Grice - Alexandrine (CD)
From Our Friends at Dutch Music Works
London-born, art rock musician Grice returns with his second album Alexandrine, which builds on his highly regarded debut album Propeller. His music has been described as ‘a challenging cocktail of electro-acoustic glitch, art-rock and avant-pop synthesis tempered into passionate and well-crafted songs.’
With Grice taking centre-stage on guitars and vocals, Alexandrine features sonic innovator Richard Barbieri (Porcupine Tree, originally from UK electro pioneers Japan) on keyboards and as co-producer on a number of tracks. The 12-track album was mixed by Steve Jansen (Japan/Rain Tree Crow) who also lends his unique percussive input, tonalities and treatments to the work.
"Alexandrine is an Art Rock gem - GRICE sounds like Grace."
PROG magazine
"Alexandrine is an album of well executed art pop, at complete ease with itself, and therefore benefits from having nothing to prove. Highly recommended."
The Progressive Aspect
"Pure magic. Utterly enchanting. “Alexandrine” is a definite Mammal album of the year contender. Grice, the composer, singer, musician and driving force behind the band, pours enormous amounts of emotion into his songs, and his vocal style is grippingly pensive and expressive 5/5"
A Metal State of Mind
Musicians:
Grice - vocals, acoustic/electric guitars, keys, ebow, tzouras, treatments, tonalities, percussion
Richard Barbieri - keyboards, synthesisers, tonalities
Steve Jansen - additional drums, percussion, tonalities
Hossam Ramzy - percussion, triangle, riq, duff, Egyptian tabla
Luca Calabrese - freeform trumpet
B J Cole - pedal steel guitar
Al Swainger - bass, double bass, french horn, pedals
05 Ric - drums
Suzanne Barbieri - vocals
Matt Calder - hang drums
Steve Bingham - viola, violin
Maria K. Peters - spoken word
Joe Breban - drums
See for yourself:
alexandrine by GRICE - album teaser I
alexandrine by GRICE - album teaser II
Tracks:
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1. Alexandrine2. She's in my Garden3. Eclipse4. Flaw 1 (Fracture)5. Leftside6. The Magic of Changing Colours7. 12 Syllables8. Flaw 2 (Silica)9. Incomplete10. Frozen Water11. Clear Conscious & Free12. Flaw 3 (Fractal)
Format: CD
Artist: Grice
Release Date: 2015