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Dilly Dilly / Asian May

Dilly Dilly : CDR (2006) ; Asian Mae : CDR (2006)

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North East Indie Rec.Dilly Dilly : akidleadivy -EP- (US,2006)**°'

Last year I saw Cerberus Shoal live and I remember each individual talent of this amazing rather experimental-progressive rock group. I also noticed what a great drummer bass player Erin Davidson was, even if she did not think it, she had a great feeling for rhythm with her own personality. Now and then she explores her own ideas. Her solo project is called Dilly Dilly. She reveals a very calm world expressed on the dilly-dilly-tumtum ukelele accompanying her songs, with just a little bit feedback on her voice and just a few vocal arrangements only, nothing more : simple and slightly rhythmically attention-swinging. There's a kind of warm recognisable attractiveness in this story-telling-pulsing-troubadour style. The ukelele style on "Ending Beginning" reveals a slightly experimental melodic, intuitive spontaneity. Each of the songs have a particular character which doesn't make it fit easily elsewhere except being some kind of world and expression its own. Just the last track, "Daisy a Day" comes nearer to some (American folk?) popular song and perhaps is a cover of some known song.

Erin also participates with Fence Kitchen, another solo project from a Cerberus Shoal member, and experimental group Tarpigh, also on the same label.

(Review of Fence Kitchen on next page->)

Audio & homepage : http://www.myspace.com/cerberussiren

Label info (with more audio) : http://www.northeastindie.com/akidleadivy.htm

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privateAsian Mae : coll-sings (US,2006)***°

This solo release of Colleen Kinsella (Cerberus Shoal) was not really meant for ears other than family and friends. It is done for the art itself and for the energy of the gift, so of course it’s worth hearing.

In some way I prefer to keep the mystery going here. All songs have some beautiful delicacy, with an -open window sphere (often literally letting some sounds from traffic beneath in), and are led by voice and acoustic guitar mostly, with some use of nice voice harmonies or rearranged voice distortion (telephone??). Colleen also uses some accordion, and a few more instruments (bar piano, harmonium,..). The bits of the other arrangements are mostly done by  friends, like Donnue Hamulak (1), Cerberus Shoal (8,13), Chriss Sutherland (14), friends & family (16), Caleb Mulkerin (1,5,11).

Homepage with audio : http://www.myspace.com/asianmae  & http://www.myspace.com/asianmae1 

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