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Eric Chenaux: Dull Lights

By AAJ Italy Staff
December 4, 2006
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Eric Chenaux, nella scena underground canadese, lo trovi di qua e di là. Suona la chitarra con Phleg Camp e Life Like Weeds, inizio anni ’90. Qualche anno dopo incide il suo primo album come solista e accompagna gente che ai più è ancora più sconosciuta di lui (Michelle Mcadorey, Martin Arnold e Sandro Perri).

In molti lo chiamano come turnista: impressiona dell’artista lo stile dinoccolato, le frasi a singhiozzo e il minimalismo poetico che traspira dalle corde della sua stramba chitarra. Rumori e cigolii che lo piazzano nell’alveo del post-rock, a metà strada tra il circense Tom Waits e le stravaganze alla Devendra Banhart.

Dull Lights, musicato con i fedeli Martin Arnold e Nick Fraser, disegna traiettorie delicate quanto incisive. Autunnale nelle atmosfere, sorprende per il linguaggio e per l’immediatezza. In qualche episodio strizza pure l’occhio alla melodia (“Worn and Gear”, “White Dwarf White Sea”) rivitalizzando la tradizione folk scozzese e le orecchie di chi è in cerca di qualcosa di nuovo.

Track Listing

01. Skullsplitter; 02. Worm And Gear; 03. I Can See It Now; 04. Weather The Wind; 05. Dull Lights; 06. Memories Are No Treasure; 07. White Dwarf White Sea; 08. Ronnie-Mary; 09. However Wildly We Dream.

Personnel

Nick Fraser

drums

Eric Chenaux (voce; chitarra elettrica; banjo; lap steel guitar; armonica); Martin Arnold (electric tenor banjo; portable sampling keyboard); Nick Fraser (batteria)

Album information

Title: Dull Lights | Year Released: 2006

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