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DELERIUM - NUAGES DU MONDE (NETTWERK) |
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This is exactly where I am right now. This album, this sound, is perfection to my ears, my head, my being! As you might have already guessed from the five stars hovering above these words. If you adore shimmering soundscapes adorned with sweet female vocals from operatic to incredibly sexy, never slipping into the cheesy abyss, then I guarantee you’ll be as in love with this 5th full length from my once-again heroes, Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber – the producers behind Delerium. “Angelicus” starts out this other-worldly release, with the sophisticated soprano meanderings into wordless beauty by opera singer Isabel Baryakdarian. Not an unfamiliar combination, but its never been done any better than this. Move into the more playful and pop-leaning “Extollere” which has chanteuse Katherine Blake backed up in harmonious lushness by the Medaevil Baebes, layered over... what is the name of that instrument you play in your mouth? I can’t recall but when you hear the warped ‘waaa waaa’ twanging under the soulful primitive horn blowing, maybe you can tell me! These vocalists also appear again on track 9, “Sister Sojourn Ghost, and I hope they’ll appear on more Delerium releases in the future too. But back to track three, which has none other than Zoe Johnston, who I’ve adored when she worked with Faithless. This takes the tempo down a notch into a more melancholy place, and when they sing “goodbye” I want to cry! Now on to one of the more interesting collaborators, Kiran Ahiuwalia (I want a name like that) a Punjabi singer who leads us wailing entrancingly on this very club-oriented track. You may be wondering if there’s ever going to be a non-vocal track like Delerium are famous for, and yes there’s “Tetoic Shift” which comes after “Self-Saboteur” feat. their longtime vocalist Kristy Thirsk singing “hey ya” like no one else can. We’re more than halfway through at this point, and I don’t want to bore or ruin the excitement of discovering the rest of this album for yourself when you play it on your stereo in full CD quality. Mesmerizing in its lustrous sheen of cinematic pop-infused brilliance, Nuages Du Monde can come cloud up my sky any day. -- review by Claire Maxwell
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