Nuages du Monde by Delerium (CD, Oct-2006, Nettwerk)

Album Features
UPC:	067003060226
Artist:	Delerium
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2006
Record Label:	Nettwerk
Genre:	Alternative, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Angelicus - (featuring Isabel Bayrakdarian)
2. Extollere - (featuring Katharine Blake/Mediæval Bæbes)
3. Way You Want It to Be, The - (featuring Zoe Johnston)
4. Indoctrination - (featuring Kiran Ahluwalia)
5. Self-Saboteur - (featuring Kristy Thirsk)
6. Tectonic Shift
7. Lumenis - (featuring Isabel Bayrakdarian)
8. Fleeting Instant - (featuring Kirsty Hawkshaw)
9. Sister Sojourn Ghost - (featuring Katharine Blake/Mediæval Bæbes)
10. Lost and Found - (featuring Jael)
11. Apparition

Details
Contributing Artists:	Katharine Blake, Isabel Bayrakdarian, z-z-z-z, Katherine Blake, Zoe Johnston, Kirsty Hawkshaw, Mediaeval Baebes, Kristy Thirsk, Jael, Kiran Ahluwalia, Kirsty Thirsk
Distributor:	Sony Music Distribution (
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Delerium: Rhys Fulber (programming, sampler); Bill Leeb (sequencer).Additional personnel: Greg Froese, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Jael, Kirsty Hawkshaw, Kristy Thirsk, Mediæval Bæbes, Zoe Johnston , Katharine Blake, Kiran Ahluwalia (vocals); Roy Salmon (guitar, piano, keyboards); Leah Randi (bass guitar); Pete Davies, Andy Holt (programming).As fans are well aware, Delerium began their career recording strictly instrumental music in a highly atmospheric, soundscape vein. That musical penchant hasn't changed, but over the years the duo has utilized ever more vocalists to further enhance its sound, culminating in Nuages du Monde. This set boasts seven different female vocalists across its 11 tracks, and a mere two instrumentals. Opera star Isabel Baryakdarian powerfully opens the album with the evocative "Angelicus," her soaring vocals and the number's textured atmospheres a revelation that echoes the song's religious underpinnings. Her "Lumenis," later in the set, is an equal standout, here her delivery pinioned between East and West, further accentuating Nuages du Monde's most haunting track. The equally feted Punjabi singer Kiran Arwuhalia is Baryakdarian's equal, her wondrously keening vocals across "Indoctrination" echoing around the swooping synth. These two performers are of such quality that their light virtually outshines all the rest. Still, Katharine Blake's bubbling and effervescent delivery is exquisitely showcased on "Extollere," and is far removed from the blurry, breathy vocals she offers up on the much weaker "Sister Sojourn Ghost." In contrast, Kristy Thirsk's pretty-as-a-peach vocals work a charm on "Self-Saboteur," a song that also boasts the album's catchiest chorus. "The Way You Want It to Be" is even more pop-flecked, while Jaël's "Lost and Found" encompasses flickers of new wave, rock, and pop, one of the set's most musically intriguing tracks. Filled with rich atmospheres and myriad moods, ranging from shadowed to bright, Nuages du Monde embraces a surprising variety of musical styles that shimmer and shift with great suppleness throughout the set. However, as splendid as the music is, the occasionally overly forceful rhythms at times get in their way, not so much counterpointing the moods as undoing them -- the only thing marring an otherwise flawless album. ~ Jo-Ann Greene

Editorial Reviews
[T]he seamless beats and striking vocals deliver sufficiently to make this album worth a listen.
Global Rhythm