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Album Name: Vessel
Artist: Sylvi Alli
Year/Label: 2010 / Vertical Pool Productions
[Buy at Amazon] but pricy
[Download at Amazon]
Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell
Having Reviewed Sylvi Alli in the past, I was happy to see that she had done a new album. Thankfully it follows her previous high standards. She records in an ethereal style and has a voice like few others do.
Opener Conduit is bleak yet offers wonderfully delivered vocals. There are no other instruments but it holds together anyway.
Gyre is a barely-there song with some celestial harmonies from Alli. Sort of like a warmer Dead Can Dance song.
Arbor Sea sees her reach some intriguing sounds, her vocals are lovely as ever and the delicately woven tune suits her fine.
Tyger has some impressive yet low-key atmospherics that Alli puts to good use. She uses William Blake’s poem of the same name to get her point across.
It’s a tranquil yet suspenseful album and it should be loved by many.
Track Listing
1. Conduit
2. North
3. Gyre
4. Naiad
5. Hex
6. Arbor Sea
7. Incant
8. Through the veil
9. Tyger
10. By Fire
11. Rising
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Album Name: Fourth, Part One
Artist: Deleyaman
Year/Label: 2010 / Equilibrium Music
[Buy at Amazon]
Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell
Deleyaman are an ethereal band with a wealth of influences on this new album.
Singers Beatrice Valantin and Aret Madilian have lovely voices that compliment each other well. They use the duduk, an Armenian wind instrument that gives them a unique sound.
Stay On sees Madilian singing a soft tune and getting to a calm state easily. The song is just gorgeous.
Roses has Valantin softly evoking something like a calmer Dead Can Dance. The melody barely moves, but lingers like smoke in the air.
Jardin sung in French hardly advances the tempo, but has a light rhythm that makes the loveliness acquire an edge. Madlian’s brooding vocals briefly flirt with Brendan Perry’s sorrowful swoon.
Fill my Heart brushes past sort of barely there but is gorgeous also. It has a nice hymn-like quality to it.
A part two of this is promised and will be most welcome.
Track Listing
1. Book of Change
2. Stay On
3. Roses
4. Aravod Luys
5. Be Still
6. Temples
7. Somehow
8. Jardin
9. Fill My Heart
10. Traffic Lights
11. Arev Tibav
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