ELEA - Strange World

 

A return to its sources, with a magnificent concept album.

Recorded in Ibiza, facing the sea, this new album, calm and serene, develops a vast sound, opening onto symphonic horizons.

Leaving ample room for acoustic instruments such as guitars, piano, flutes, percussions, the duo worked with a string quartet on arrangements that give cinematic scope to several of the album’s titles.

In keeping with the tradition of the psychedelic music of the seventies, the major influence, the one they grew up under, combined with the maturity they have acquired, the titles are mixed together in the manner of a concept album illustrating the universe of ELEA, where ethereal sounds wind in and out of vocal harmonies, revisited by modern technologies à la Massive Attack or Air.

From the atmosphere inspired by Pink Floyd or Tangerine Dream, to a creative “chill out” with ethnic shades, “Strange World” reveals a dreamlike vision of landscapes, an “ambient” universe where organic sounds cross with areas of weightlessness.

Elea Goa : Vocals, pianos, keyboards, programmings
Swann : Vocals, guitars, flutes, drums, percussions, programmings.

DUB IBIZA July 2007 :
ELEA, new album «STRANGE WORLD»
“As the title says this is a strange world we are living in, there is always new to discover. So do they both with their new longplayer, although it is combined psychedelic ambient with music from the 70s, what is basically the same, as they demonstrate in perfectness. Guitars, percussions, pianos and voices transport you in a parallel universe, where there is no time, nor limits. Great music! “

DUB IBIZA MAGAZINE – Andreas Simon – # July 2007

 

Tracklist :

01	Paisley Faces
02	Strange World
03	Mahatma	(Gandhi Dub remix)
04	Silver Castles
05	Paysage de Soie
06	Wireless Life
07	Salam Shalom
08	The Road of the Dunes
09	Lama
10	Spiritual
11	Global Warming
12	Suns of Tatooine
13	Myriads of Stars