VITAL WEEKLY number 369 ------------ week 18 ------------

DANIELLE LEMAIRE - SPACEMAKING (CDR by Inner Landscapes)

Sometimes there is music that is so remotely away from any hype or genre, that descriptions fail. Outsider music I would like to call this. Danielle Lemaire is one such outsider artist in my humble opinion. On this CDR release she presents her work: a handful of sounds (stirring coffee, a short accordeon piece, or a phonecall) and more then a handful of songs. In total 32 tracks with a playing time of almost seventy minutes. Danielle sings and plays organ in these pieces. Her voice is not really trained and the playing not really refined. Does it matter? No, it doesn't matter, because all of these songs have a genuine feel to them. One feels she means what she sings and everything is done in true honesty. There is apperentely no big concept behind this, but just a strong personal desire to present these songs and these sounds, however lo-fi they were recorded, no matter if the singing is false at some times and the playing not perfect. Strong personal document. (FdW) Frans de Waard

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