ARTIST: Li Alin
TITLE: All In
LABEL: Asphodel Records
GENRE: Lo-Fi
BITRATE: 162kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 33m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-04-25
RIP DATE: 2007-02-21
Track List
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1. Feu 3:22
2. Killing Time 4:32
3. Little Girl 4:37
4. Jesus 2:42
5. Pray 2:11
6. Leave Me Alone 2:19
7. Divinations 4:27
8. Folie 2:53
9. The Stirring 2:18
10. J'aspire 3:53
Release Notes:
Li Alin has worked with many other media art forms before landing in the music
world. From her experiences in building mobile sculptural robotics to crafting
virtual sperm banks for the internet she brings very unusual perspectives to her
fascination with reproduction, science fiction and soundtrack . "ALL IN" is an
audio diary of "pop noir" love songs that chronicles an exploration of a deeper,
more intimate side to her engaging sphere of contradictory personalities.
These ten French and English parables were conceived in Li's isolated
"Nesthetik" lab in downtown Montreal where the themes of loneliness, erotic hope
and transformation became restless acquaintances. Selections to focus upon
include "Killing Time is Killing Me" "Little Girl" and the final "J'aspire"
track for those seeking an introduction to the album. The other songs like the
opener "Feu" and the piano and voice mysteries of "Leave Me Alone" & "Folie"
etc. depict a more personal poetry, solitary in scope and expansive in
character.. Stylistic references may touch upon hints of Marlene Dietrich, Nico
or aspects of Serge Gainsbourg, but the listeners for Li Alin are apt to find
themselves in a fresher , fragile universe navigated by the obsessive nature of
this spare and rigorous euphoric voice.