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█ ARTIST: Mi and L'Au █
█ TITLE: If Beauty Is A Crime █
█ LABEL: Important █
█ GENRE: Indie █
█ BITRATE: 217kbps avg █
█ PLAYTIME: 0h 43min total █
█ RELEASE DATE: 2012-00-00 █
█ RIP DATE: 2012-02-28 █
█ URL: █
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█ 01. Territory Is An Animal 2:09 █
█ 02. If Beauty Is A Crime 3:18 █
█ 03. 360 4:33 █
█ 04. Limouzine 4:01 █
█ 05. Magic 80 4:50 █
█ 06. Porcupine 3:53 █
█ 07. Faces 3:33 █
█ 08. Varlden 4:19 █
█ 09. Silk 3:43 █
█ 10. One Day 5:22 █
█ 11. Warrior 3:48 █
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█ After exploring their creative impulses through strings, horns, pianos, █
█ and varied folk influences, Mi and L'au have decided to venture into a █
█ newer, more electric environment on their newest record. If Beauty is a █
█ Crime doesn't feature a single guitar. In fact, you won't find a █
█ traditional instrument anywhere on it. The simple, stripped-down sound █
█ for which they've become so well known is transformed on their latest █
█ album, shaped unexpectedly by circuits, programs, and mechanical █
█ processes. █
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█ "The bet," Mira says, "was to make an album with a computer and new █
█ software... From now on we will study machines, meaning keyboards, drum █
█ machines, and computers in general." █
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█ But, along with Mira and Laurent's redefined approach, something █
█ familiar found its way into their music. While making the album, both █
█ musicians noticed the spectre of familiar melodies and rhythms haunting █
█ their work; the inspiration wasn't from a specific song or melodic line, █
█ but from a mood or an idea buried somewhere in their past. As they █
█ investigated this anomalous influence, they uncovered a shared memory of █
█ films enjoyed during their childhood, specifically those scored by █
█ French composer Franτois de Roubaix. █
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█ Responsible for the music in well over 30 films, de Roubaix was known, █
█ among other things, for his use of synthesizers and drum machines, and █
█ for his use of folk elements in several projects. The connection between █
█ his work and their current endeavor was obvious. Subsequently, Mi and █
█ L'au immersed themselves in his music, even as they continued to produce █
█ their own. Whether by fate or by coincidence, his music found its way █
█ into their lives just as they were beginning to explore what electronic █
█ sounds could do for them. So, in the end, they dedicated If Beauty is a █
█ Crime to Franτois. █
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█ Through their newly discovered electronic voice something older and more █
█ familiar sounded out, and the result is a stunning fusion of ideas and █
█ feelings that completely redefines Mi and L'au's sound. █
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