(Alternative Rock, Pop, Folk) Essie Jain - All Became Golden - 2013, MP3, 320 kbps

The pursuit of passion is almost always a struggle, and to be moved to create in a world filled with judgment, hardship and isolation can seem impossible. Because of this, British songwriter Essie Jain felt the process of making music was stealing from her, and she had all but given up. Repeatedly hearing no, we cannot help you led her to believe she was being sent a very clear message: this is not your calling.
In 2006, after releasing her debut record, We Made This Ourselves, Essie met director Natalie Johns. Johns quickly became a fan of Essie s music, and when she met Essie again in 2011 she was astonished to learn that Essie had quit writing and singing. It resonated with me, said Johns. So many great pieces of art are passed by because they just haven t been presented in the right way.
Johns suggested that Jain reconsider quitting and instead embark with Johns on a new collaboration: pairing music with film, which would allow the audience to share in a true and uncompromised creative experience. Johns then invited Nico Muhly the celebrated New York Wunderkind who has worked with Bjork and Phillip Glass, among others to join as well.
In February 2012, Jain, Johns and Muhly, accompanied with a full orchestra, arrived at The DiMenna Center a rehearsal and recording space in midtown Manhattan and set about making All Became Golden. The film documents the musicians as they convene to rehearse, perform and record the album, and offers a rare glimpse of the joy, risk, generosity and blind faith inherent in acts of creative collaboration.
The result is All Became Golden, a Record-Film documenting Essieʼs story: her first love, rediscovered, and the realization that she is and will always be a musician, and will never again live in a world without art.