Sunday, November 30, 2008

"Dessine-Moi Une Ligne" or "Draw Me a Line" by Craig McConnell (Ambient Artist from Switzerland)

RadioIndy is pleased to present Craig McConnell with a GrIndie Award for the CD "Dessine-Moi Une Ligne," or "Draw Me a Line"

"Dessine-Moi Une Ligne," or "Draw Me a Line," is an ambient instrumental new age soundtrack composed by Craig McConnell. This soundtrack is from the movie of the same name. The movie is about Swiss snowboarder Géraldine Fasnacht and attempts to draw a line, so to speak, between the artistic vision of McConnell and the danger in traversing and descending the Swiss Alps. The album relies heavily upon ambience and synthesizers for its overarching sound, but that is not to say that it is not, as a whole, musically and instrumentally sound. McConnell incorporates the piano, drums, bells, guitar, a string section and a beautiful operatic female vocal throughout, showing his capabilities as a composer and as a musician. The songs are all centered around the concept and the movement of the film, but they are all composed with feeling and with heart and all belong to the mastermind McConnell. "Dessine-Moi Une Ligne" is well-produced and sounds great, ready for both the big screen and the stereo. "Fields of Air" is a soft instrumental with piano, drums, a bell and uses the female vocal as an instrument to carry us away. "Le Chant des Sirènes," "Rhythm of Life," and "Géraldine & Sébastien" all use a vocal performance as an instrument as well, where it is the noises they are making rather than the words they are forming that make the songs move. "The Fine Line – Part Two" opens with ambience, then introduces a string section, then progresses into a great rhythmic drum beat. "Dessine-Moi Une Ligne" is a fascinating soundtrack that paints an auditory portrait for the film it was made for. Fans of ambient new age and films about snowboarding, pick up this album.-Chris & the RadioIndy.com Review Team
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