Colleen Et Les Boites a Musique

Colleen Et Les Boites a Musique

Colleen et les Bo tes Musique is a generous EP (nearly 40 minutes) containing 13 pieces C cile Schott (aka Colleen) was commissioned to create for a special broadcast by the French government's Radiophonic Workshop, with the addition of "I'll Read You a Story," reprised from her 2005 album The Golden Morning Breaks. As the title implies (translation: Colleen and the music boxes), every one of these pieces apart from the languorous "Story" (which also features classical guitar) was made exclusively using music boxes, and it is likely as thorough an exploration of the possibilities of that instrument as has ever been conducted. Although the sonic palette is necessarily rather limited (Schott does expand it somewhat via electronic recording techniques), the range of moods and qualities she manages to evoke with it is impressively broad, encompassing the bleary, distended melancholy of "The Sad Panther," the jokey, scrappy "Charles's Birthday Card" and "A Bear Is Trapped" (shambolic reworkings of, respectively, "Rockabye Baby" and "Pop Goes the Weasel"), and the pure susurrating sweetness of the two-part "What Is a Componium?" (incidentally, it's a music box that allows you to create your own tunes using punch cards). As a whole, the record is both a marvelously inventive compositional project and a delightful, delicate, and enchanting collection of music, certainly among the loveliest offerings in Colleen's impressive oeuvre. ~ K. Ross Hoffman, Rovi
Country USA
Brand Leaf
Manufacturer Leaf
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber BAY53CD
Model BAY53CD
ReleaseDate 2006-10-10
UnitCount 1
Format EP
UPCs 843190001125
EANs 0843190001125

Country	USA
Brand	Leaf
Manufacturer	Leaf
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	BAY53CD
Model	BAY53CD
ReleaseDate	2006-10-10
UnitCount	1
Format	EP
UPCs	843190001125
EANs	0843190001125