Inga Liljestrom is one of the talented young crop of jazzy intoned electro artists emerging out of the cloistered Australian scene and taking their distinctive sound out into the international market. She is a wonderfully gifted artist, possessed of a voice that is as strong as it is fragile. A couple of years ago I wrote a review of her then album Elk in street music weekly, The Brag: ‘Liljestrom’s breathy tone is the catalyst to the expansive nature of Elk. It’s lush and atmospheric, dripping with melancholy but never weighed down by its emotive delivery. The opening track ‘Film Noir’, is the standout – the layered production the perfect foil for Liljestrom’s descriptive lyrics. But really the album is consistently good across all twelve tracks, suggesting that we have a new star within our midst’. And little has changed in the intervening time. She is still a star in the making and Quiet Music For Quiet People may well be the nudge that gets her across the line. We have five copies of this album to give away to random Lost At E Minor subscribers who visit Liljestrom’s My Space site, listen to a few snippets from the album, and leave a one sentence review under this posting. Simple really. And well worth the effort. Entries close October 10.
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YOU'RE SAYING (10)
msft said | 28 September, 2006
beautifully perfect for torn apart dawn lovers finding that streak of hope in a song
Heidi said | 28 September, 2006
The delicate balance of anticipation
swirled between her heart
and then left with nothing but the sensation it had planted.
Lucy said | 28 September, 2006
‘Quiet’ is one way of describing it, ‘Touched’ is another.
Gary said | 28 September, 2006
Spiralling into a totally relaxing, self-enlighting ambience where jazz and folk fused harmoniously – truly worth a listen.
Andy Shearer said | 29 September, 2006
damn – her site is down…. must be the plethora of eminors.
anyone know if this is the same Inga from DIG (directions in groove) an aussie band from a few years back ?
zippywax said | 29 September, 2006
beautiful ………….enough said
tiffany said | 29 September, 2006
ambient-raw-cooling
it’s a bottled atmosphere: it’s taken the meditative and resonant air of the desert and released it, letting it meander, dance, seduce and court your ears
Zac said | 30 September, 2006
hey andy, inga did sing with DIG as well as with Gerling amongst others. she’s a talented one.
z
Zac said | 11 October, 2006
thanks to everyone who entered this giveaway. the five winners are damo, msft, heidi, gary & tiffany. congratulations. hope you enjoy the goodness.
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The Presets are a Sydney-based electronic duo, consisting of Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes. In September 2005 they released their debut album, Beams, to positive critical response. That same year Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes also toured with The Dissociatives, which is co-fronted by Daniel Johns of Silverchair and Australian dance producer Paul Mac. Johns also played guitar on Presets single Cookie. Hamilton and Moyes are also members of Sydney instrumental group Prop.
Listen to The Presets song, My People.
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Damo said | 28 September, 2006
Nice! soothing and haunting…water comes to feel my mind and glides through the memories.