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     CommentAuthoroyibo
   • CommentTimeJan 26th 2022

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   https://wabi-sabi-tapes.bandcamp.com/album/alice

   As we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Through the Looking Glass, Italian artist MonoLogue offers a musical re-reading of Lewis Carroll's work. In this sequel to Alice in Wonderland, the author takes the main protagonist back to a fantasy world where opposites attract themselves and nonsense defies logic.

   MonoLogue's adaptation is more of an evocation than a sound narration. ALICE is constructed like an open labyrinth and the whole structure moves like a chess board. The musician has fun shifting the reference points by instilling a deceptive familiarity. Each element, by integrating the compositional patchwork, creates a mischievous doppelgänger with which it can dialogue throughout the album.

   By taking the listener into a downward spiral, Apertura weaves a dizzying backdrop that sows the seeds of the melodies to come. Thus, the synthesizer notes that bead like raindrops at the bottom of a well in this first track will take shape until they find a continuous pulse. Then, through a subtle play of effects, MonoLogue shifts the listener's attention by veiling the harmony in favour of an... more
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   released January 6, 2022

   played and recorded by MonoLogue
   digital mastering by MonoLogue
   tape mastering by Adrien Lambert
   artwork by Yann Rambaud

   

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     CommentAuthoroyibo
   • CommentTimeJan 26th 2022

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   Ce label est très chouette. Toutes les sorties sont d'une telle douceur...

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