Cover Songs Originally Sung By Women Singers

Description

Astrid and Sylvain Chauveau cover six iconic songs, originally performed by Lana Del Rey, Beth Gibbons/Portishead, Nina Simone, Gillian Welch, Nancy Sinatra and Kate Bush. The lyrics from these songs have been retained, with radically new musical arrangements developed and performed by Astrid and Sylvain Chauveau. The result is carefully balanced between fragility and strength, charting a patient and resonant course through a series of haunting moods Astrid: Founded in 1997 by Cyril Secq and Yvan Ros as a guitar/drums duo, Astrid subsequently expanded and settled around the violin player Vanina Andreani (1998), followed by the clarinet player Guillaume Wickel (2005). Wickel sadly died in 2022, and the record is dedicated to Guillaume. The core of the group is based in Nantes, France. Astrid's instrumental and expansive music has been inspired by improvised music, folk, post-rock and jazz, as well as by classical and contemporary composers, from Ravel to Arvo Part. Sylvain Chauveau has released numerous records on labels such as FatCat, Sub Rosa, Type, Les Disques du Soleil et de l'Acier, Brocoli, Flau: minimal, quiet compositions for acoustic instruments, electronics, silences, and sometimes voice. The CD packaging was conceived by visual artists Alix Petit & Julien Nedelec across a 6-panel gatefold sleeve, 12 page CD booklet and CD sleeve. Their artwork references the artwork from the albums where the original songs appeared. Julien and Alix printed the original album sleeves, then used a wet paint brush to isolate areas of the cover artwork, reversed the prints then quickly photographed the results. In some ways these abstracted versions of the original album covers mirrors the relationship between the original songs and the new cover versions. Tracks>> 1. Video Games 2. Machine Gun 3. Dambala 4. Everything Is Free: 5.Bang Bang 6.Running Up That Hill