'Divining': Vocals / Piano (all insts) / Production ~ Chloë March
French horn: Emma Bell
Influences
The sound of my mum practising the piano - so, loads of composers, but Schumann, Chopin, Ravel and Bach would have to be in there.
Theatre Music; Ilona Sekacz in particular. Film Music; Gabriel Yared, Lisa Gerrard, Bill Conti
First album I begged for aged 5: 'Eight Songs for a Mad King' by Peter Maxwell Davies, not quite sure why, I think I liked the man's voice and the groovy photo on the cover....
Usually it's the voices I fall for - here's a few; Jane Siberry, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Sting, David Sylvian, k d lang, Elizabeth Fraser, Sarah Jane Morris, Ella Fitzgerald, Judie Tzuke, Goldfrapp, Marvin Gaye, John Lennon and then it's all the usual suspects - Stravinsky, Steve Reich, Debussy, Free, Yes, Pink Floyd, Talk Talk, everything but the girl, pet shop boys, Britten, Nick Cave, Vaughan Williams
Other huge influences: Charles Dickens, Michelle Roberts, Angela Carter, Emily Brönte, Charlotte Brönte, Thomas Hardy, Wilkie Collins, Sarah Waters, T.S. Eliot, Caspar David Friedrich, Peter Ackroyd
'Divining' is now at iTunes ~ Or to order direct from me please go to www.chloemarch.co.uk for info on the CD and it's gorgeous 12~page booklet including all lyrics and my original drawings and photos.
'Divining' was inspired by water and took me three years to write, arrange and produce. The album includes sunlit reveries of moats and soft summer rain, a lament for Anne Boleyn, tales of sensuous Venice and sadistic sculptors, sea angels, melting ice dryads and dark rivers of love and loss
'...An ethereal song cycle based around water imagery, using the intricate minimalism of Steve Reich, layers of sparkling keyboards and her deep, sensual alto. Ms. March is a more pastoral Kate Bush. It's the sort of music that would accompany a movie version of Wuthering Heights (as directed by Peter Greenaway)' the new gay
'Wow, this is a beautiful record. March has a voice that blends perfectly with the lush arrangements and intricate piano tinkling...it’s no surprise that this is perfect for those cold, rainy days spent under a blanket with tea....'
Amy Lotsberg at collected sounds
'It's as lovely as they say. It's almost a score without a film. There's a sense of place, earnest and immersive.....Listening to it is interesting. There are things to discover. There are ways to become lost.' Self As Fractal
'... a mesmerizing voice and artfully filtered sounds' julians flight
'Chloë March has a command of the keyboard more reminiscent of Kate Bush, Tori Amos or Nina Simone’ Tom Robinson BBC6 Music
slideshow below includes some of the album artwork with Drawings/Photos by me and some beautiful photos by Eleanor Bell ('written on water' and 'seaweed' by EB):
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Thanks very much for the friendship and the comment. It's really a pleasure to have such a fine musician like you as a friend. Cheers from South America
Yep, the moving is pretty much over now. We've got the old place till the end of the month so we've been moving out slowly but, apart from a few bits in the garage, it's all done now. It's been pretty exhausting but it's good to have enough room, at last, to store all our stuff.
I love Amsterdam, did you go the the very wonderful De Bolhoed restaurant? Hope all is good? We are in the process of moving to a 209 year old cottage in Frome.
loved ya so much i got me a 'snowdrop' download from cd baby, pity the new one's not on cd baby download..? anyway, love my snowdrop! ;)* you're wonderful!
I'm envious of your snow, we've got none here! Hope your boiler is fixed now? Mu daughter is stuck in Brighton trying to get to London for a trade show at Olympia, all seems like disaster! Amazing how the transport system collapses with snow isn't it? Lots of love,
Caryne
PS Hope your cat is ok, mine's just come in complaining loudly about the cold!
Hi, Just to let you know I will be playing your music Tuesday on my show on www. HGRNJ. org between 12 noon and 3 pm Eastern Time ( 5-8 pm England or 6-9 pm Central Europe Time). I hope you can tune in, if you miss the show you can Check out my Playlist's Hope you like what you hear! Let me know what you think! cheers sher "Sher Delight"
Hi Chloë, thanx for your kind words & checking out my sounds....All the best to you for the festive season & for the upcoming New Year. Hope you get down under for a tour sometime....?
hi Chloë March, the pleasure is all mine ... welcome ... stretch and you go somewhere ... there are no limits... and now ... ... hopefully a little inspiration ... sheltered place ... ;) ... (click on the picture for another view)
Hi, Just to let you know I will be playing your music Tuesday on my show on www. HGRNJ. org between 12 noon and 3 pm Eastern Time ( 5-8 pm England or 6-9 pm Central Europe Time). I hope you can tune in, if you miss the show you can Check out my Playlist's Hope you like what you hear! Let me know what you think! cheers sher "Sher Delight"
