DELERIUM WITH SPECIAL GUESTS ELSIANE, MORGAN PAGE, AND SARAH FIMM
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**GENERAL ADMISSION / 19+**
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The fifth full-length Nettwerk release from Vancouver-based duo Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber, Nuages Du Monde (Clouds of the World) continues the evolution of Delerium from creators of predominantly instrumental filmic soundscapes to a fully-fledged vocal group. Featuring an array of renowned singers, Nuages Du Monde neatly combines the more overtly commercial pop of previous album Chimera (2003) with the lush sensual ambience and cloistered harmonies of 1997's Karma, a meld that bridges the gap between world music, new age electronics and modern classical.
The album features a number of collaborators new to Delerium, including the accomplished Juno award-winning Punjabi singer Kiran Ahluwalia, who dominates one of the more dancefloor friendly album cuts, the heady Bollywood meets 4/4 beats of “Indoctrination.” Meanwhile, Isabel Bayrakdarian is a highly esteemed Armenian-Canadian soprano with a wonderfully expressive voice, who recently opened gala night at the New York Metropolitan Opera opposite Bryn Terfel in Mozart’s Marriage Of Figaro and proved a huge hit in the same role at London’s Royal Opera House. Her acclaimed collection of Armenian liturgical songs, Joyous Light, pricked the ears of composer Howard Shore and led to a personal invitation to contribute to his multi-million selling Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers soundtrack. Bayrakdarian, whose wordless, almost muezzin wail adds dramatic tension to album opener “Angelicus” and the darker tones of “Lumenis,” is a singer searching for something very personal in her music. “What I’m most interested in is beautiful singing....something that speaks to me,” she says. “That’s my main guideline to everything that I sing, whether it’s opera, recital or concert” - a sentiment you can be sure that Messrs Leeb and Fulber agree with wholeheartedly. The album also features contributions from a host of Delerium regulars; Faithless vocalist Zoë Johnston, Kristy Thirsk (astalwart since their 1995 Nettwerk debut Semantic Spaces), and session virtuoso.
However, fans of Delerium’s more cinematic moments will not be disappointed by the grandiose “Tectonic Shift,” a slow-building storm cloud of an instrumental, augmented by sweeping John Barry-esque strings courtesy of arranger Chris Elliott (Moulin Rouge, Rufus Wainwright), whilst the haunted “Apparition” provides Nuages Du Monde.
Don’t miss Delerium with special guests at the Commodore Ballroom on September 11th 2008.
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