White Out Conditions Music Cd

Bel Canto - White Out Conditions

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White-Out Conditions      Artist : Bel Canto      List Price : $15.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1993-05-05      Studio : Nettwerk Records      Label : Nettwerk Records      Avg. Customer Rating : (3 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for White Out Conditions      An impressive debut from a unique group.      Rating:      Hailing from Norway, Bel Canto is a group with a unique blend of musical ideas that creates something fresh and wonderful. For a debut, White-Out Conditions reveals a remarkably strong songwriting affinity within the Drecker-Jenssen-Johansen unit of Bel Canto. Anneli Drecker is the band's most distinctive quality...she's a lovely, ethereal vocalist who develops quite a unique sound on later albums. Geir Jenssen and Nils Johansen create serene tapestries of electronics along with flutes, mandolins, and dashes of eclectic ethnicity for variety. (More diverse instrumentation would also come on later albums.) Over the layers of synthesizers, Drecker creates melodies with her singing, and the cool gentleness of the overall musical effect is absolutely enchanting. The lyrics are simple, but conveyed through Drecker's voice they gain an unusual dimension of feeling, like on "Without You" where the solemnity of the song is powerfully expressed by Drecker's sweeping vocal style. The big highlight for me is "Upland," a brilliant work of electronics with striking melodic progressions and haunting vocals. The playful "Agassiz" evokes a folk-dance, with Drecker's feisty vocals cooing with infectious liveliness. The wonderful vocal melodies in "Blank Sheets" and the dramatic "White-Out Conditions" also make for great music.     Customer Reviews for White Out Conditions Cd      1987 is Correct Release year!      Rating:      Although this says not yet released, this CD in fact was released in 1987 and the CD will say so. But I doubt if you receive the CD before receiving this msg that you will want to return the CD. The year of release does not erase the swoony feeling the music elicits.