MEROPE Salos LP/CD Granvat/Stroom gran21/STRLP-051
A beautiful and subtle harmonies of Salos took me on a great trip.
Recorded as an ensemble:
Merope:
Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė - voice and kanklės
Bert Cools - guitars, synths, electronics
Jean-Christophe Bonnafous - bansuri
Vilnius chamber choir Jauna Muzika (conductor Vaclovas
Augustinas)
Gyða Valtýsdóttir - cello (track 6)
Shahzad Ismaily - moog (track 1 and 6)
Kjartan Sveinsson - CP80 (track 6)
Compositions, arrangements - Merope
Lyrics and melodies from traditional Lithuanian folk songs
Choir arrangements - Merope and Vaclovas Augustinas
Oi toli and Alma choir part composed by Vaclovas Augustinas
The soft tissue of the musical lace here is not disturbed by any disharmonic inequations. Based on traditional arrangements from Lithuanian ethnic music Merope created a beautiful ambience filled with vocal magic and subtlety of instrumental input. A mystical and transporting quality of this music stays with you for a very long time. A rare occurence of creative spirit that gave birth to something deep and pleasant.
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