A Question of Angles Angèle David-Guillou SKU: VGLP061 Barcode: 5051083163538 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Village Green Released Date: 20th November 2020 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Composer, musician and producer Angèle David-Guillou’s third album, ‘A Question of Angles’, is without a doubt her most ambitious project to date, its multi-ensemble compositions forming a dynamic cinematic counterpoint to her contemplative lockdown EP ‘Sans Mouvement’, recorded on the organ at the Union Chapel. ‘A Question of Angles’ is an album of vivid instrumental music. Centred around two main ensembles, a saxophone octet and a string septet, which strut and glide in rhythmic dances, its textures are inspired by the interplay between illusion and reality, particularly the magic realism of Jean Cocteau’s films. “I was interested in translating this idea into music, that I could make something big and bold, but where you might also be unsure of what you’re hearing,” the composer explains. This concept was extended to the album cover, which includes a multi-portrait image that at first glance appears to be a faked composite but was in fact carefully shot for real. On title track ‘A Question of Angles’ a Theremin sings with an uncannily human-like keening voice in conversation with the bombast of rumbling bass trombone and staccato strings. The bold opener, ‘Valley of Detachment’ enters with effervescent saxophones in pulsating phrases, followed by ‘Akrotiri’, where a solo cello moves like a courtly dancer, time signatures switching in interlocking patterns. ‘Forgetting Trees’ also plays with rhythm but speaks in sentences that ebb and flow, with repeating phrases on bassoon and flute, before ‘Quid Pro Quo’, with its layer choir and bass trombones, soars to a rousing finale. Saxophones and bass trombones are paramount to the album’s sound – David Guillou’s use of these instrument draws parallels with Michael Nyman’s most exuberant compositions as well as Moondog’s dynamic neo-baroque rhythmic patterns, while the handling of unconventional time signatures echoes soundtrack composer Giovanni Fusco’s unsettling atmospheres for Alain Resnais. ‘A Question of Angles’ is David-Guillou’s third album for Village Green, with whom she’s also released two much admired EPs of her unique instrumental music. Hers is a music that rejects the density of ambient mood music, with strikingly animated compositions that recall in sound the bright movement of Matisse’s La Danse, offering an audacious addition to the landscape of contemporary composition. Artist Angèle David-Guillou Genre Electronica Label Village Green Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Valley of Detachment A Question of Angles Absolutely Not Akrotiri Forgetting Trees Quid Pro Quo Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Electronica View Product Quick View Perry Blake Perry Blake Electronica | Moochin' About | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes CD Released 8th September 2023 £35.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Perry Blake Perry Blake £35.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Moochin' About SKU: MOOCHIN28 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes CD Released Date: 8th September 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Caribou Never Come Back / Sister (Floating Points Remixes) Electronica | City Slang | 12", Single Released 31st July 2020 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Caribou Never Come Back / Sister (Floating Points Remixes) £13.00 Genre: Electronica Label: City Slang SKU: SLANG50299 Formats: 12", Single Released Date: 31st July 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Young Fathers White Men Are Black Men Too Electronica | Big Dada | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 6th April 2015 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Young Fathers White Men Are Black Men Too £14.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Big Dada SKU: BD264 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 6th April 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View DAF Das Ist DAF Electronica | Gronland | 5LP Released 22nd September 2017 £100.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders DAF Das Ist DAF £100.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Gronland SKU: LPGRON175 Formats: 5LP Released Date: 22nd September 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Martin Rev Demolition 9 Electronica | Atlas Realisations | 1LP Released 9th June 2017 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Martin Rev Demolition 9 £17.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Atlas Realisations SKU: ARLP006 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Clark Clark Electronica | Warp | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 3rd November 2014 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Clark Clark £19.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Warp SKU: WARPLP251 Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 3rd November 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kelly Lee Owens Inner Song Electronica | Smalltown Supersound | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 28th August 2020 £22.00 Select options Kelly Lee Owens Inner Song £22.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Smalltown Supersound Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 28th August 2020 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Stereolab Margerine Eclipse Electronica | Duophonic | 3LP Released 29th November 2019 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Stereolab Margerine Eclipse £25.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Duophonic Released Date: 29th November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Howling Colure Electronica | Counter Records | 2LP Released 24th July 2020 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Howling Colure £21.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Counter Records SKU: COUNT213 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 24th July 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Frankie Reyes Originalitos Electronica | Stones Throw | 1LP Released 23rd October 2020 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Frankie Reyes Originalitos £19.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Stones Throw SKU: STH2424LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 23rd October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Electronica Start again
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