Artwork [Details Of The Gatherer By]: Carlos & Jason Sanchez, Composed By: Darcy Conroy, Composed By: Johannes Malfatti, Composed By: Olivier Alary, Design [Sleeve Design]: Marc Alary, Engineer: David Bryant, Engineer: Paul Johnston, Engineer: Tim Gowdy, Mastered By: Ryan Morey, Producer, Mixed By: Johannes Malfatti, Producer, Mixed By: Olivier Alary, Labelcode FATCD95, Published By Op-music, Copyright (c) FatCat Records, Phonographic Copyright (p) Ensemble (8), Licensed To FatCat Records
"Excerpts", editado en formato CD por el innovador grupo Ensemble y lanzado por el sello discográfico FatCat Records, es una obra cautivadora que fusiona sonidos electrónicos y acústicos para crear paisajes musicales ricos y envolventes dentro del panorama musical contemporáneo más vanguardista e imaginativo. Los temas incluidos demuestran la habilidad del grupo para explorar nuevas texturas y emociones profundas a través de su música experimental única e inspiradora. Desde su fundación en 1997, el sello británico FatCat Records se ha destacado por apoyar artistas visionarios y proyectos musicales pioneros alrededor del mundo moderno independiente actual.Ensemble ya ha recibido elogios internacionales gracias a sus trabajos multidisciplinares y colaboraciones con reconocidos músicos contemporáneos.
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...