Clara Engel
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Tilman Lewis, Nick Buligan, Lowell Whitty, Paul Kolinski....
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The girl says the Source is a person and at the same time a mountain of water, vitreous as emerald. That she has no arms, no face, and cannot see; that she glides forward without moving so as not to disturb the folds of water she wears draped around her presence.
-Marguerite Duras
Clara Engel is a multi-faceted artist whose voice is guided by the likes of Jacques Brel, Robert Johnson, and Theodore Roethke. Engel is quickly gaining a following and carving a niche for herself as a brave, bold, and innovative new voice. Both fierce and delicate, her music is reminiscent of an era in history when theatre, art, and sound were an integral part of a bigger, more vital whole; an era that the 21st century is craving more than ever. Clara Engel’s music presents the sort of emotional tightrope that has fueled unforgettable artists like Antony Hegarty and Diamanda Galas. Gorgeous and beguiling, her androgynous voice rises from a whisper to a roar while maintaining miraculous tone and pitch. Engel performs live frequently in NYC and Toronto, and has a loyal European following. She is set to release her fifth album 'Secret Beasts' at the end of 2009, and will be touring in 2010.
Discography:
Jump of Flame (self released) 2004
Clara Engel (self released) 2006
Cousin Mary EP (self released 2006)
Tender (Corps-Morts Records 2008, A Silent Place 2010)
Secret Beasts (self released, TBA 2009)
The Bethlehem Tapes (TBA 2010)
Guest Appearances:
Aidan Baker’s Liminoid at X Avant Festival 2008 (to be released on Alien 8) – voice and guitar
Morgan Doctor’s album Other Life – melody, lyrics and vocals for opening track ‘There Were Horses.’ 2009.
Phallus Dei’s A Day in the Life of Brian Wilson – melody, lyrics, vocals for four tracks Soundtrack 2008.
Minor Progression interview:
http://minorprogression.com/2008/12/19/clara-engel-wants-to-come-west-plus-interview
Clara Engel's album, ‘Tender’ received a 7 out of 8 star review in BLOW UP Magazine in Italy, 2009.
“Clara Engel, on guitar and voice, took the rich and tortured lead vocals most convincingly.”
-Tova G. Kardonne reviewing Aidan Baker's Liminoid 2008
"The biggest, bravest voice I have heard in years. Think minimalist holy blues from another galaxy."
- Maria Kasstan
“This atmospheric opener to her second album is graced with full-blooded vocals by Clara Engel, and calls for a film worthy of using it as a soundtrack.”
- review of There Were Horses: music by Morgan Doctor, lyrics, vocals, melody by Clara Engel. The Anti-Hit List, ranked 1 by John Sakamoto.
"Beautiful fistfuls of love and guts" – a listener.
“Clara Engel, on guitar and voice, took the rich and tortured lead vocals most convincingly.”
-Tova G. Kardonne reviewing Aidan Baker's Liminoid
"i know you're a girl, but sometimes listening to your voice, i feel like i'm listening to a hundred voices, male and female, all erupting from your jaws, like you are the portal for all thought and fear, love and loss, and even though you are a girl, there is a sense of masculinity as well as pure femininity, nestling in your voice...a neutral sex for a neutral sound. a midway between dark and light. a river between a war and asylum..."
-Jacob (songwriter/composer)
Clara’s songs often explore the nether regions of the human heart. But they do it with compassion and insight, and a direct and deeply affecting musical vision.
-Tilman Lewis
Hello Clara Engel! Interesting music here as usual! Keep it up! Preview for all tracks of my debut album Symbiosis of Contradictions are now available on my myspace page through zimbalam player. Mp3 release is now available in all the major stores worldwide. Greetings from the rainy Moscow/Russia /Ivan
Well I have finish recording and mastering my album which is called the black death. but it is not out yet. we are putting the finishing touches on the art work now. It will be out early 2010. Why do you ask?
i cannot find this one song i use to listen to over again lyrics were something like " ....leave me bloody through the snow..." cuz i wanna purchase the cd with that song on it
