Minizza
Music for girls
Digipack, 12p booklet - limited edition of 1000 copies.
BROCOLI 001
11/08/05
The universe of Minizza was born from the joining of various contrasting
musical genres, stylistically tied together through electronic
processing. It’s strength: drawing original ideas from experimental
music
that reinforce pop music’s catchy composition.
With luxurious ambiences, Minizza’s first album is simultaneously catchy yet
demanding. Music for Girls is a
musical trip that gently starts by caressing one’s auditory senses, with tracks
like the upcoming hit Monoball, and gradually warms up to the more experimental climates
of the later songs.
Music
for Girls is a declaration of love to
all forms of music, such as :
funk and bossanova, to
which Demon Lover and Je suis mort pay tribute through their
radical adaptations,
pop, for example,
those of Gainsbourg and Katerine,
electronica creative and innovative; artists such as Atom Heart or Mouse on
Mars would be worthy representations,
musique concrète which we hear in Juste avant
l’orage, Y a-t-il de l\'eau sur Mars ? or En Forêt.
Active in the music scene, Minizza invited various artists to collaborate on Music for
Girls :
The Kings of Convenience, of which
Minizza "covered" the track Winning a battle, losing the war, which
appeared in the 2004 release of Erlend Oye’s DJ-Kicks. Erlend previously
had sought Minizza’s unique style in The Athlete on his solo album Unrest, released by Source in 2003.
Edward Ka-Spel, the charismatic leader of the mythical Legendary Pink Dots, radically
deviated from his typical gothic style in Globally Yours, a
new-wave dance track that would astound current fans.
Roel Meelkop, who lent his
minimalistic mastery to En Forêt, giving it an evocative intensity.
Erik Arnaud brings a pop-rock
taste to the dark Mutilé de guerre.
But between pop and experimental music, the light and
the obscure, things aren’t so simple. The tracks on Music for Girls play towards a delightful contradiction : beneath
bouncy vibes often hides a deeper melancholie, and from the abyss of the final
tracks escapes a glimmer of recomforting beauty. Music for Girls is one of those rare
albums which evokes complex emotions in the listener, all the while inspiring a
sense of wellness.
You can download a free lowfi MP3 96kbs of the album here.
Remember : buy it if you like it!
credits : written, performed, produced, mastered by franck marguin & geoffroy montel at minizza studio (rennes, paris) between 2001 and 2004; except "winning a battle, losing the war" by erlend oye & eirik glambek boe (bmg publishing). lyrics & vocals on "globally yours" by edward ka-spel. saxophones on "les lois ne mentent", "je suis mort", "demon lover" by daniel palomo vinuesa. vocals & guitars on "mutilé de guerre" by erik arnaud. string quartet on "les lois ne mentent" by quatuor frajerman. guitar and bass on "demon lover" and "je suis mort" by pascal dalmasso. flute on "je suis mort" by laurence montel. thanks everyone !
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Y a-t-il de l'eau sur Mars ?
00:05:18
02
Monoball
00:03:47
03
Globally yours (feat. Edward Ka-Spel)
00:04:52
04
Les lois ne mentent
00:05:43
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Winning a battle, losing the war (cover of the Kings of Convenience song)
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