Olivia Louvel - Beauty Sleep
| Artist: | Olivia Louvel |
| Rating: | |
| Genres: | Electronic, Experimental |
| Released: | 2014 |
| Type: | Album |
| Label: | Cat Werk Imprint |
| Link: | Bandcamp |
Bats, fox and birds form the animalist backdrop for her fifth studio album created in virtual rural isolation, in the West Sussex countryside under the 'shed'. 'Beauty Sleep' sees Olivia Louvel returning to a song format after her abstract composition 'ō, music for haiku'....
Themes: animalism.
1. satisfaction of, or preoccupation with, physical matters; sensuality
2. (Philosophy) the doctrine or belief that man lacks a spiritual nature
3. a trait or mode of behaviour typical of animals
Foreign elements:
#04 'In My Shed' is a remake of the Recoil 's track 'Stone' from the album 'Hydrology', Alan Wilder's second Recoil release. (1988/ Mute Records).
#11 'Live with me' is composed using a sonnet by William Shakespeare.
Visuals:
To support the sound world and to present different facets, Olivia Louvel has produced a series of experimental films, 'The Beauty Sleeps'. These will be published online via www.olivialouvel.com beginning of September 2014 over an extended period.
You can view the #1 film here olivialouvel.com/index.php/p-5/experiments/
#Obeautysleep on Twitter
European promotion: Ed Benndorf, ed@dense.de
Olivia Louvel has received a grant from the Arts Council for 'Beauty Sleep'.
released September 5, 2014
Themes: animalism.
1. satisfaction of, or preoccupation with, physical matters; sensuality
2. (Philosophy) the doctrine or belief that man lacks a spiritual nature
3. a trait or mode of behaviour typical of animals
Foreign elements:
#04 'In My Shed' is a remake of the Recoil 's track 'Stone' from the album 'Hydrology', Alan Wilder's second Recoil release. (1988/ Mute Records).
#11 'Live with me' is composed using a sonnet by William Shakespeare.
Visuals:
To support the sound world and to present different facets, Olivia Louvel has produced a series of experimental films, 'The Beauty Sleeps'. These will be published online via www.olivialouvel.com beginning of September 2014 over an extended period.
You can view the #1 film here olivialouvel.com/index.php/p-5/experiments/
#Obeautysleep on Twitter
European promotion: Ed Benndorf, ed@dense.de
Olivia Louvel has received a grant from the Arts Council for 'Beauty Sleep'.
released September 5, 2014
Editions:
2014
Original Release
Cat Werk Imprint
| CW06
| CD/Digital