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Thread started 04/04/06 3:20pm

Sdldawn

New album I found..

This group I happened to run up on.. and could barely find that much information about them. The album I am reffering to is:

Pillow - Flowing Seasons

It was released this year, and it is their sophmore album... very different from their first album.

Its an experimental album, and contains some beautiful elements in their compositions..

I suspect fans of Sigur Ros, Mum, Bjork would really enjoy it..

It contains both female and male vocals.. and the music has a lot electronic elements.. as well as acoustic instruments.. including a BEAUTIFUL instrumental piano piece that closes the album.

Heads up on this.. I am really enjoying this. The lead male vocalist sounds just like the lead singer of Sigur Ros.


Beautiful album.
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Review I found online (below)
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by soul seduction

Best known as the keyboarder of Italy's premier post rock combo Giardini di MirĂ², wowing fans and sceptics alike with their formidable long players and impressively intense live performances, Luca Di Mira has now come up with his first ever solo outing, "Flowing Seasons".
Sharing nothing but an undercurrent of deep melancholy with his main band, the album reveals Di Mira's prodigious song-writing talents. Its first track, "Song For Beginning", a gradually unfurling pop song bolstered by the luscious beats of Northern Italian electro hop specialist Populous, already hints at the general direction the record sets out to pursue. While the song leaves us with the niggling suspicion that individual sounds are constantly trying to slip away, this impression is reinforced by "Cut-Out-And-Keep Quarrels" where Patrick Zimmer's (finn.) fragile vocals are almost drowned out by the sparsest of acoustic guitars - a long, strangely crepuscular song undermined almost imperceptibly by the hum of an old-fashioned organ. And this overall sensation seems to reflect Di Mira's understanding of what pop is all about - old-fashioned, yet in a pleasant, elegant way far removed from stale conservative values.
For example, the instrumental "In Deep Sea" might begin with a Keith Jarrett-esque piano chord and portentous sound fragments, yet Di Mira slowly mutates the dull sketch into a fascinating, distorted etude, while "Mixologist & Waifs", gradually building up in the best Shoegaze tradition, unfurls a warm carpet of strings for the uncharacteristically mild ambient rustle contributed by Hamburg-based 2nd rec artist Christophe Stoll (Nitrada). The dynamics layered by Di Mira - without ever deviating from his hushed trails - are impressive: in his compositions light-drenched melodies rise from the void, from crackles and meandering sounds, culminating in the album's most obviously poppy track, "Thick Skin", carried by singer Jacqueline Tume's mesmerising harmony. It is this contrast between Di Mira's denial of palpability, between sections where the tracks seem to evaporate, and his unashamedly catchy melodies, which makes "Flowing Seasons" so downright splendid. Finally, "With the Passing of the Seasons" - an almost seven-minute-long, imaginatively arranged suite featuring cello, violin and clarinet - demonstrates the true extent of the talent and diligence Di Mira has invested in his impressive masterpiece.
[Edited 4/4/06 21:09pm]
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Reply #1 posted 04/04/06 7:00pm

GangstaFam

I bet I'd like this.
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Reply #2 posted 04/04/06 7:17pm

Sdldawn

its very meloncholy soundin.. but the instrumental that are on it.. pick the speed back up to a mid tempo.. i'm liking it.. its different.
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Reply #3 posted 04/04/06 7:19pm

endorphin74

hmmm

VERY intriguing.

Do you know off hand if they have any stuff on-line?
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Reply #4 posted 04/04/06 7:22pm

Sdldawn

endorphin74 said:

hmmm

VERY intriguing.

Do you know off hand if they have any stuff on-line?


Not that I am aware of.. I found it off of Soul Seek.. and found the album at a local indie store..

I am sharing it on Soul Seek if anyone is on it.. look me up and grab it. message me tho.. so i will add/allow you to get it.

same screen name as here.
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Reply #5 posted 04/04/06 7:59pm

Sdldawn

I caught up with their first album.. ands it is nothing like their new album.. sounds like two totally different bands..

the last track off of Flowing Seasons is simply beautiful.. its a 7 minute piano instrumental that builds on minimal electronic noises, drums, and strings.. and the piano is simply beautiful.. i think they threw in a claronet also..
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Reply #6 posted 04/04/06 8:07pm

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Cause your a fam..lol
All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #7 posted 04/04/06 9:09pm

Sdldawn

found a review.. smile
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