happiness.”

Thematically “Metanoia” handles transformation and adversity. Zorko says this: “Metanoia means ‘change of mind’ or ‘change of heart’ in Greek – transformation born from adversity. Many of the songs pull from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, which is full of people literally changing form, often against their will. Thinking about everything the world has been through these last several years, and how we’ve all had to adapt to circumstances we never chose, the theme just clicked. Growth implies we’re steering the ship, but sometimes change is thrust upon us, and that’s what this record explores.”

Musically advised to fans of This Mortal Coil, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins or Slowdive.

About Falling You

Falling You is an American ambient/electronic project based in San Francisco, California, led by composer and musician John Michael Zorko. The project was founded by Zorko with then-partner Jennifer McPeak as lyricist and vocalist. The debut album “Mercy” was released in 1998. The project later on turned to collaborations with a rotating roster of vocalists across subsequent albums.

Subsequent albums include “Mercy” (1998), “Touch” (2005), “Human” (2006), “Faith” (2008), “Adore” (2011), and “Blush” (2013). In 2017, Projekt Records released the Falling You album “Shine” on Bandcamp, with contributions by Dru Allen, Courtney Grace, Anji Lum, and others. Projekt Records also released the compilation “Charms (best of 98-13)” in 2017.

And now there is the album “Metanoia”.

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