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Most of the time, cello and piano are “speaking” in contrasting voices, but Lanzilotti’s re-interpretation for viola and piano (played by Karl Larson) forces both parts into the same register. The movements are clearly inspired by spoken language the instruments are often in conversation with each other.

With works by Andrew Norman, Caroline Shaw, Lanzilotti, and Anna Thorvaldsdóttir, in manus tuas is a fantastic debut.Īndrew Norman paired piano and cello in the five movements of his piece Sonnets, inspired by excerpts from Shakespeare’s texts. Her playing is largely balanced, both in tone and with the other instruments that accompany her on the pieces she has selected for the album. Lanzilotti is particularly adept at navigating the challenges one might find shifting new music repertoire from cello to viola, but her listeners would never hear that difficulty. The record is primarily a collection of transcriptions of pieces written first for cello or violin that Lanzilotti has reinterpreted for viola. There are any number of ways that this could’ve been handled differently to give the user a better indication of the “stop” point.Out on New Focus Recordings is in manus tuas, the debut solo album from composer and violist Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti. In a similar vein, the iCare is super simple to fill, until you are trying to spot the fill-limit line. I love that there is an airflow controller, especially with a nice range of settings, but to adjust it you have to take off the mouthpiece and unscrew the chimney–a simple task, but a couple too many fiddly steps to be something that you will want to do often.

And while I hate the whole idea of 8/8 and what it did to innovation and product design, I have to mention oddities. My only guess is that Eleaf was–like everyone else–scrambling to get new products to the market before 8/8. Why the actuator is left basically exposed with a note that says “don’t touch” is just odd.

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But… my appreciation for those kind of attributes of the mod do not quite extend to what is under the hood, erm, mouthpiece. It’s simple, clean, interesting, and sturdy. I grab this when I want simplicity (which seems to be the main thing I want these days).Īs a unit, I love the way the device looks and feels (plus, it has a nice little heft for such a tiny unit). I know what to grab for flavor chasing, and I know what to grab for cloudage.

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No matter how open or closed off, on a scale of 1-10 (where 1 is no flavor and 10 is full flavor) the iCare Mini doesn’t get much better than a 5 (IME). I’d be remiss to not point out that the flavor is pretty lackluster, though (but I am used to more intense setups). The vapor is pretty good with the iCare Mini, better than the Juul, and about the same as the Cync. I have found that I like various airflow settings, it just depends on the day or the nic strength I am using (high nic isn’t too pleasant as a direct-lung hit, so I use that setting to achieve a hefty throat-hit with high nic). And, luckily, the low capacity of the battery should not be an issue, as long as you keep the PCC handy (plus, you can always just use the iCare Mini itself as a pass-thru.)įor me, the iCare is working well. It is tiny, so the e-juice capacity is pretty low (you may want to get some unicorn bottles and keep on hand). This is not meant to be a cloud device, though it puts out a nice amount of vapor and is pretty quick on the ramp. The performance of the iCare Mini is good–just keep your expectations in check.

Put mouthpiece back on (big hole over silicon-covered actuator).

Insert chimney into tank and screw in the way you took it off (either with the mouthpiece or with your fingers).

You can check the type of draw by drawing on the tip of the chimney, but the coil must be on to determine how the draw will be. You can remove the ring entirely for the most open setting, or close it off completely for tight draw (enough air can still come through to work as the tightest setting, though it will appear to be “off”.

Adjust airflow by turning the five-hole ring near the top of the chimney.

The tank window has a fill-limit line that is hard to see hold it up to the light to see and add e-juice (stop no higher than the fill-limit line).

Use the rectangular cutout on the bottom of the mouthpiece as a tool to unscrew the chimney (or use your fingers, if you are nimble enough).

Pull off the mouthpiece of the iCare (grab the tip between your index finger and thumb).

Take out an iCare coil head and drip a couple drops of liquid down the center of the coil (we recommend a 50/50 blend).

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