If the new 'White Lies' CD leaves you cold and you are wanting something a bit more avant garde then try this CD by Elegi called 'Varde'. This is ambient stuff that reminds us all a bit of the Caretaker in that some of the noises are horrid but somehow comforting. Theres some beautiful violin playing on track 2 which is kind of the 'naughty' to Max Richter's 'nice', Twinkling pianos, creaking doors, the distant sound of horns, the build up bits in Talk Talk records, a disturbed child softly playing the piano in an empty church, cut up acoustic guitar, a horn sampled and then played back at random,the squeak of a violin. These are some of the sounds contained herein - we're all quite lost in this record and I don't even want to turn it off. Its on the Miasmah label and I'm told it fits in with other stuff on the label - i.e dark neo classical ambience. This record is really really good. Unfortunately I don't write for The Wire - I'm sure they'd explain it loads better
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Miacd009 : Elegi - Varde
"Varde", the followup album from last years "Sistereis", is due released january on miasmah. Another doomy piece of beauty from Norwegian melancholic - Elegi. This time also with help from brilliant US-based violinist Meredith Yayanos (aka The parlor Trick) amongst others.
