Colleen Et Les Boîtes À Musique

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1.	John Levers The Ratchet 00:30	buy track
2.	What Is A Componium? - Part 1 06:44	buy track
3.	Charles's Birthday Card 00:47	buy track
4.	Will You Gamelan For Me? 03:01	buy track
5.	The Sad Panther 01:52	buy track
6.	Under The Roof 03:09	buy track
7.	What Is A Componium? - Part 2 03:05	buy track
8.	A Bear Is Trapped 01:04	buy track
9.	Please Gamelan Again 02:30	buy track
10.	Your Heart Is So Loud 03:56	buy track
11.	Calypso In A Box 00:47	buy track
12.	Bicycle Bells 02:28	buy track
13.	Happiness Nuggets 02:13	buy track
14.	I'll Read You A Story 06:49	buy track

about

This long EP, released in 2006 on The Leaf Label, was born from an invitation by national French radio France Culture for their programme Atelier de Création Radiophonique : I had to make a one-hour long piece and chose to explore the world of music boxes, small and large, new and old, and incorporated excerpts from films including music boxes between the songs. I was able to rely on the help and expertise of my friend musician, producer and radio presenter John Cavanagh, who owns a considerable collection of antique music boxes, and recorded me in Glasgow improvising with small mallets or my fingers on those huge Victorian models.
Although the songs were originally intended only for that radio programme, The Leaf Label liked the music so much that they decided to release it as an EP (for copyright reasons, the film excerpts could not be included).

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released October 2, 2006

Recorded by Cécile Schott and John Cavanagh. Composed, mixed and produced by Cécile Schott. Copyright control.
Mastering by Emiliano Flores. Artwork by Iker Spozio.

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Colleen Barcelona, Spain

Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Cécile Schott, 7 albums since 2003. Thrill Jockey Records, LP7 The Tunnel and the Clearing, 2021.
LP8 Le jour et la nuit du réel, out fall 2023.

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Nov 09

TivoliVredenburg

Utrecht, Netherlands
Dec 14

L'Auditori de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

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