{"id":17258,"date":"2021-03-12T11:56:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T11:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=17258"},"modified":"2021-03-12T11:56:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T11:56:28","slug":"colleen-returns-with-new-album-the-tunnel-and-the-clearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=17258","title":{"rendered":"Colleen returns with new album The Tunnel and the Clearing<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Luis Torroja<\/p><\/div>\n

French multi-instrumentalist and composer Cecile Schott, known under the moniker Colleen<\/a>, is back with The Tunnel and the Clearing<\/em>, her first full-length album in three years following A flame my love, a frequency<\/em>. An album that finds her “at her most vulnerable and confident”, The Tunnel and the Clearing<\/em> was written during a transformative period. Schott began working on the album in 2018 when she experienced extreme fatigue from a previously undiagnosed illness, eventually leading her to relocating to Barcelona where lockdowns and a breakup followed. In her own words, The Tunnel and the Clearing<\/em> “is a sonic translation of the highly emotional state and the heightened sense of perception that come in the wake of a breakup and a period of great changes, with the subsequent necessary reconstruction this entails.” She added, \u201cNever before had I felt so profoundly the power that music has, through harmony, melody, rhythm and sound itself, to express the whole range of human emotions.\u201d<\/p>\n

To bring the album to life, Schott embraced a self-imposed rule on her setup, restricting herself to analog electronic instruments like the Elka Drummer One, the Roland RE-201 Space Echo and Moog Grandmother synth, as well as the Yamaha organ keyboard and select Moog effects.<\/p>\n

The poignant and wonderful ‘Gazing at Taurus – Santa Eulalia’, named after the patron saint of Barcelona, is the first single to be let loose from the album. Take a listen below and grab the album when it’s out on May 21 through Thrill Jockey<\/a>.<\/p>\n