SONG OF THE DAY (#210)

'vaporous,' by elsiane

so when your music's a blend of electronica, classical, jazz, pop, various eastern influences, and pretty much everything else, naturally you're going to title your debut 'hybrid.' of course you are. you just can't sneak anything past them now, can you? i jest...

obvious album titles aside, 'hybrid' is an album that in lesser hands probably would come off as simple patische. sure, the nods to their influences [massive attack, portishead, morcheeba, among others], are just as obvious as the album title, but vocalist elsianne caplette and drummer stephane sotto manage to take the melange of sounds and shape into a cohesive whole. 'hybrid' certainly isn't anything new or original, but it is an accomplished record. for her part, elsianne is a pretty distinctive vocalist. she's got a lot skye edwards same vocal tics, but she's very much her own vocalist and you'd be hard pressed to find a more distinctive voice, especially in a genre of music in which vocalists seem to be hired purely for the airy quality of their voices. she buries the songs in reality while keeping the mystery intact. that, my friends, is no small feat.

elsiane's debut, 'hybrid,' is available at all the usual outlets. will it set the world on fire? no. will you enjoy it nonetheless? absolutely. check it out.

→ elsiane: vaporous / video
→ elsiane: morphing
→ elsiane: across the stream