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An organic mixture of soothing cello and electronic sounds.
Genre:
Electronic: Ambient
Release Date:
2003
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© Copyright-Claire Fitch
(634479507823)
Record Label: Fitch
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I can firmly say Claire Fitch is the finest Irish female ambient cellist I've ever heard! I believe this will hold true even if I do ever hear another Irish female ambient cellist. Wafting out from Dublin, ambiencellist seduces with real strings and enticing electronics! Landscape's roiling blend of rather brassy swirls are almost-morose, yet emit entrancing lightness. More-obviously cello-powered ambiencellist (4:57) merges softly twirling strings with organ bleeps and washy drones... lovely! Emotive bowing seduces, as do thrumming layers of synth-ephemera; lunar sheen delivers both, and more, in a stunning collusion. The deeper, cool wisps of calm pad (3:06) levitate like shape-shifting smoke, and are accented by faintly stirring e-rhythms. Billowing ice field again demonstrates Ms. Fitch's natural sense of spaciousness, when ethereal-pastoral scenes unfold on cushiony currents of cello and gauzy electronics. In a single misstep (to my ears anyway), the echoey whiplash reverberations of shortest day distract from the otherwise cool thrumming resonance. Just-right amounts of fantasy-glare hover through the sweetly solemn strings of still reaction , before the wavelike contours of after swirl gently to a close. Highlight 40-minutes of your day with Claire fitch 's sublime convergence of sonic styles. An exciting/calming release, ambiencellist features subtle synthesis amongst its more-classical elements, skillfully combined. Very nice!
David J Opdyke.. Ambientrance
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she has made one of the finest CDs I've ever had the privilege to put my ears t
author: Neo-Zine
To her credit, Claire Fitch studied cello at the Birmingham Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Music. Currently she is employed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Ad to that list of credit's the fact that she has made one of the finest CDs that I have ever had the privilege to put my ears to. From the promo "An organic mix of acoustic cello and electronic sounds creates this ambient, spacious, introspective feeling?I compose using Logic Platinum with a nice collection of VST instruments and plugins." I hope you know what the technical mumbo jumbo means, if not just know that this recording sounds like angels from outer space. Perfectly painted sounds capes effectively bringing to life audio sensory images for the wandering brain.
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conjures up a wintry dream landscape somewhere between urban chill out music and
author: Carole Nelson of Zrazy
Ambiencellist is her first release and it is an extraordinary achievement. It is a beautiful mix of ambient electronic sounds and acoustic cello that conjures up a wintry dream landscape somewhere between urban chill out music and the west of Ireland. All the electronic sounds are fabulous, rich and atmospheric, nothing new-age cheesy. Fitch's restrained cello playing is lyrical and moving and her compositional sense as an orchestral cello player keeps the music from ever straying toward the banality of much chill out music. The music remains ultra calm throughout, just hinting at a groove on a couple of tracks. Will Fitch head off in that direction next? She's certainly set to produce an abundance of music, having, in just a couple of years, set up her own home studio. In these DIY times she has done it all. A great website with sounds, equipment lists for the benefit of other composers, and importantly CD sales. Fitch has had a great response already to this music and I'm not surprised. I think she has found a strong voice and musical identity for herself and I hope she takes the world by storm. More power to your elbow Fitch!
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"...let it wash over you while you sit and contemplate."
author: Mick Quinlan "Le Cheile" Irish club magazine
Electronic Music from Ireland.
Ambiencellist Claire Fitch
http://www.fitchsounds.com ...
Most of the reviews I have written here have concentrated on traditional music but I am going to write about some contemporary music for a change.
Claire Fitch is a Dublin-based cellist who plays for the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. A few years ago she set up her own studio and now she has brought a solo CD out. Round the kitchen and mind the dresser it's not, it's a combination of cello and electronic instruments and falls well into the so-called Ambient genre. The music is contemplative even introverted and there are hints of the traditional in some of the tracks but the musicianship lifts this out of the usual "ah no not anudder borin‚ new age cd" category. Of the ten tracks on the cd it's difficult to pick out a favourite, this is not the sort of music that is going to jump up and grab you by the throat. It's music to let wash over you while you sit and contemplate, or even drink a fine whiskey, and think of white horses dancing on that other ocean.
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