a r t i s t : Balroynigress
t i t l e : Shampoo & Champagne
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Kning Disk (KD022CD)
g e n r e : Indie
r l s. d a t e : Apr/2007
t r a c k s : 10
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 38,2 MB
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Limited edition of 900 handmade copies. A bittersweet voice
and an antibiotic against the usual banalities of pop music
culture.
Kning Disk continues to impress with it's output of special
musical relics. Balroynigress is the enigmatic name for a one
man project by the visual artist, songwriter and musical
artist, Eric Jeor, "Shampoo & Champagne" is his debut
manifestation as Balroynigress - a Swedish-French trio, that
apart from Jeor (song, guitar, bass and synthesizer), consist
of Bill van Cutten (song, drums, melodica and synthesizer) and
Elvire Soyes (song).
The ten tracks on the album are characterized by performances
that with justification could be described as economical and
scaled down. The lesser format also applies for space of time,
instead of longer excesses, the choice is consistently to
rather let carrying ideas and structure, with an explicit
focus on the wholeness that is "Shampoo & Champagne", get its
expressions in a concentrated form.
Harmony and experiment partakes in a balanced unity; simple
and fragile melodies of an almost sing-along type shifts to
broken up, yet tranquil, excursions. Acoustic guitar, organ,
bass and simple synthesizer arrangements creates room and
light background tapestry for the poetic lyrics, often
performed for two voices by Jeor and van Cutten.
"Shampoo & Champagne" is the state of being after the end of
history and love. Hope and longings are small and pitiful
against the background of melancholy acceptance that haunts
the Unheroically adjusted everyday life with its failures and
inadequacies. God seems absent, existence absurd. The music of
Balroynigress gives both a bittersweet voice to this condition
and an antibiotic treatment against the usual banalities of
pop music; it wants to wash our brains with shampoo and
champagne.
The Cd-release is handmade and a limited edition of 900
copies. Apart from the lyrics, the foldout cover is adorned by
a watercolour print of Eric Jeor.
http://www.kningdisk.com
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01-Postlove [02:33]
02-Go go go [03:17]
03-Antibiotic popmusic [03:46]
04-The landlords loveaffair [03:19]
05-I like the time [03:31]
06-As silent as the trees [03:08]
07-Twenty neon lighted feet underground [03:16]
08-Shampoo and champagne [03:59]
09-Morphine and cookies [02:54]
10-The landlords loveaffair (part two) [04:10]
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33:53 min