May ’26 – Pre-sale has opened
Hi friends, I’m so happy to share that my new album Current is now available for pre-order on Bandcamp!! Aaaaarg. This album began on the water. In the summer of 2025, I transformed my 1951 Dutch mahogany sailboat De Vouw into a floating studio. I traveled through the Dutch waterways, recording voice, electronics, acoustic instruments, and the sounds around us: creaking wood, rippling waves, locks, birds, wind, and all the little surprises that happen when you try to make music outside. The result is an album about water, movement, deep listening, and learning to move with what surrounds us.
What you get
Of course, you can pre-order the digital album. The first track will be shared with pre-order supporters on June 12, and the full album will be released on June 26.
But I also wanted the physical edition to feel like more than just “the music in a package.” I wanted it to feel like an invitation to step into the world of Current. A little travel kit for stillness. A collection of things you might need for a journey on the water.
The CD edition comes in a cardboard fold. It includes the music, a water map with all the locations where we recorded, a captain’s log printed on handmade paper, a packing list, bird stickers of the birds we saw and recorded, and postcards you can send to your loved ones.
The retro pictures are made by Teddy and my fav friend and designer Natalia Olbinski did the artwork, the drawings and the design. Stay tuned for the reveal of the watermap!
The vinyl edition carries the same spirit, the boat will float around your record player, with a shiny marble texture, made by Deepgrooves Vinyl pressing plant. I’m very proud to say that Deepgrooves is the only pressing plant in the world that produces their record as Co2(e) neutral as possible. Alongside the record, you’ll receive the water map and the bird stickers, so you can follow the journey while listening and maybe spot a few feathered collaborators along the way.
It is part album, part memory, part field guide, part tiny boat trip in your mailbox.
And then, we sail
Two days after the album release, on June 28, we’ll bring the music back to the water with New Amsterdam Sounds, a sunset boat concert in New York Harbor aboard the historic Clipper City tall ship.
A floating concert for a floating album.
Get tickets for the June 28 boat concert here
Thank you so much for listening, supporting, and being part of this journey.
Warmly,
Vivienne
