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Hmpty020 - Tazio&Boy - Winter in the room
Hmpty020 - Tazio & Boy - Winter in the room
CD/Download - Release: 24.10.2011
EN: The official history says the duet Tazio (the boy) and Boy (the girl) was born in Saint-Nazaire, France, during the spring of 2004. Very soon, they began to record lots of songs together, at home, with their own recording equipment, and the occasional assistance of friends. Seeing their catalogue of melodies quickly increasing as the month went by, the duet launched My Little Cab Records, a CD-R micro-label. In addition to their prolific personal production (10 records in only 3 years), they also began to release music from bands they love (White Sails, Chapi Chapo & les petites musiques de pluie, The Missing Season...)
During the winter of 2007, they were noticed within their soft and confidential cocoon by Humpty Dumpty Records. The Brussels-based label was immediately filled with enthusiasm while discovering their intimist and singular little world, and decided to share this lucky discovery with a more significant number of curious ears. The result was Note-Book, a collection of 18 tracks selected by Tazio & Boy among their favorite recordings of the past four years. In perfect adequacy with their intimate and dreamlike folk songs, the cover was designed by the french singer and illustrator Françoiz Breut. The album was well received by the press, and the adventure continued. While things began to take shape for their label and their friends The Missing Season, Boy founded another project, Boy & The Echo Choir.
Tazio & Boy never stopped writing, however, and decided to take the time to record more "seriously" than they may have before...
Winter In The Room, their new album, was recorded at home by the sea, and completed at the beginning of 2011, carefully mixed by Emmanuel Nogues and mastered by Frédéric Alstadt. Written and recorded with more time, attention and dedication, these slowcore songs still bear the duet's DIY touch, but try to look up to Low, Galaxie 500 or Swell rather than back to the early Smog or Daniel Johnston lo-fi they may have been compared to before.
Hmpty019 - Clare Louise - Castles in the air
Hmpty019 - Clare Louise - Castles in the air
CD/Vinyl/Download - Release: 24.10.2011
FR: Si Clare Louise a composé ses premières mélodies lors d’un voyage en Irlande, c’est à Bruxelles que cette jeune Française a posé sa guitare. Avec son timbre haut perché et profond, il ne lui aura guère fallu de temps pour s’inviter dans le cercle très fermé des grandes voix du folk (on pense notamment à Karen Dalton, Alela Diane ou encore Jesse Sykes,…). Quant au songwriting direct et intuitif, il nous plonge dans les mondes intérieurs de la demoiselle, entre des souvenirs qui restent et qui s’effacent, la souffrance du temps qui passe et autres thèmes qu’une vie ne suffirait pas à explorer…
Bien qu’initiée en solitaire, l’aventure pousse Clare Louise à s’entourer d’une violoncelliste et d’un second guitariste afin d’offrir une nouvelle dimension à des morceaux intimes et fragiles. Dans la foulée, elle enregistre un EP autoproduit (2009) et multiplie les concerts, avec notamment des passages remarqués au Botanique, à l’AB, à Esperanzah !, au BSF,… Mais en début d’année, Clare Louise décide de s’arrêter une nouvelle fois pour enregistrer son premier album. Sous la direction de Marc Huyghens (JOY, ex-Venus), elle s’efforce donc de mettre en boîte 12 morceaux avec l’aide de ses fidèles acolytes (Charlotte Danhier et Cédric Van Caillie) et de quelques invités (Tuur Florizoone, Françoise Vidick (JOY), Mathieu Catala (Balimurphy),…). Il en résulte Castles in the air, un album dont le folk oscille entre des compositions délicates et épurées et d’autres plus orchestrées et colorées mais qui, toutes, nous invitent à voyager dans l’univers très personnel de Clare Louise.
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EN: French songwriter now residing in Brussels, Clare Louise wrote her first guitar melodies during a trip to Ireland some years ago. Her high pitched, yet deep voice belongs to the club of folk's finest, and evokes Karen Dalton, Alela Diane or Jesse Sykes. Her direct, intuitive songwriting reveals the lady's inner self, souvenirs present and fading, reflections on the passing of time...
Started as a solo project, the Clare Louise adventure now comprises a cellist and a second guitarist, giving more space and extent to her delicate tunes. 2009 saw her self-releasing a first E.P. and starting playing live actively, with highlights at Le Botanique, L'Ancienne Belgique, Esperanzah Festival...
Early this year, she began work on her first album, with the help of her faithful musicians (Charlotte Danhier and Cédric Van Caillie), guests (Tuur Florizoone, Françoise Vidick (JOY), Mathieu Catala (Balimurphy) under the supervision of Marc Huyghens (JOY, ex-Venus). The result is Castles In The Air, a 12 track debut album of folk songs, at times sober and fragile, at others more colored and orchestrated, all highly personal.
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