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KRISTOFF K.ROLL
A l’ombre des ondes
CD empreintes DIGITALes IMED 12118
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kristoffk.roll.free.fr

These three pieces are designed to be listen to on headphones, in various postures. They are separate worlds.

Kristoff K.Roll has the sense of intrigue, of poetry, of the sublime. They use parsimony, streamlining elements of discourse to bring out the most exciting soundscapes. With its previous album published by empreintes DIGITALes, Corazón Road, the duet had propelled us on a journey into the heart of Central America. This time the journey take place in the intimate universe of dreams. We will hear people telling their dreams, sometimes confused, sometimes funny but always colorful, offering an access to unsuspected stories. Within these allegorical fables are also a few long moments of purely textural developments, slowly immersing the listener in a introspective fog, like counterpoint to the narrative. Once again, the duo of CAROLE RIEUSSEC and J-KRISTOFF CAMPS brings us into totally an absorbing universe.

 
Here is where I had my coffee today – at the Royal Naval College at Maritime Greenwich … it looks Palatial, but the coffee is only £1.50 (and served in plastic, not bone china)!
 
 

So here I am, in my cafe (one more cup of coffee before I go to the valley below), listening on my headphones to Tiny Vipers‘ LIFE ON EARTH (via Spotify). Really fine that Bob stopped his short time career as a stand-up comedian for the much more rewarding pleasures of a sit-down comedian :) – he made me curious to listen to the woman’s singing, and I like it. (It is funny: one day, stories are told refreshing my memories of old David Sylvian records (I always liked Fripp’s playing on GONE TO EARTH, and the spoken word passages), and now I am in the here and now of an icy day in Dortmund, with my cappuccino – carried away by the voice of this unknown lady. The music has dignity (in a non-pathetic way), and power, am just listening to the second song, quiet acoustic guitar lines, oh, now someone (she?) is whistling (like I do , in the woods, but she does it much better). She is not interested in a high dynamic range, all stays (till now) in a calm, intense mood. The voice rings a bell, but no one else is coming in.