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", édité au format CD par le groupe novateur Ensemble et publié chez FatCat Records, est une ?uvre captivante qui mêle habilement sons électroniques et acoustiques dans des compositions riches en émotions et en expérimentations sonores contemporaines. Chaque morceau révèle la capacité d?Ensemble à créer des paysages sonores immersifs où l?innovation musicale occupe une place centrale. Depuis sa création en 1997, le label britannique FatCat Records s?est imposé comme un acteur majeur de la scène indépendante internationale grâce à son soutien constant aux artistes audacieux et avant-gardistes du monde entier. Le groupe Ensemble a déjà été salué pour ses ?uvres transversales ainsi que pour ses collaborations avec de grands noms de la musique contemporaine.
“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...