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By. We are entering a new country with “The Border” is a gentle and hypnotizing track that then eases into another luxurious and soaring song “Turn Right, Turn Left” with strings that belong in a James Bond film and jazzy percussion. Cornershop – England Is A Garden // Album Review. Godin was born in Paris, Île-de-France, France, … Get a grip, IrelandFrequently asked questions about your digital subscriptionSpecially selected and available only to our subscribersCarefully curated selections of Irish Times writingSign up to get the stories you want delivered to your inbox Godin lives up to that, basking in love and then ending up at a magical and dreamlike city.Air co-founder Nicolas Godin takes us to a beautiful place with his new album. As a wholly independent publication, we rely entirely on our ad bookings to keep The Quietus going. Nicolas Godin: Concrete and Glass review – a pretty facade on shaky foundations 3 / 5 stars 3 out of 5 stars. At its blandest – and, truth be told, But Godin still has a gift for a very restrained kind of beauty. Inspired by the 20th century Canadian polymath's output (Gould was a writer, critic, composer, conductor and broadcaster), steered Godin onto the path that would eventually lead to this most intriguing of releases.On each track, Godin metaphorically assumes the old wig at the outset, though where each song takes us is another matter entirely; 'Club Nine', for instance, clearly owes a debt to the Dave Brubeck Quartet's 1959 west coast cool jazz classic 'Take Five'. Pinterest. Looking back on his career with and without Air, Nicolas Godin's beginnings as an architecture student become more and more apparent -- and not just because the first song he created, "Modulor Mix," was a tribute to Le Corbusier. This week: Reviews of new albums from Wire, Air's Nicolas Godin, and En Attendant Ana, plus reissues from Rowland S Howard and Use No Hooks.
Nicolas Godin needs little in the way of introduction. Melodies and countermelodies run free, but nothing ever feels overblown or unnecessary. Nicolas Godin, as an architectural graduate who moved seamlessly into musical composition, would surely have been aware of its existence, and could well have taken it in hand for the construction of Concrete And Glass.
It opens with the album title track, an track that feels right at home in the 1990s with its synth play, vocoded vocals and almost eerier break. Nicolas Godin – Concrete And Glass // Album Review. All rights reserved. Where Godin’s first record, Contrepoint, was inspired by Bach – not that you’d know – this one is the soundtrack to a series of site-specific installations paying tribute to various architects.Again, you wouldn’t know without being told. The album starts out between the robotic vocals from Godin and then switches to a variety of singer features that add another layer of beauty to this LP. Featured peformers: Nicolas Godin (composer, vocals). There's even room for a pun on track seven - 'Bach Off' - but why no 'Air On A G String'?If you enjoy The Quietus, please consider supporting what we do with a one-off or regular donation. Edit Release All Versions of this Release Data Correct .
(Because Music) The former Air member’s second solo album is a … For this is an album of pure architectural beauty … To take something so recognisably classical and modernise it could have ended up like some hamfisted 21st century update on Walter Murphy's disco Beethoven, whereas on 'Widerstehe Doch Der Sünde' - based on Bach's Cantata BWV 54 (and meaning "just resist sin" in German) - it has the lightness of touch of Gainsbourg updating his favourite Chopin, with a bit of the Beatles' 'Blue Jay Way' thrown in for good measure.
Nicolas Godin was born 25 December 1969 in Paris, France.