Bonnie Banane & Joseph Schiano Di Lombo - L'Orguasme [LP]
Bonnie Banane and Joseph Schiano di Lombo present L'Orguasme, an album of bawdy and devotional songs accompanied by the organ of the Cité de la Musique/Philharmonie de Paris. Literally composed and written for pleasure, this work (of the flesh, naturally) pays tribute to the most spectacular expression of ecstasy -- a paradise so near and yet so misunderstood. From the most restrained sighs to the most dazzling vocal outbursts, from the foreplay to the eruption, not to mention the bliss that follows the incandescence, Bonnie and Joseph sing about the art of reaching seventh heaven, of genuflection and "la petite mort" ("little death" a French expression for "climax") without shying away from the darker areas: those of guilty, forbidden, feigned, or selfish pleasures, for instance. By turns light, explosive, mystical, burlesque, and poetic, this music diverts the organ from its centuries-old habits, achieving a union of the profane and the sacred, the crass and the beautiful, the body and the spirit, early music and pop -- reminding us of the essential truth: it's better to come than to cry. While the minimalism of the arrangements initially strikes the ear -- no instruments other than the organ accompany these musical escapades -- the album is infused with numerous unexpected influences: R&B; ("La petite mort"), swing ("Le cri"), gospel ("Simulation blues"), jazz ("Le calme après l'oeuvrette"), medieval ballads ("Ronde génitale, Au plaisir"), and even a famous 16th-century folk dance called the branle ("Branle [Censored]"). A sexy, lush, stripped-down, and unabashed opus, glorifying what remains glorious: love, music, and the boundless joy of creation.1. A2. Préliminaires _x000D_3. A4. La montée _x000D_5. A6. Le cri _x000D_7. A8. Le plaisir des sources _x000D_9. A10. Ronde génitale _x000D_11. B12. Grand frisson _x000D_13. B14. Branle [Censuré] _x000D_15. B16. La petite mort _x000D_17. B18. Simulation Blues _x000D_19. B20. Le calme après l'oeuvrette
