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02. THE DOLLS - White Dove
03. THE DOLLS - Soul Skin
04. THE DOLLS - The Dolls
05. THE DOLLS - Night Active
06. THE DOLLS - Choices
07. THE DOLLS - Kukkuu
08. THE DOLLS - Collect The Blue
09. THE DOLLS - Star-Like
10. THE DOLLS - Motor City
11. THE DOLLS - Favourite Chord
12. THE DOLLS - Sunbird
ARTIST
TITLE
The Dolls
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
HUUME 006CD HUUME 006CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
11/8/2005

The Dolls are Vladislav Delay aka Luomo (Finland), Antye Greie aka AGF (Germany) and Craig Armstrong (Scotland). Huume Recordings are happy sponsors of this collaboration between three solo musicians, admirers and explorers. Craig Armstrong (Massive Attack, Moulin Rouge soundtrack) had heard AGF's (Antye Greie) music and became a fan. He invited Antye to sing on his second solo album, As If To Nothing, and they performed a few successful shows together, with Vladislav Delay as central groupie and sometime performer. Armstrong later recorded a few of the songs off his solo piano album Piano Works in Berlin at AGF/Delay's home studio, dipping into idea-sharing and collaboration. They recorded hours of piano played by Armstrong, bringing in their computers and various studio toys. And at times when the machines didn't do their thing anymore, then the piano itself became a platform for something new, going well beyond "treated piano." The Dolls believe in the soothing qualities in music, both as a catalyst for themselves while making it as well as for soothing frayed nerves for the modern condition. But this trio of authors also believe in the child-like catharsis of music-making, even to the point of nonsense. Using drums, piano and vocals, The Dolls take on character-roles, tell stories, and share intimate personal memory, transforming the pieces into multi-layered musical fantasy. Different generations with various backgrounds, musical ideas and visions meet here and mix-and-match there, leaving behind something you haven't heard before. This is an archive recording of a surprising and uncompromised musical event. Bliss.