On the debut from Brussels, Belgium native and New York renaissance woman Charlotte Jacobs, the composer, singer and producer pens a record that puts winds, strings and synths to good use for a bilingual version of pop that never sits in one place very long. <\/p>\n
The light and dreamy \u201cCeleste\u201d opens the listen with calm winds before abruptly shifting to busy and avant-garde ideas of pop that are cinematic in scope. \u201cCYTMH\u201d follows and is equally creative, where poetic, layered singing and more emphasis on synth adds plenty of intrigue.<\/p>\n
Landing closer to the middle, \u201cXylen\u201d welcomes Charlotte Greve\u2019s careful flute to waves of subdued beauty, while \u201cOwl\u201d brings spoken word to an eloquent and minimal first half highlight.<\/p>\n
The title track lands on the back half of the LP, and places strategic electronic ideas amid singing and talking, but it\u2019s the radiant keys of \u201cCoryfee\u201d and strong attention to mood that makes this song alone worth the price of admission.<\/p>\n
Landing close to the end, \u201cDKVDW\u201d leads gentle before shifting into frisky and stylish pop nods that buzz with melody and energy, and \u201cMala\u201d exits with Jacobs\u2019 gorgeous pipes alongside some glitchy sounds and Raf Vertessen\u2019s drumming acrobatics that make for a mesmerizing finish. <\/p>\n
Additional instrumentation is provided by Rebecca El Saleh (harp), Greve (saxophone) and Hannah Epperson (violin). Zubin Hensler\u2019s engineering and production can\u2019t be left out either, as the entire affair unfolds with a very distinct and impactful ambience that touches on classical, somewhat as if a lucid dream.<\/p>\n
The real focus, however, is the singing in English and Dutch from Jacobs, and the mythical and Greek inclinations that make for a fantastical and surreal experience that\u2019s wrapped in warmth and cryptic ideas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[11053],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-47107","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-charlotte-jacobs","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=47107"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=47107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}