構成数 | 1枚

合計収録時間 | 00:00:00

Personnel: April March (vocals); Bertrand Burgalat (various instruments); Philippe Auclair, Benjamin Court (guitar); Abigail Trundle, Teresa Whipple, Jeremy Morris, Christopher Goldsceider, Eleanor Gilchrist (strings); David Longdon (flute); Christian Lechevretel (trumpet, trombone); Richie Thomas (drums, percussion); Elinor Blake (background vocals).
Thee Headcoatees: Kyra La Rubia, Ludella Black, Bongo Debbie, Holly Golightly (background vocals).
Engineers include: Bertrand Burgalat, Charles Goodan, Art Hodge.
Includes liner notes by Louis Philippe.
In the early '90s, Elinor Blake (formerly of The Pussywillows and The Shitbirds) transformed herself into French-pop songstress April March. Taking her cues from such '60s icons as France Gall and Francoise Hardy, March released a slew of singles and EPs on tiny labels, setting her helium-filled bilingual coo to a variety of sympathetic, melodic settings.
CHROMINANCE DECODER, March's full-length debut, begins with the Pizzicato Five-gone-triphop "Knee Socks" and "Sugar." But March soon settles into a more comfortable mode, sounding like a Francophile Petula Clark on "Garcon Glacon" and hitting her full Serge Gainsbourg-inspired stride on the brilliant "Mignonette." From there, March bounces from the Bacharach-meets-Stereolab vibe of the title track to inspired daffiness (the bouncy "Garden Of April"), to Jeanne Moreau-esque acoustic balladry ("Mickey Et Chantal") and back-without sticking in any one place too long. CHROMINANCE DECODER sparkles and charms like Paris in the spring.