DORA'LI - SÆIEGLÎ:N YGR 11
CD-R -49 copies- (4€) Dorali is the musical collaboration between delphine dora and 'li.
It's an improvisation project which consists mainly on our two voices
together, and our 4 hands playing the piano. Sometimes, delphine plays
the piano, while 'li sings. Sometimes, it's the contrary. SÆIEGLÎ:N , our first record, is the result of three afternoon of
improvisations (between february and april 2007).
Vocalizations between whispers and shout, wordless and imaginary
langage, avant-garde piano playing and ethnic primitive sounds: it's
almost what you can hear in this adventurous and free record which
explore the different sides of voice and musical exploration. SÆIEGLÎ:N is under Creative Commons Licence. You can listen the whole record on our VIRB PAGE . Dora'li on VIRB
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YOUNG GIRLS RECORDS (only 4 Euros, include postpage) And you can DOWNLOAD HERE FOR FREE Review by HeathenHarvest.Com Usually I reserve information concerning the logistics surrounding a release for later in the review, but this one is different. Fortunately, this is available as a download because there are only 49 copies in circulation in a lovely hand-sewn printed cloth pouch. Also fortunate is that the information regarding this disk is available online because the printed pouch is virtually impossible to read. What is unfortunate is that I lack the ability (or perhaps the knowledge?) to properly translate the disk's and many of its track's titles accurately, so my apologies in advance to the artists and sensitive readers.
The music is performed by the duo of Delphine Dora and Aurelie (ex-Gina Artworth) using piano (sometimes four-hands), voice and various percussives recorded in 2007. Although it's purported that the disk is improvised there's an undeniable sense of classical training in the mix as well. A liberal sense of playfulness and atonality become apparent immediately in the disturbingly attractive first two tracks. The third piece is something like Satie and Weill meeting for spiked tea on a particularly sunny afternoon in Portugal. We're talking vignettes here (twenty tracks in forty-plus minutes), song-structures and not thoroughly developed compositions. The voice work is especially striking, evoking both Cathy Berberian and Catherine Jauniaux in their avant-garde best moments, yet still able to return to a tonal center when appropriate. The piano work comes across as something like Debussy channeled through Irene Schweizer in a psychedelic cabaret. Several tracks have a child-like quality that I find to be a signifier of a mature artist with all faculties in tact, while others are seem more focused and honestly sensual. The last number even employs a Gamelan tuning (or at least a close cousin). Keep in mind that there's a language barrier in effect here, although I suspect that they are not only speaking French (ahem).
Dora'li have succeeded in creating an entirely new music here and I have no idea how to classify it...nor do I care to do so. There's the tension and release, a bit of sturm und drang and a shitload of good-natured fun free play. It gets better as it progresses and ultimately comes across as one big suite rather than a collection of 18 individual works. Regardless of how you assess it, this is an absolutely great recording. This is the sort of thing I've always wanted to hear but never knew existed. Bully for me...can't wait to hear more. A+
