More Tales from the Garden

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LES PARADISIERS - "More Tales from the Garden"
LP+CD-R - Lapin - 2009

SETTING: Bali

Presented as a vinyl + digital download set, the debut from Ô Paradis/Thomas Nöla lovechild Les Paradiers creates an exotic jungle of fear giving way to ecstacy, perdition meeting paradise. LP now comes with a simple CD-R inside of the digital version.

"Wakening with a dark, twisted chorus of bird calls and throbbing bass, the debut album of Les Paradisiers is a darkly psychotropic romp through the lush, bohemian jungle of the mind.

The aberrant mating of the Demian (O Paradis) and Thomas Nola (et son Orchestre) has birthed an eerily beautiful trip through the depths of darkness, the pit of the jungle, arcing outward in a radiant, rampaging gypsy caper. Filled with slow, sinuous beats, one is reminded of tiger prowls and snake coils; the dark grit of the voices pull you deeper into an inky black seduction. Guitars strum you to sleep as the creepers twine about your arms; maracas hiss in your ears, and your feet sink deeper into the mud of this crooning dream. Triumphant and moody by turns, this album is filled with an erotic desperation that pounds in its percussion, and slides through its multitude of eccentric instruments- theremin, melodica, and guiro combine to crawl up your spine, raising the hair on your neck.

This jungle of their creation is a dangerous one: the birds coo quietly here, in the night, in the moonglow; the men growl and wail and moan in their exotic world. You’re in their country, now; you’ll quiver when they say, and dance at their command."

- 3.14.net

TRACKLISTING:

SIDE ONE
1. Ornithophobia
2. Muñeca de Sal
3. A Little Moonglow
4. Oui Oui, Je Suis un Paradisier
5. Our Black Bird
6. Runes and Men
7. Shoot the Moon

SIDE TWO
1. The Spirit is a Wing
2. Yo No Quiero Morir
3. Don't be Afraid of Paradise
4. Extraños y Exóticos Lugares
5. The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady
6. Mirame Otra Vez
7. Ornithophilia

And guess what??? Now you can wear a shirt like this and impress the neighborhood lepers...

Available in the shoppe at reasonable rates.