Editorial Reviews
Music Review:
Music Review
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Music: Intergrale, Vol. 4: Que Reste
Essential Trance [Box set] [Import]
Dancing with Strangers [Import]
Corigliano: Pied Piper Fantasy / Voyage
Demon Days [Import] [Limited Edition]
Ask Sarkilari, Vol. 3 [Import]
About the Artist
After learning the rudiments of piano playing from her mother, Marianne Nowottny developed a style that references the scales and modes of eastern music, American popular song and electronic pop-rock. She incorporates introspective leaps of imagination into her lyrics and song structures both arcane and complex. She is able to present this as a kind of avant-pop expressionism, aloof but still accessible. It is her own type of "popmusic." Marianne's vocal range can be described as a warm contralto, which she expresses as both a cool whisper and a fierce growl. Her upper register is clear and sweet, and can be projected well, but she tends to favor her lower range. Marianne is able to glide her voice through scale modulation seemingly effortlessly, stopping at ramdom quarter-tones and surprising intervals that are convincing in execution and logic. This natural vocal awareness demonstrates a well-rooted inherent musical understanding that is extremely unique. It should not be surprising therefore that she has been compared to Egypt's most beloved singer, Om Kolsoum. Ms. Nowottny's dark operatic voice sweeps one along an imaginary "river meandering through subconsciousness." Her song compositions, which explore multi-layers of sound and textures, can be compared to the early electronic music experiments of John Pfeiffer or the "pop-music" simulations of Brian Eno. (MD)
Album Description
Unique editions in cd, book and video format.