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The
Assassin – Murder? Crime of passion? As always, ROME’s titles ought to be taken
with a pinch of salt. ROME’s new 'Chanson Noir' is speaking of man’s enslavement
in a world of constant transformation. The traditions of (French) Chanson and
(American) Folk are becoming more and more influential in their current work.
Chansonniers like LÉO FERRÉ, JACQUES BREL and singer/songwriter heroes like
CAVE, CASH and COHEN are obvious influences. The previous album “Flowers From
Exile” already gave a first impression of what they themselves call 'Chanson
Noir' – the darker side of singer/songwriter tradition: post-industrial-folk
with bits and pieces of Electronic Pop, complex arrangements of breathtaking
melodies, mesmerizing ballads of lyrical beauty, underlining ROME’s ethos of
never faltering or remaining uninvolved. The EP/Single features four songs among
which the exclusive and intimate track “One Flesh”. The creative input of new
member Nikos Mavridis (on violin and other stringed instruments) has become more
and more apparent, most obviously in the reinvented, “stringed” versions of two
classic ROME tracks "Der Erscheinungen Flucht" and "Der Brandtaucher" from the
highly successful album „Masse Mensch Material“. ROME are reinventing themselves
with each release, without ever losing track of their roots. Still, the sheer
anger and ultimate despair of the early, warlike days has somewhat evaporated to
make room for more complex and classical arrangements and ever more
thought-provoking lyrics. ROME: unmasked, honest and authentic! Released on
Trisol and available January 29th,
2010.
01 L'Assassin
02 One Flesh
03 Der
Brandtaucher (Stringed Version)
04
Der Erscheinungen Flucht (Stringed Version)
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Rome - L'Assassin **PRE-ORDER |
CD $12.97
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