Superb duo Anne-Marie Helder (now singer with Panic Room, but formerly known among other things for cooperation with Mostly Autumn and Karnataka) and Jonathan Edwards (known Karnataka team instrumentalist and songwriter) recorded their debut album "Sleeping Pills & Lullabies" which was released in June of this year, and their joint project called Luna Rossa.
On this very acoustic sounding album are included eleven very romantic, even poetic songs. Listening to these recordings can feel a lot of delicate sounds that fill us with an incredible atmosphere, which is an additional advantage in the beautiful voice of Helder.
Magic, which is produced by combining angelic voice and compositional genius, will not allow us to be indifferent to realize in such a fantastic way these simple, but very fine compositions.
The album, with sounds of the piano and the voice of Anne - Marie Helder, begins with the song "The Dark Room". In this way, Luna Rossa opens up a new musical world that invites us to hear different sounds and instruments used in this recording, creating a listener tuned in harmony.
The song "Heart On My Sleeve" begins with a heartbeat. It is difficult to gather the words to describe what it feels like listening to this recording, so much moves and touches our soul with his music, voice and text.
Next on the album is a recording of the repertoire of The Magnetic Fields called "The Book Of Love", which appeared on the three-plate release in 1999 entitled "69 Love Songs," and was written by Raymond Stephin Merritt - American singer and songwriter, gifted baritone voice (it is also known from the album Peter Gabriel "Scratch My Back"). Here was beautifully interpreted by Anne-Marie in a duet with Jonathan Edwards. In the following songs: "Scream At The Sky" and "Fight Or Flight", the sound of the cello adds to the ambience, and is also a good rhythm that accompanies these compositions. In the song "La Clef" we hear the singer sings in French.
In the album "Sleeping Pills & Lullabies" there are short-form compositions interspersed with longer recordings. This can be seen in five-minute song "Rise Up". Vocals and instruments surrounding this build an amazing atmosphere.
In the penultimate song, called "Cloud", we hear a background of piano music, and recited text. Poetry in this embodiment becomes an almost spiritual dimension.
The album ends with the song "Gaps" - pulsating rhythms and hypnotic appropriate their sound.
Listening to this album rich in a modest, but very richly interpreted in a clear voice and excellent sounds of classical melodies and instruments, we feel that they have created unbreakable, highly inspired a whole. It is open internally to the sublime music. A touch of the right mood with candles will make this work become brilliance and charm his personal charm and intimacy of the individual receiving the composition.
Anne-Marie Helder and Jonathan Edwards are playing instruments such as acoustic guitar, harp, flutes, pianos and string instruments. Discreetly help them: Tim Hammill (good electric guitar and rhythm programming), Andy Coughlan (double bass), Leah Evans (cello), Artem Kotov (strings), Rebecca Brown (strings) and Ronan MacManus (strings).
