Colleen is a French musician working within a minimalist and melodic aesthetic using acoustic instruments and modern technologies .
She has released three albums on The Leaf Label, " Everyone alive wants answers" (2003), "The golden morning breaks" (2005) and "Les ondes silencieuses" (may 2007).
She has also released a live recording in cult series "Mort aux Vaches" on Staalplaat in 2006 and an EP made entirely with music boxes, "Colleen et les boîtes à musique" (the result of a commission by national French radio station France Culture), in october 2006.
In 2007 she also completed her first dance score for Franco-Swiss choreographer and dancer Perrine Valli's "Série.
While her first album was made up entirely of acoustic samples taken from an eclectic record collection, her second album saw her explore a music full of magical details - instrumentals filled with warmth, melody and soul, phasing in and out, on the verge of collapse – with Colleen playing all the instruments herself (cello, classical guitar, ukulele, music boxes, windchimes, and a rare 19th century glass harmonicon).
But her last album, "Les ondes silencieuses", is a kind of highly personal tribute to the sounds of bygone instruments and their resonance : the deep sounds of the viola da gamba – the 7-string ancestor of the cello – are left to shine out on their own, while other tracks explore the spinet (a small harpsichord), clarinet, classical guitar and crystal glasses.
Colleen’s live shows, with their wide array of acoustic instruments, reflects her deep love of acoustic sounds, and the occasional use of looping and delay pedals brings her live music closer to the layered feel of her albums.
For the past five years, she has been playing live all over Europe, the US and Japan, giving more than 130 shows in often prestigious or original venues and in world-reknowned festivals.
You can find a lot more information (photos, visuals, gigography, interviews, favourite music ) and listen to the two albums on Colleen's website.
DISCOGRAPHY :
"Babies" Active Suspension, 7, as14 (2002)
"Everyone Alive Wants Answers", LP (cd and vinyl), The Leaf Label (2003)
"The Golden Morning Breaks", LP (cd and vinyl), The Leaf Label (2005)
"Mort Aux Vaches", LP (cd only), Staalplaat (2006)
"Colleen Et Les Boîtes À Musique", EP (cd only), The Leaf Label (2006)
"Les ondes silencieuses", LP (cd and vinyl), The Leaf Label (2007)
The Leaf Label
Du 17 au 20, à l'occasion du festival Chalon dans la rue:
Ce spectacle évoque le vol comme métaphore de la création. Flirtant avec l’univers manga, il mêle le théâtre de rue, la vidéo, la marionnette, la danse, le dessin, la photographie et la musique électronique live, afin d’embarquer le spectateur dans un voyage visuel et sonore où il est question d’apprendre à voler. Une écolière et un étrange samouraï seront les guides de ce voyage, accompagnés d’un oiseau qui a perdu une aile, d’une jeune femme coincée dans l’apesanteur et d’une fille qui essaie de parler au monde par les ondes radiophoniques.
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that my new album Afrikan Machinery is out now on Tzadik Records. Check out some of the tracks on my profile! You can buy the CD here, here, or here. It's also available on iTunes.
Best Wishes, Lukas Ligeti
DIKTAT est un quartet qui dans ses improvisations electro-acoustiques recherche la confrontation de la voix de la contrebasse (et d'autres instruments acoustiques) avec un flux sonore dynamique créé par des joueurs de dictaphones, qui manipulent une grande variétés de sons sur cassettes, trouvées ou enregistrées dans les rues de nos villes.
dimanche 13/7 - "Big Band" .... (Sturm der Liebe / Orage d'Amour) DIKTAT invite un ensemble d'instrumentistes dans une performance-voyage, guidée par une vidéo composée autour d'extraits d'une série télévisée allemande : "Sturm der Liebe / Orage d'amour" .... avec Jean-Jacques Duerinckx (s), Elena Dunkelman (voc), Anthony Carcone (g), Pascal Marzan (g), Yoko Miura (p), Frantz Loriot (v)
la Comète 347 45 rue du faubourg du Temple (fond de la cour) 75010 Paris 20h30 / P.A.F. 6 euros ***** ***** lundi 14/7 - "Branché" ..... (Placard XI) DIKTAT, avec Jean-Jacques Duerinckx (s), Elena Dunkelman (voc), Yoko Miura (toy-piano)
la nouvelle Générale 6 Grande Rue 92310 Sèvres 16h-17h / entrée libre ***** ***** mardi 15/7 - "Unplugged" DIKTAT (quartet)
la Veilleuse 26 rue des Envierges 75020 Paris 20h00 / P.A.F libre *****
Hello. The new EP from daily misconceptions; "if i hug your sweaters will they get their colour back?" is now available for free download at Mimi. Enjoy and share it with your family, friends and lover(s).
We are very glad of announcing the release of our 2nd album "Out of Season" from Ricco Label on July 19th this year ! Please listen to some sample tunes of this album on our official myspace page now.
In addition, if you purchase this album and two other CDs or more at Ricco Label web-store, you can get our 3rd album "Ruined-Hotel Sessions" FREE ! This album were recorded with a lot of acoustic instruments at abandoned hotel.
Enjoy our dreamy and dynamic compositional world !
