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Les Ondes Silencieuses
Colleen
Les Ondes Silencieuses
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, Special Interest, New Age, Pop, Rock
 
Cécile Schott returns with her third album as Colleen, the highly personal, distinctly adventurous and confident Les Ondes Silencieuses, which follows Colleen Et Les Boites A Musique from late 2006. This album sign...  more »

     
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All Artists: Colleen
Title: Les Ondes Silencieuses
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Leaf Spain
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 6/26/2007
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, Special Interest, New Age, Pop, Rock
Styles: Ambient, Electronica, Indie & Lo-Fi, Experimental Music, Instrumental
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 843190005727

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Album Description
Cécile Schott returns with her third album as Colleen, the highly personal, distinctly adventurous and confident Les Ondes Silencieuses, which follows Colleen Et Les Boites A Musique from late 2006. This album signals a change of approach for Parisienne Schott. Gone are the samples and loops of old, as the emphasis moves to the natural tones produced by a range of unusual live instruments.

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CD Reviews

Quiet waves on the shores of scarcity
Black Eagle Child | Wisconsin | 06/27/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)

"The title of this album is pristinely apt.



This is my first experience with the artist Colleen and I am completely hooked by the sound exhibited on this record. Every track begins gently and builds itself into a beautiful mixture of despair and apprehension. The album itself isn't depressing, but (and you ought to be able to tell this from the cover) it is perceivable that the music is designed to be taken seriously and listened to closely.



If you are expecting impressive technique or wild performances, you may be disappointed. Where "Les Ondes Silencieuses" succeeds most is in the texture and emotion of every piece of sound. The layers of orchestration are put down slowly, so as to build apprehension. First a cello, then a guitar, then a clarinet, etc. Even moments in which little sound is made are important. With this scarcity, Colleen draws up in her listeners a desire for more texture, another wave of emotion. The record oscillates between peaks of overwhelming feeling.



This is really a fine piece of neo-classical music and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for instrumental music that you can really listen to. This is not background music!"