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 Giant Swan Do Not Be Afraid Of Tenderness Electronica | Keck | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 12th March 2021 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Giant Swan Do Not Be Afraid Of Tenderness £13.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Keck SKU: KECK002 Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 12th March 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jlin Embryo Electronica | Planet Mu | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 10th December 2021 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jlin Embryo £16.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Planet Mu SKU: ZIQ445 Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 10th December 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Klaus Schulze Official Klaus Schulze Boot Vol. 1: Stars Are Burning Electronica | Mirumir | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 9th December 2014 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Klaus Schulze Official Klaus Schulze Boot Vol. 1: Stars Are Burning £24.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Mirumir SKU: MIR100735 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 9th December 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Boards Of Canada Hi Scores Electronica | Skam | 1LP Released 24th August 2018 £11.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Boards Of Canada Hi Scores £11.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Skam SKU: SKA008 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Brian Eno Music For Installations Electronica | UMC | 9LP, Box Set Released 1st May 2018 £175.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Brian Eno Music For Installations £175.00 Genre: Electronica Label: UMC SKU: 6724075 Formats: 9LP, Box Set Released Date: 1st May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bonobo Animal Magic Electronica | Tru Thoughts | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 9th August 2019 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bonobo Animal Magic £18.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Tru Thoughts SKU: TRULP007X Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 9th August 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Joel Corry Four For The Floor Electronica | Asylum | 12", Single Released 12th June 2021 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joel Corry Four For The Floor £17.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Asylum SKU: 190295058807 Formats: 12", Single Released Date: 12th June 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Actress AZD (Indies Only) Electronica | Ninja Tune | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 10th April 2017 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Actress AZD (Indies Only) £26.00 Genre: Electronica Label: Ninja Tune SKU: ZEN241X Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 10th April 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View I. 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