{"id":16622,"date":"2016-11-08T14:42:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T19:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=16622"},"modified":"2018-08-09T17:08:36","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T21:08:36","slug":"track-review-dia-covered-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/track-review-dia-covered-light\/","title":{"rendered":"TRACK REVIEW: Dia &#8220;Covered in Light&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-16623\" src=\"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dia-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"dia\" width=\"669\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dia-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dia-324x216.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dia-416x277.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dia-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dia-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dia.jpg 1335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Composer and singer,\u00a0Danielle Birrittella, under the moniker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DIATHEMUSIC\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dia<\/a>, is releasing airy, ethereal tracks that&#8217;ll transport you in space and time\u2014or so it&#8217;ll feel like.<\/p>\n<p>After performing ceremonial ragas on a Hindu ashram where she was raised, she went on to train and perform as an opera singer, which is a background that clearly shines through in her current music, with its rich and velvety baroque pop sound. Her music utilizes a variety of string instruments: guitar, ukulele, and cello, to name a few. Her single &#8220;Covered in Light&#8221; is a perfect example of her unique background; she draws heavily on classical elements and gives them a unique experimental twist that&#8217;ll make your head spin.<\/p>\n<p>Dia just released her first EP\u00a0<em>Tiny Ocean<\/em> on Manimal Records. Check out &#8220;Covered in Light&#8221; below, then head to her <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dia-dia-dia\" target=\"_blank\">SoundCloud<\/a> to complete the journey.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/233893045&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dia&#8217;s single &#8220;Covered in Light&#8221; off her EP Tiny Ocean will transport you to another planet. Track review by AudioFemme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":16655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[284,5318,1159,5321,5315,5314,913,5320,955,4223,4221,1864,3640,3958,1950,4229,5317,5316,4371,2017,3321,1558,4369,4376,5319,4370],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dia-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16622"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16622"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16656,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16622\/revisions\/16656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}