Nordic Days

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合計収録時間 : 01:12:26
This 14 track collection of music from a flock of Europeans features recordings from Goldfrapp, Magnet, Sigur Ros, Redfish, Fickle, Holymood, Mum, Gare Du Nord, Obersoundz, the Reindeer Section, and Moby, among others. Personnel: Alison Goldfrapp (vocals, whistling, keyboards); Sam Amant (vocals, keyboards, programming); Loleness, DJ Stefano Cianculli, Agat Sarhaoui (vocals); Deise Mikhail, Guilhem Bezzina (keyboards, programming); Will Gregory (keyboards); Rowan Oliver (percussion, drum programming); Clive Deamer (percussion); Nick Batt (drum programming). Audio Mixers: Guilhem Bezzina; Jim Abbiss; Moby. Audio Remixers: Deise Mikhail; Dan Electro. Recording information: (aA) Paris Recording Studio; Davout Studio, Paris, France; Magnetophonic Labs, Bergen, Norway. Photographer: David A. Stein. Arrangers: Deise Mikhail; Alison Goldfrapp; Will Gregory. This comp issued by Play It Again Sam moves on the interesting idea to gather groups based on geographical proximity to the spume and chill of the North Sea. While many of its artists are electronically inclined, or at least mildly glitchy, there's still variety in Nordic Days' depths. The fractured, sketchy surge of Sigur Ros' "Viorar Vel Til Loftarasa" leads into the dark-alley cabaret electronica of Goldfrapp's "Pilots (On a Star)," while Gare du Nord's "Metropole Dub" is by-the-numbers down-tempo jazz. The clicky house of Holymood's "Brand New Mood" is a bit more interesting. Nordic Days ends strong with the drifting IDM psychedelia of Mum's "Land Between Solar Systems," a demo version of the Reindeer Section's "Budapest." Best might be "I Will Find the Smile of the Betrayed Woman" from Frenchman Loleness. A halting, half-mournful number delivered in his cracked Michael Stipe falsetto, "Smile" sounds like a sea shanty sung to a dear departed mermaid. ~ Johnny Loftus
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