"Serenades & Serinettes"
A long-time London resident, Angèle recorded her new album "Serenades & Serinettes" at home and at a clandestine Spitalfields studio - an Aladdin’s cave of vintage analogue machines and instrumental arcana housed in the basement of a ukulele shop. She played most of the album’s myriad instruments herself, everything from guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes and Hammond organ to orchestral glockenspiel, Moog, dulcimer and hand bells. She is assisted by Ellis Island Sound’s David Sheppard and Piano Magic’s Glen Johnson and Jerome Tcherneyan, among others.
Inspired by the symphonic-meets-childlike magic of Moondog and Carl Orff, Klima’s new songs find Angèle’s captivating vocals and disarmingly ingenuous lyrics adorning a rich, glittering lattice of analogue and electronic sounds. Hers’ is an idiosyncratic and enticingly sensuous universe; intimate, personal but equally loaded with vertiginous melodic hooks.
Collaborations
Angèle has been a collaborator of Piano Magic since their EP "I Came to Your Party Dressed as a Shadow" (2001). She appears on most of their following releases: “Son de Mar” (2002), “Writers Without Homes” (2002), “Speed the Road, Rush the Lights, EP” (2003), “The Troubled Sleep Of…” (2003), “Opencast Heart, EP” (2004) “Disaffected” (2005), “Incurable, EP” (2006), "Part Monster" (2007), "Dark Horses EP", (2008), "Ovations" (2009) and "Home Recordings" (2010). She is also a regular member of the band's live set-up, singing and playing keyboard for them.
Angèle has also contributed to Piano Magic Glen Johnson's various solo opuses: Textile Ranch "Bird Heart In Wool", (2005) and "The Rest I Leave to the Poor" (2008); Future Conditional "We Don't Just Disappear" (2008) and Glen Johnson "Details Not Recorded" (2009) and "Institutionalised" (2009)
Other collaborations include The Go-Team "Rolling Blackouts" (2011), Architeq "Gold+Green" (2009), Hubert Felix Thieffaine “Scandale Melancolique” (2005),
Angèle also sang with the French band Ginger Ale for their albums "Laid Back Galerie" (2002) and "Daggers Drawn" (2006). Their cover of Siouxsie & The Banshees’ ‘Happy House’ was a club hit in Paris and London (with popular remixes by Dexter and Antoine de Crécy).
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Praise for Klima
“A debut all fans of Cocteau Twins, early Björk, Nina Persson or the Knife should buy, if they haven't already. Her introspective, confessional songs have a magical, haunting quality."
The Times (Top 5 Records of the Year [New Acts] 2007)
“Her Richard Brautigan-indebted lyrics are intriguing reveries of candle-lit intimacy. When they unite with the poignant, open-hearted melodies of The City or The Lady Of The Lake, the effect is truly beguiling”
MOJO ****
“A scandalously sensual union of dream-like electronica, acoustic and cinematic sounds”
Les Inrockuptibles
“Her eponymous debut album thrums with haunting atmospherics, strange textures… part chamber pop, part sepulchral electronica, sprinkled with beautiful vocals…”
The Times (‘Breaking Act’)
The City
Klima Lyrics
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And they never seem to leave me alone
City's grey, the city's grey,
And it's a pity that you're no longer coming around
Oh I feel the missing bad
All the joy you took it back
I wish you could lie to me
it's so hard to live without certainty
I want you here in the city
You don't want me there anyway
But the time, I know, will come
When you love again shines on
Tears always in the city...
The lyrics to Klima's "The City" convey a sense of loneliness and longing for someone who is no longer around. The city is portrayed as a bleak, grey place where tears are always present and the singer feels continuously isolated. It's clear that the person they're missing brought them joy and without them, life feels uncertain and difficult. The line "I wish you could lie to me" suggests a desperation for comfort, even if it's not entirely truthful, and underscores the singer's sense of loss.
Despite the fact that the person they're pining for doesn't want them back, the singer can't help but long for their return. The line "I want you here in the city / You don't want me there anyway" underscores this tension between what the singer wants and what they know to be true. However, there's a glimmer of hope in the line "When your love again shines on" which suggests that the singer believes their former love will find happiness again, and perhaps even return to them.
Overall, "The City" is a poignant exploration of the complexity of love and loss in the context of an urban environment that can feel alienating and cold.
Line by Line Meaning
Tears always in the city
The city is always full of sadness and tears.
And they never seem to leave me alone
The sadness and tears of the city always feel like they are personally affecting me and never go away.
City's grey, the city's grey,
The city is a drab, colorless place without much life.
And it's a pity that you're no longer coming around
It's unfortunate that you are no longer visiting or spending time with me in the city.
Oh I feel the missing bad
I feel a deep sense of loss and sadness due to your absence.
All the joy you took it back
You took away all the happiness and pleasure that you previously brought into my life.
I wish you could lie to me
I would prefer that you lie and pretend to still care for me instead of leaving me alone.
it's so hard to live without certainty
Living without knowing if you truly care for me is very difficult and stressful.
I want you here in the city
I desire for you to come and be with me in the city.
You don't want me there anyway
However, I know that you don't want to be with me in the city.
But the time, I know, will come
Nevertheless, I am confident that the time will come when things will be different.
When you love again shines on
When you are able to love again and show me affection, just like you did before.
Contributed by Alexander K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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