Saint Privat - Riviera (2004)

Original Release Date: Aug 24, 2004

Label: Dope Noir

Genre: Electronica, Lounge

Size: 220 Mb

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Tracklist:

1. Rokoko (4:29)

2. Pan Am 009 (4:15)

3. Nothing to Lose (3:51)

4. Tous les jours (2:23)

5. Mille baci (3:38)

6. Gone With the Wind (3:51)

7. The Girl From Ventimiglia (3:49)

8. Bach en dub (2:45)

9. September Song (2:51)

10. Good Bye Honeymoon (4:14)

11. Dolcissimi (5:03)

Saint Privat is a story born of a midsummer wedding. Valerie performs in thewedding band and in doing so meets electronic producer Waldeck who isamongst the guests. They start a conversation and discover they want to movein the same direction- musically that is. Et voila... some time later Saint Privatis born.Saint Privat takes you to a glamorous world nestled between soft Bossa-Nova,60’s Riviera and Rococo Jazz. Intimate and glamorous vocals reminiscent offrench chansons combined with subtle electronic sounds set the delicateframework for their dreamy, fresh but nevertheless deep debut album. “Riviera”brings back a forgotten world in which charming jewel thieves end up in highspeed car chases on the French riviera. A world full of spotaneous joy(“Nothing Lose”), baroque feelings (“Rokoko”) and sparkling hedonism.The music on this first album ranges from compositions of their mastermindWaldeck, who recalls some classic Italian and French movies in a self-mademusical microcosm, and rearranged Kurt Weill music (“September Song”) toJohann Sebastian Bach compositions (“Bach en dub”). Like no other electronicartist, Klaus Waldeck manages to put his audience in a blissful hypnosis bymeans of ingenious elements and repetitive sequences.The name Saint Privat not only reflects the “private” nature of the music, butis also the name of a small village in the South of France in which the charmingsinger Valerie Sajdik currently resides; a place of spiritual power where musicianslike Pink Floyd and George Harrisson as well as the writer Ian McEwan havecreated works of unique character.Most tracks of the album have been recorded live by musicians of the DopeNoir Jazz Division: Clemens Wabra, Rudiger Kostron (electric bass), Shayan Fati(drums) Phillip Moosbrugger (acoustic bass), Flip Phillip (vibes) and Stoney“The Flute”. Waldeck/s electronic skills are used less as heavy counterweightagainst the acoustic framework, but more as an intelligent and spicy ingredient.

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