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BEL CANTO White Out Conditions (1987) mp3@320kb/s

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"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." amazon


1.Blank Sheets 4:13

2.Dreaming Girl 3:05

3.Without You 4:03

4.Capio 2:21

5.Agassiz 3:55

6.Kloeberdanz 2:60

7.White-Out Conditions 4:08

8.Baltic Ice-Breaker 4:43

9.Upland 6:60

10.Chaideinoi 3:30

Anneli Maria Drecker - vocals and synthesizer
Geir Jenssen - synthesizer and computer programming
Nils Johansen - mandolin, bass, flute, synthesizer and computer programming

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CBR 320kb/s
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