Suzanne Langille & Loren MazzaCane Connors
Enchanted Forest
Suzanne Langille's first proper album of her own songs, 'The Enchanted Forest' is inspired by John Lebar's 1945 film, prompting Langille to act out each of the six characters, accompanied by Connors' quiet, fragile plucks.
Originally released in 1998, 'The Enchanted Forest' is a peculiar and exquisite oddity. Langille had already recorded extensively with Connors at this stage, but this album was a chance for her to take the lead, and her eccentricity makes it completely captivating. She tells the story of a child lost in the woods, and uses different voices to suggest distinguishable personalities, shifting her delivery each time. If you've heard the duo's early Guitar Roberts collaborations, that's the best sonic analog for this full-length; Langille sounds driven but spectral, and Connors' backdrop is so minimal that it almost disappears into the negative space.
Langille sounds as if she's meditating on each and every word, letting them ring into the near-silence or tumble over each other lovingly. Sometimes it sounds as if she's singing a folk song, at others an aria or a lullaby. These shifts can happen often within the same composition, and it's a testament to Langille's skill as a vocalist that she can pull it off so flawlessly. It's music that, while not being too conspicuous, sounds startlingly contemporary, even 25 years after the fact.
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Suzanne Langille's first proper album of her own songs, 'The Enchanted Forest' is inspired by John Lebar's 1945 film, prompting Langille to act out each of the six characters, accompanied by Connors' quiet, fragile plucks.
Originally released in 1998, 'The Enchanted Forest' is a peculiar and exquisite oddity. Langille had already recorded extensively with Connors at this stage, but this album was a chance for her to take the lead, and her eccentricity makes it completely captivating. She tells the story of a child lost in the woods, and uses different voices to suggest distinguishable personalities, shifting her delivery each time. If you've heard the duo's early Guitar Roberts collaborations, that's the best sonic analog for this full-length; Langille sounds driven but spectral, and Connors' backdrop is so minimal that it almost disappears into the negative space.
Langille sounds as if she's meditating on each and every word, letting them ring into the near-silence or tumble over each other lovingly. Sometimes it sounds as if she's singing a folk song, at others an aria or a lullaby. These shifts can happen often within the same composition, and it's a testament to Langille's skill as a vocalist that she can pull it off so flawlessly. It's music that, while not being too conspicuous, sounds startlingly contemporary, even 25 years after the fact.
Suzanne Langille's first proper album of her own songs, 'The Enchanted Forest' is inspired by John Lebar's 1945 film, prompting Langille to act out each of the six characters, accompanied by Connors' quiet, fragile plucks.
Originally released in 1998, 'The Enchanted Forest' is a peculiar and exquisite oddity. Langille had already recorded extensively with Connors at this stage, but this album was a chance for her to take the lead, and her eccentricity makes it completely captivating. She tells the story of a child lost in the woods, and uses different voices to suggest distinguishable personalities, shifting her delivery each time. If you've heard the duo's early Guitar Roberts collaborations, that's the best sonic analog for this full-length; Langille sounds driven but spectral, and Connors' backdrop is so minimal that it almost disappears into the negative space.
Langille sounds as if she's meditating on each and every word, letting them ring into the near-silence or tumble over each other lovingly. Sometimes it sounds as if she's singing a folk song, at others an aria or a lullaby. These shifts can happen often within the same composition, and it's a testament to Langille's skill as a vocalist that she can pull it off so flawlessly. It's music that, while not being too conspicuous, sounds startlingly contemporary, even 25 years after the fact.
Suzanne Langille's first proper album of her own songs, 'The Enchanted Forest' is inspired by John Lebar's 1945 film, prompting Langille to act out each of the six characters, accompanied by Connors' quiet, fragile plucks.
Originally released in 1998, 'The Enchanted Forest' is a peculiar and exquisite oddity. Langille had already recorded extensively with Connors at this stage, but this album was a chance for her to take the lead, and her eccentricity makes it completely captivating. She tells the story of a child lost in the woods, and uses different voices to suggest distinguishable personalities, shifting her delivery each time. If you've heard the duo's early Guitar Roberts collaborations, that's the best sonic analog for this full-length; Langille sounds driven but spectral, and Connors' backdrop is so minimal that it almost disappears into the negative space.
Langille sounds as if she's meditating on each and every word, letting them ring into the near-silence or tumble over each other lovingly. Sometimes it sounds as if she's singing a folk song, at others an aria or a lullaby. These shifts can happen often within the same composition, and it's a testament to Langille's skill as a vocalist that she can pull it off so flawlessly. It's music that, while not being too conspicuous, sounds startlingly contemporary, even 25 years after the fact.