John Garratt - 02.03.2011  “They come, they go / Things I forget” go the very first set of lyrics on Ensemble’s new album Excerpts. This noncommittal shrug of wishy-washiness is...
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Caitlin Meyer - 22.02.2011  Ensemble is the brainchild of Frenchman Olivier Alary, a Renaissance man of sorts, whose 2000 debut album’s whimsical orchestral arrangements and dele...
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JOHN SCHACHT - 14.02.2011  String ensembles aren't the rarity they once were for indiebands - making good use of them still is. Montreal-based Olivier Alary'sEnsemble doesn't ju...
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Kyle Lemmon - 10.02.2011  Montréal native Olivier Alary plainly titles his ongoing musical project Ensemble, but the French-born composer’s second album, Excerpts, tries to ste...
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Wyndham Wallace - 28.01.2011 Montreal-based Olivier Alary has friends in high places. His eponymous 2006 album featured contributions from Cat Power and Lou Barlow and, as well as...
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Martin Raybould - 24.01.2011  Ensemble is the musical alter ego of Olivier Alary, originally from Toulouse but now a resident of Montreal. Like his newly adopted home town, this al...
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Helen Clarke - 17.01.2011  Despite the confusing moniker, Ensemble is the work of one man, Olivier Alary. Alary keeps good company, with Lou Barlow and Cat Power lending their v...
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cloudspeakers - 12.01.2011  For this latest release from Montreal resident Olivier Alary we are told that “lush orchestration meets sophisticated pop.” As he returns to his Frenc...
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Nick Coleman - 09.01.2011 French-Canadian sometime Björk-associate Olivier Alary is big on moments.Not Ancelottian moments but Proustian ones. The sort of moments that gel into...
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David Pollock - 03.01.2011  The work of Montreal-based composer Olivier Alary, who has worked with Björk, Cat Power and Lou Barlow, this album is the follow-up to his debut on Re...
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