Carl Cleves and Parissa Bouas are a duo from Australia whose fame Down Under
is considerable. Their album on Stockfisch is called "Out of Australia"; while
these three words certainly bear no small resemblance to the famous "Out of
Africa", you don't have to be exactly a linguist to deduce that "Out of" is the
trademark of an intensely emotional liaison with a country. The truth of this
becomes more evident as each track of this disc unfolds.
Parissa's angelic voice comes close to an invitation; that is, one from water
nymphs and ancient dwellers of the woods of mythology. Carl's warm voice and his
guitar-playing make sure that the angels stay in safe contact with Celtic folk
tradition. Dreamweavers the two are truly sundancers keeping in safe distance
from the abyss.
Listener, when thou comest to Folk music, pray say: thou has heard us singing as
our native country bade us to sing.
Carl Cleves, originally from Belgium, has accumulated a bottomless bag of
stories, rhythms, languages and guitar styles during his nomadic life, which has
led him to perform in almost every continent, resulting in highly original
songs. In Brazil where he was a band leader for seven years, he released 2
acclaimed albums. An excellent guitarist, singer and storyteller, Carl's
adventures have included stints as an antelope trapper in Uganda, relief worker
in cyclonstruck India, radiobroadcaster and ethnomusicologist in Africa and
fisherman in the South Pacific.
Parissa Bouas, is an extraordinary singer and songwriter who finds an emotional
context for every genre. In Brazil they named her 'Patativa', after a bird
renowned for its singing. Daughter of a Greek sailor, she inherited his love of
Latin music and honed her formidable percussion skills whilst touring throughout
Latin America with an Andean Folkloric group. Parissa has written some classic,
catchy songs that people sing around the country, such as "Mother's Song" -
which can be heard on this SACD "Out of Australia".
Features:
• Super Audio CD
• SACD Multi-Channel SACD Layer
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
Musicians:
Parissa Bouas, vocal, guitar, shruti box, percussion, cachichi
Carl Cleves, vocal, guitar
Lea Morris, backing vocals
Peter Funk, dobro
Dominik Jung, guitar
Lucile Chaubard, violoncello
Christian Struck, cor anglais
Beo Brockhausen, tambura, jew's harp, swarmandal, mbira, hulusi
Lars Hansen, bass
Selections:
1. Into the Light
2. Eclipse of the Sun
3. Don't Flowers Grow
4. The Bethlehem Bell Ringer
5. Way Down in the Mines
6. House of Sorrow
7. Mother's Song
8. The Coniston Massacre
9. Graceful
10. Zeco
11. Sharpening A Knife
12. Carmen
Total playing time, 49:50
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