Amp - L amour invisible From the murky edge of consciousness comes the sound of spirits at play. Delicate guitar lines weave their way through gently reverberating beats and samples while a lone female voice filters through the mist. Space in music is always a rare commodity, but Amp achieve it effortlessly. On their follow-up to last year's compendium of live recordings - Saint Ceclilia Sinsemilla - Amp regulars Richard Walker and Karine Charff are again joined by programmer
Olivier Gauthier and German electro-meister Jan Zert. And while the boys create
delicate proto-jazz inflected electronic moods, French singer Charff breathes life
and l'amour into the mix.
L'Amour Invisible is the band's fourth studio album in six years and was produced by Walker and Gauthier. It follows Saint Cecilia Sinsemilla, Stenorette, astralmoonbeamprojections, the Passe-Present singles compilation, Perception, and debut LP Sirenes. Thanks to French singer Charff and the band's adventurous approach to song structures, Amp occasionally share textures with Stereolab but it would be both inaccurate and impossible to compare L'Amour Invisible to any other album you've ever heard. Neither the sound of the past or the future; it is music from another dimension. |