Released 2007 Length 58:25 Release date 2007 Genres Dark wave, Ethereal wave | Recorded 2006 at Studio Nyima Exposition, Eaux-Fortes et Méandres2007 Vernes-Monde2010 Label Prikosnovenie | |
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Exposition, Eaux-Fortes et Méandres is the 8th album released by the French darkwave band Collection d'Arnell Andréa. The concept for the album is based on pianist Modest Mussorgsky's 1874 Pictures at an Exhibition piano suite, which in Mussorgsky created 10 different piano songs based on Russian artist Viktor Hartmann. The majority of the tracks on Exposition, Eaux-Fortes et Méandres are based on 19th-century paintings. These paintings had darker themes and included works from Arnold Böcklin's Isle of the Dead, Edward Robert Hughes, and John Everett Millais's Ophelia. The album cover art and title track, Les Méandres, are based on Richard Boutin's 1999 painting Crepuscule sur la Loire. Boutin also photographed the band for the album's liner notes.
Contents
Style
The songs feature vocals, guitar, keyboards, cello, and viola, but also synthesizers and electronic beats. The style has been compared to the Cocteau Twins and Dark Sanctuary.
Track listing
- "Les Sombres Plis de l'âme" – 4:40
- "The Monk on the Shore" – 6:18
- "Les Herbes mortes" – 6:16
- "Les Méandres" – 6:09
- "The Long Shadow" – 4:53
- "I Can't See Your Face" – 6:07
- "Les Catacombes" – 4:00
- "Into Flowers" – 5:33
- "Crowns of Golden Corn" – 4:03
- "L'Eau des mauves" – 5:14
- "The Island of the Dead" – 5:07
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Production
Songs
1Les sombres plis de l'âme4:40
2The Monk on the Shore6:19
3Les herbes mortes6:17