What to say about Melodium that hasn't been said in our reviews before? I dunno 'cos I can't be arsed going back and actually reading them all so apologies if I'm just repeating things. On Palimpse he's adeptly displaying his twinkly pastoral electronica skills, evoking all manner of scenes - woods with glitter floating through the air, memories of lazy countryside strolls and how I imagine a life lived in a snow globe to sound. That's not to say there's no darkness in his music whatsoever though, as tracks like 'The Hole' demonstrate more than ably, but to me it's a dreamy fairy tale darkness, still containing some sort of innocence.. Albeit perhaps threatened by some sort of sinister force. An expertly crafted CD to fire the imagination.
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Sound clips for Palimpse by Melodium: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Symbolic Interaction, SIC026, £6.99.
Music written & produced by laurent girard, at home, between nov 2006 and feb 2007 mastered by rudi arapahoe
artwork by laurent girard and kentaro togawa
Tracklisting:
1. bombs
2. in the forest at night
3. wreckage
4. kissing disease (first version)
5. german voice
6. the hole
7. guitare theme
8. landscapes
9. a soft light
10. endless guitare
11. insomnia
