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░ ▓████▓▌ ░ Artist.......: Astrid ▐▓▀▀
▓ ▐█████▓█ Album........: Music For ▀ ░
▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Genre........: Indie ░▓ ▌
▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Language.....: English ░▓░▐▓
▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: Arbouse Recordings ░▓░ █▓▌
▐█▓▓ ▀▓ Catnr........: 008 ░▓▓▓ ▐█▓▓
▓█▓▌ URL..........: n/a ▓░ ███▓▓[z0o]░
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░▓▓░ ▐█▓▓ ░ ░▓▓░ playtime....: 39:30 min ░▓▓ ▐███████▓▓▌ ░
░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ rip.date....: 18-02-2005 ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░
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▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ ripper......: Just Team ░▓░ █▀ ░░▓▓▓ ▀▓
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░ ▐███████▓▓▌░▓▓▓░ size........: 53,3 MB ░▓▓▓▓▓ ▓░▓▓░░ ░
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▓████▓▌ 01. Alxsnake 05:05 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 02. Piano1 02:22 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 03. Harmo 04:45 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 04. Astgit 03:38 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 05. Piano2 02:58 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 06. m.h 06:01 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 07. Piano3 03:08 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 08. Crumar 11:33 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ▓▌
▓████▓▌ A product of the French label, Arbouse Recordings, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Astrid's first offering is a collection of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ minimalist, mainly acoustic pieces that represents ▓▌
▓████▓▌ an understanding of past talents in this area. The ▓▌
▓████▓▌ beginning piece 'Alxsnake' sets a rather mournful ▓▌
▓████▓▌ tone but its lugubrious melody sounds like a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ recording from Labradford's 'Mi Media Naranja' with ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the third track 'Harmo' plotting a very similar ▓▌
▓████▓▌ course. The piano pieces - imaginatively titled ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 'Piano1', 'Piano2' and 'Piano3' - are clearly cut ▓▌
▓████▓▌ from the same cloth as Mark Hollis' solo work. Yet ▓▌
▓████▓▌ when those influences all come together we hear the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ best of Astrid: the Tour de Force is 'm.h'; a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ slowly unwinding piece of music that wastes not a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ second of its six minute length. The final track ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 'Crumar' adds another five minutes and - after a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ tentative beginning - great atmospheric washes of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ harmonium make themselves known. 'Music For' ▓▌
▓████▓▌ doesn't quite contain enough new ideas to set a new ▓▌
▓████▓▌ agenda for ambient music but it's a worthy addition ▓▌
▓████▓▌ for fans of the genre nonetheless. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Astrid is a band comprised of Vanina Andreani, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Guillaume Pervieux, Ivan Ros, and Cyril Secq. It is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ apparent from the very beginning of this album that ▓▌
▓████▓▌ beauty is in store for the listener. This album ▓▌
▓████▓▌ feels very much like an alternate soundtrack to M. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Night ShyamalanÆs The Village. Also, the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ musicianship on this album is fantastic. It is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ patient and the compositions breathtaking. The vast ▓▌
▓████▓▌ array of instruments used on the album is also ▓▌
▓████▓▌ impressive: violin, harmonium, metellophone, piano, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Rhodes, claviers, percussion, guitar, and melodica. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ This combination makes for a haunting sound that is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ both glorious and beautiful. Originally, Music For ▓▌
▓████▓▌ was composed for a short film by Guillaume Paturel ▓▌
▓████▓▌ called NYC III. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ ôAlxsnakeö opens with the tinkle of chimes and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ominous minor chords. This builds into a blissful ▓▌
▓████▓▌ soundscape that ends in what seems to be wood ▓▌
▓████▓▌ either snapping or on fire. This ends and blends ▓▌
▓████▓▌ into beautiful violin and deep percussion. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Eventually, sparse guitar joins the chorus of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ sounds. ôPiano1ö begins with a piano playing sparse ▓▌
▓████▓▌ cords. It has a melancholy feel that is light and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ airy. This piece is very short, but leads the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ listener into a violin driven opening of ôHarmo.ö ▓▌
▓████▓▌ There is also a mixture of what sounds like cellos. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Again, this sounds like its right out of The ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Village and is beautiful. Eventually there are some ▓▌
▓████▓▌ sounds thrown in there using strings and what may a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ keyboard and some cymbals. There is a hum of chords ▓▌
▓████▓▌ that are fuzzy over the top of the beautifully ▓▌
▓████▓▌ composed strings. This leads to a track that has a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ very different feel on the disc: ôAstgit.ö It leads ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the listener into a peaceful track with warm ▓▌
▓████▓▌ guitar. There are some backward loops in the song, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ among other silent sounds. The song trails out with ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the soft backward sounds and some humming type ▓▌
▓████▓▌ guitar, leading the listener into ôPiano2.ö ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ ôPiano2ö has a magnificently composed piano piece ▓▌
▓████▓▌ over various sounds, some strumming of the guitar ▓▌
▓████▓▌ strings up near the tuning pegs perhaps, and some ▓▌
▓████▓▌ other various strings being plucked and played. The ▓▌
▓████▓▌ song filters out into the various sounds of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ knocking and string plucking and then is silent. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ This leads the listener into the brighter toned, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ striped down beginning of ôM.H.ö This has beautiful ▓▌
▓████▓▌ acoustic guitar work that has a kind of classical ▓▌
▓████▓▌ feel to it. This is a song that has the first full ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ray of hope in it on the whole album. ôM.H.ö ▓▌
▓████▓▌ actually feels like it has more structure and is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the fullest track up to this point on the disc. The ▓▌
▓████▓▌ guitar work is intricate and there are multiple ▓▌
▓████▓▌ guitars playing off of each other. ItÆs quite ▓▌
▓████▓▌ gorgeous. Piano also punctuates the song with ▓▌
▓████▓▌ forceful under girding and fills it out nicely. A ▓▌
▓████▓▌ shaker is a primary means of keeping the beat in ▓▌
▓████▓▌ place while a bass drum and sparse percussion play ▓▌
▓████▓▌ a supporting cast to the effective guitar picking ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and strumming. This song gets more and more complex ▓▌
▓████▓▌ as you go and the build is amazingly intricate. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Then, a quiet moment with piano, soft guitar and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ then the fade out. This leads into the last of the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ôpianoö songs. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ ôPiano3ö has accordion, piano and has a repeated ▓▌
▓████▓▌ line that feels like the finish to a song over and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ over again. This line eventually changes and has an ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ominous feel about it. I donÆt want to give the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ impression that this album is so depressing that ▓▌
▓████▓▌ itÆs not worth listening to. On the contrary, it is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ melancholy in a very beautiful and touching way. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ The album finishes with the longest track called ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ôCumar.ö ôCumarö begins with a slow pulse that ▓▌
▓████▓▌ fades in and out. This fade is very slow, then ▓▌
▓████▓▌ starts into a percussive type sound with what ▓▌
▓████▓▌ sounds like violin being played very slowly. Keys ▓▌
▓████▓▌ come into the mix and some sounds on the strings ▓▌
▓████▓▌ that are a bit caustic. This blend of hums and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ stings make for a beautiful soundscape that is wide ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and far-reaching. The depth of this bandÆs work is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ tremendous. The cello adds real contrast to the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ higher pitched violin strings. Eventually, all of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the instruments and noises fill the soundscape in ▓▌
▓████▓▌ glorious volume, enveloping the listener. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ This is a masterpiece of experimental/ambient ▓▌
▓████▓▌ music. It really is a melancholy beauty, sweeping ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the listener of their feet into the world that ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Astrid has created. Turn out the lights, lay on ▓▌
▓████▓▌ your bed, turn up the volume, and let Astrid take ▓▌
▓████▓▌ you on a tour of their universe. ▓▌
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