Cayn Borthwick’s third single 'Keep Me' is a smooth instrumental love song with a heart of lo-fi boogie gold.
Sputtering hi-hats sway against a ricocheting bass line. Waves of washed out synths and crashing tom toms beach themselves while a delicate melody steers its way through the swelling music. What’s that in the distance? A saxophone comes surging down the crest and surfs off into the distance. You can hear the influence of American soul artist Dwight Sykes here as Cayn Borthwick writes an ode to the ocean at Victoria’s Surfcoast. A soundtrack to the long drive from Coburg to the water, to the unpredictable weather, to the rugged beaches, to surfing with friends and to solace out the back.
The Melbourne composer and sax blaster is a stalwart of the local scene having played in groups as colourful and varied as NO ZU, Mighty Duke & The Lords and Sui Zhen, but Borthwick’s musical CV expands far beyond the live realm – he spent a year composing a piece every week for a Masters of Music, has created interactive sound art with Playable Streets, written for workshop with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and arranged for the Melbourne Ska Orchestra.
Cayn Borthwick’s debut album Big City Whispers will be released on March 27, 2020 on vinyl and digital through Lost and Lonesome.
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