Artist.......: Felicia Atkinson
Album........: La La La
Label........: Spekk
Genre........: Electronic
Catnr........: KK: 018
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Jan-18-2009
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.spekk.net
track title time
01. Lila 02:35
02. No Wedding 01:47
03. Guitar Means Mountain 03:58
04. Blue Walls 03:19
05. White 00:51
06. Curir 01:53
07. To this Island 03:42
08. Je Ne Sais Pas 01:23
09. Schnee Part 05:16
10. Brother in Mind 02:24
11. Lonesome as the Sun 03:33
Runtime 30:41 min
Size 37,2 MB
Release Notes:
"La La La" was recorded at home in Paris and
Brussels.
As a multimedia artist more than a full time
musician, I decided to use rough materials of
recording and mixing such as Garageband free
software, in a democratic and playfull way, with
the instruments that were at home, such as piano,
acoustic guitar, glockenspiel and field recording
from the room.
The songs were done by improvisation, then edited
with sometimes the help of Sylvain Chauveau, in the
aim of keeping something very oral, inspired and
spontaneous.
Some pieces have been presented before as a sound
installation in real space. I like when there are
connections and echos of the same piece in
different mediums such as installation, recordings,
texts, sounds.
The lyrics are in different languages in this idea
of playing with the different levels of knowledges
and images. One of the song, "Schnee Part", is the
reading of a poem by Paul Celan, "Umlessbarkeit",
in the "Schnee Part" antholgy. It is read in German
as many time as i needed to understand it.
The last song, "Lonesome as the Sun" is based on
the guitar of David Daniell, a great guitarist from
Chicago i met with Sylvain in New York City.
Chanting and playing "La La La" was for me at the
same level as drawing or writing: something to
measure the present time and the perspective of the
vanished, as a memento mori.