Cibelle - Shine of Dried Electric Leaves
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Artist: CibelleEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-05-02
Music Label: Six Degrees
Soundtracks:
- Green Grass
- Instante de Dois
- Phoenix
- London London (features Devendra Banhart)
- City People
- Minha Neguinha
- Mad Man Song (features Spleen)
- Por Tida A Minha Vida
- Flying High
- Arrete la, Menina (features Seu Jorge)
- Esplendor
- Train Station
- Lembra
- Cajuina
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Free Music Review: Beautiful Voice! Bought it Immediately-Best Album of 2006!
Hit: 5 Stars
I went to Tower Records, NYC about 2 hours ago to pick up another CD on sale and I happened to noticed that the World Music Section had a new Brazil stand that looked very eye catching. I went over and browsed the Listening Station and was listening to newer CDs from artists I knew when I noticed two people came by me or seperate occasions and picked up Cibelle's CD and went right to the register with it. There was literally 2 of these left on the shelf and I thought what the heck could this be, since I never heard of Cibelle and I'm very savvy to most world music.
Anyway I selected the album and the first track "Green Grass" blew me away. I thought it was too good to be true, so I let it play some more. By track two I knew I was definately going to buy this CD over what I had came in the store for. By the third track "Phoenix", tears were swelling up in my eyes. Her voice, lyrics and passion was beyond anything I've experienced since Sade's Love Deluxe CD in 1992.
I think the best way to describe her voice is a Norah Jones meets a very lite version of Bjork type of neo-jazz soul, but much more relaxed, dynamic, direct, and filled with that Brazilian Samba/Ginga stuff.
For me they are tons of great voices in the industry, but Cibelle's voice blends perfectly with the rest of the music around her the way Nina Simone, Sade or Prince created whole atmospheres with their music. Like them, Cibelle pulls you in to what she are doing and feeling and that is beautiful.
In fact, for me this is the moment when an artist becomes an artist and not just someone who is singing and dancing/entertaining, but someone who is engaging you and their art is so powerful it embraces the full range of life whether sad or happy with one note.
Cibelle's music definately embraced my desire for good music. I'm surprised most reviewers claim her previous album is much better when this one is perfect. I guess I will look forward to picking that up tommorrow.
Next to William Orbit's "Hello WaveForms" this is definately the BEST album I've bought in 2006 (and I buy about 10-15 CDs a month from all genres) and I'm only at track 8 of this album and haven't heard the remaining 6 tracks yet. So far every track is perfect and unique in it's own way.
Recommended! A++++
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Like no one else, Brazilian born Cibelle makes use of a variety of elements to create unique, imaginative and enchanting peices of music. Her second album (the follow-up to 2003's inspired eponymous debut) is a genuine masterpiece. Moving into even more adventurous sonic terrain than its predecesor, the "Shine Of Dried Electric Leaves" combines rootsy acoustic instrumentation, electronic processing, noise guitars & children's toys, captivating textural soundscapes & pure melodies all anchored by Cibelle's unmistakable, moving voice. Cibelle produced this album over a period of 18 months, taking some of the tracks with her from London (where she now resides) to Sao Paulo (her home town) and back, gathering along the way contributions from various co-producers and performers, including Mike Lindsay (from UK Folktronica act Tunng);Apollo Nove (the innovative producer/artist from Sao Paulo, who produced most of her debut album); Parisian mixer, Yann Arnaud (Air, ! Sebastien Schuller), and guests such as Seu Jorge (of "City of God" and "The Life Aquatic' fame), freak folk pioneer, Devendra Banhart, and CocoRosie collaborator Spleen. While some of the album's ten original compositions and three covers are simple, limpid crytalline gems (her renditions of Tom Waits' "Green Grass" and of Jobim's "Por Toda Minha Vida" to name but a few).Since her breakout performance on Suba's landmark Sao Paolo Confessions, singer Cibelle (pronounced see-Bell-ee) has enchanted Brazilian pop aficionados with her lovely musical purr. Here on her second album, the cool lounge production of her debut is pushed into a darker, more experimental realm without losing her music's sensual beauty. As ambitious as the production, the songwriting is challenging too with highlights like "Phoenix" and "Flying High" using a linear style rather than the back and forth of a verse, bridge and chorus arrangement. There's a couple of interesting covers as well--while her spare version of Tom Waits's "Green Grass" is a seemingly offbeat choice, her haunting, glitchy and near-unrecognizable cover of Jobim's "Por Toda A Minha Vida" is a different kind of surprise. With ultra-cool Apollo Nove and Tunng in the producers' chair, this subtle kind of sonic and music revision is to be expected, but it's a tribute to the singer that she keeps the challenging sound under the sway of her lovely voice. --Tad Hendrickson
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