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Portland singer/multi-instrumentalist Corrina Repp will play a record release show for her new album, “The Pattern Of Electricity,” on
Friday, May 15 at the Voodoo Room in Astoria.
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CORRINA REPP
Q&A by RYAN HUME
Have you heard? Portland-based full-time musician and part-time actress, Corrina Repp, is holding a record release party at the
Voodoo Room in Astoria on Friday, May 15 to introduce her new album, “The Pattern of Electricity,” her fi rst solo release since 2006.
Your new record, “The
Pattern of Electricity,” is
decidedly more up-tempo
than your last solo release,
2006’s “The Absent and
the Distant,” though it
continues to explore the
lush and more layered ar-
rangements set out on that
record. What most excites
you about the direction of
the new album?
I’ve always approached
the making of a new record
very open to the ideas of
possibility. If you’re open to
having anything happen,
then you can fi nd yourself
often surprised by magic
moments. My original plan
was to record a song or two
with a handful of diff erent
friends. Peter Broderick was
the fi rst person I recorded
with, and it went so well
that I decided to make most
of the record with him. We
spoke the same language,
which was very liberating. To
express an idea in the weird
musical language I have and
then have him understand
and then help me interpret
it — it was an incredible
experience for me.
If you could choose the
conditions, what would
you consider to be the ide-
al listening environment
for this new record?
On a solo road trip
through the desert or sitting
in the middle of a forest with
headphones on.
This is your fi rst solo
record since your band
Tu Fawning dissolved in
2013. For you, how do you
approach the creation of a
solo record diff erently than
a collaborative eff ort?
Well, the biggest thing
is that I don’t have anyone
to bounce ideas off (of)
throughout the writing pro-
cess. It was a good exercise
in taking an idea and really
having to see it through. You
can learn a lot about yourself
in a collaborative eff ort, but
having done that for the past
fi ve years, I felt very ready to
just look to myself. I brought
fi nished songs to Peter to
then record, and together we
would fi nd the best musical
landscape for them to be in.
The record release party
for the album will be held
at the Voodoo Room in
Astoria on Friday, May 15.
In 2012, Tu Fawning shot
a music video for the song
“Anchor” on the Oregon
Coast. Even your recent
fi lm role in “The Black Sea”
brought you to Arch Cape.
How does the coast inspire
you? What keeps bringing
you back?
One of the biggest rea-
sons I’ve lived in Portland for
as long as I have (20 years) is
because of the surrounding
nature. I am deeply inspired
by the coast and by the
Columbia River Gorge. In the
past couple of years, having
gone through a bit of a rough
transition, spending time in
these places has saved me.
I also recorded “The Pattern
of Electricity” with Peter in
Pacifi c City. We are so lucky to
have what we have visually
at our fi ngertips, so why not
make use of it?
Besides the release of
the new album, you have
been taking on quite a few
acting projects as of late,
with multiple appearances
on “Portlandia,” as well as
the fi lm project I men-
tioned above. Where does
acting fi t into your creative
life? And what’s next for
Corrina Repp?
When I was in my late
teens I made the choice to
focus on music, but it was a
diffi cult choice between that
and acting. I had done some
theater in college and loved
it but knew I had to choose.
Acting is one of those
things that has come into my
life by complete accident. I
auditioned for “Portlandia”
in Season 1 and landed a
part. The skit that we fi lmed
ended up getting cut, but for
some reason every season
after that they have invited
my back. Sometimes two or
three times in a season. It’s
an incredible amount of fun
for me, but also something
that is really challenging. I
never considered myself an
improvisational actor, or an
actor at all, but things keep
surfacing, and I’m always
ready to take it on.
What’s next? I’m going to
make another solo record. I
don’t want to wait too long.
I think I’d like to make it just
an electric guitar and voice
record. Of course, once I
get into it, you never know
what’s going to happen.
Continuing to explore with
vocal layerings and guitar
loops and what not. Music
is a huge part of me, and I
guess I haven often denied
myself the realization that I
am most happy when I am
making music.
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