The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum
No Hay Discos, 2023
8/10
Listen to The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum
The experimental artists Chloë Lum and Yannick Desranleau bring their creative vision to songs that tip their hat to Broadway, where fictitious letters comprise the 6 involved pieces that welcome a handful of artists.
“Letter 1: Observations Of Rio” opens the listen with playful percussion, before Sarah Albu’s soaring voice and bright trombones and trumpets enter the very atypical version of jazz, and “Letter 2: Clarice In Translation” follows with a very animated presence of firm drums and adventurous brass amid Albu’s stunning singing in the mesmerizing climate.
Deeper into the listen, “Letter 3: A Collection Of Words” hosts Karin Aurell’s well timed flute for the cautious yet frisky album highlight, while “Letter 4: Extended, Reshaped By Things” embraces some rock ideas via Pierre-Alexandre Maranda’s precise bass playing and Martin Daigle’s furious drums.
The final track, “Letter 6: What Are The Power’s Of A Ghost?”, spotlights Desranleau’s lively percussion that complements Albu’s vocal acrobatics and the booming horns.
Both Lum and Desranleau have lengthy resumes in the area of performance, text and narration, plus many other avenues, and this venture is highly artistic, unclassifiable and personable thanks to its unique charm.
Travels well with: Meredith Bates- Tesseract; Stranger Still- The Songs Which Are