Paris By Night - Dawning (c) 1998 Seraph
Artist....: Paris By Night
Album.....: Dawning
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 10
Genre.....: Darkwave
Label.....: Seraph
Catalogue#: SER1011
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://www.seraphonline.com/
Tracklist:
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01 This World 02:50
02 Never Touch 04:57
03 Dawning 03:39
04 Easy There 04:43
05 Black Darker 04:22
06 Coming (Here) 04:10
07 Float 03:56
08 America (Jam) 02:40
09 His Smile 03:19
10 All Goes 02:21
Total:52,3 MBB / 36:57 min
Release Notes:
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Pulled from an online review:
Jeanine Acquart, San Antonio's Best Female Vocalist, Best Songwriter
and Sexiest Female Artist for 1994, retains her charming vocals and
sweet intensity after her relocation to New York and creation of Paris
By Night. PBN creates a light, moody atmosphere with their release of
"Dawning" a ten-track CD that features JeanineÆs quiet yet powerful
vocals backed by the acoustic guitar sound of Rico Blythe, Jeff
FurlanÆs bass and the drum work of Peter Garuccio. JeanineÆs vocals are
the forefront of this recording and most other instruments are in
support of her style û a quiet and dreamy vocalization that somehow
maintains an air of power and seductivity.
Jeanine is already a renowned vocalist who performed with a choral
group that traveled throughout Europe prior to her creation of Paris By
Night. PBN keeps their music on a quieter scale; they achieve their
power through poetic and meaningful lyrics. ThereÆs no blaring guitar
riffs, hard bass tracks or heavy drums here. Jeanine slides from chord
to chord, moving effortlessly. "Dawning" is a wonderfully relaxing,
dark and brooding album. The sound is almost folk-like in its delivery,
imbued with melancholy and something close to sadness. Some of the
tracks such as "America (Jam)" pick up the pace a bit, but for the most
part "Dawning" is a slowly moving, strongly enveloping release that
seeks to fade rather than jump into you.
"Easy There" is one of my favored tracks. It's somewhat faster paced
than the other songs here and I rather like the way the lyrics tend to
fight and contradict each other; "Uproot, tear down, build upon, Say
yes / no now then it begins." The track previous to this bears the same
name as the album. "Dawning" is a very subdued, acoustic song that
leans heavily on a Rennaisance or folk sound. Further along the
listings is "Coming (Here)" a brooding track that rolls out like a
deep wave. The bass is stronger here than elsewhere and lends a kind of
drone to the piece. The eighth track, "America (Jam)" is the only one
that doesnÆt rely as heavily on the moody, acoustic sound. This track
is, while not quite blaring, reliant on a more electronic mood.
JeanineÆs vocals in this song mix together at various points creating a
very ghostlike effect thatÆs quite riveting. Her voice still carries
that near-silent seductive quality while the guitars are more
pronounced; almost punk-like. The contradiction of the music versus the
folk singer voice lends "America (Jam)" a strong and powerful quality.
PBN has a unique sound combined of folk and dark moods. ItÆs R.E.M.
after heartbreak, or Depeche Mode joins the S.C.A. But neither of these
two well-known pop groups have the final, uplifting ingredient û singer
Jeanine Acquart. If Paris really is this dark and seductive after the
sun sets, IÆm booking the next Concorde.