BOUTET, Danielle - Pieces (reissue) - Vinyl (LP)
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Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information Danielle BOUTET Pieces (reissue) (limited LP + booklet in die-cut sleeve) Freedom To Spend
Cat: FTS 027. Rel: 15 Apr 24
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Side 1 - Track 1. SpiraleSide 1 - Track 2. AntichambreSide 1 - Track 3. ImagesSide 1 - Track 4. Le RideauSide 1 - Track 5. P 216Side 2 - Track 1. En Attendant L'AubeSide 2 - Track 2. Le Tournant Des TempsSide 2 - Track 3. Hivers 1 - Cap-Des-RosiersSide 2 - Track 4. Hivers 2 - Sol-Six D'HiverSide 2 - Track 5. 14e Sie'cle
Danielle Boutet's Pieces is a mysterious artifact of Quebecois marginalia, self-released in 1985. Seeming to land squarely in the French no wave niche, yet nonetheless defying it through sinister inversions of the form, the reissued album comes as a reminder of Boutet's impressive command over atmosphere and narrative. Arabesque monologues in her native French soar over warblingly warm arpeggios, which sound ready-primed for traversals of Transylvania, while the more languid cuts make use of impressively synthetic emulations of what could otherwise sound like affectedly acoustic instruments, such as the "harmonica" on 'En attendant l'aube'. This is a welcome unearthing of an otherwise unconscious album, made in the space between REM sleep and authentic, out-of-the-limelight living.
