Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project is a collaborative studio album by American jazz pianist Vijay Iyer and American hip-hop musician Mike Ladd. It was released on Pi Recordings in 2013.
Critical reception
Daniel Paton of MusicOMH gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, calling it "compelling and beautiful; troubling and moving in equal measure." Mike Hobart of Financial Times gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, writing, "Each track is stalked by the fear, guilt and surrealism of the post-traumatic dreams that were culled from scores of interviews."
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes.
Vijay Iyer – piano, electric piano, electronics, production, programming, liner notes Mike Ladd – vocals, analogue synthesizer, liner notes Maurice Decaul – vocals Lynn Hill – vocals Pamela Z – vocals Guillermo E. Brown – vocals, effects Liberty Ellman – guitar, mixing Okkyung Lee – cello Kassa Overall – drums
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