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DIANE CLUCK - Oh Vanille/Ova Nil
imprec049 - CD - $11.99 
“This record is by my favorite singer-songwriter in all of New York City.
I'm so happy to be alive at the same time she is
because i get to see her perform. It's her and guitar or her and
piano or her and harmonium. Her lyrics are so good, when i play
this for people they stop doing everything and are quiet for hours
after." Devendra Banhart
Diane Cluck's hauntingly clear voice weaves melodies full of love
and pain through her intentionally sparse arrangements of piano,
acoustic guitar and harmonium. Perfect as they are, any additional
instrumentation would be unnecessary adornments on these “skeleton”
songs, as she calls them. A classical training and obsession with
Erik Satie has instilled a tasteful minimalism. Her recordings have
been self released until now in a fashion similar to the manner
in which she records them: deliberate, hesitant and beautiful. Even
now, with this full length coming out internationally on Important
Records, Diane has only allowed for it to be issued in an edition
of 500 in homemade packaging. As a result this is the 4th installment
in Important's Arts And Crafts series featuring 11 tracks released
in packaging handmade made by the artist. It is our hope that an
unlimited edition can eventually be arranged. After two years of
trying to convince Diane that a commercial release is the right
thing to do Important is honored to release "Oh Vanille / Ova
Nille."
The fact that Diane Cluck recently allowed her music to be included
on the Devendra Banhart curated Golden Apples Of The Sun compilation
(including Iron & Wine, Vertiver, Joanna Newsom, Six Organs
Of Admittance, White Magic, Matt Valentine, CocoRosie, Vashti Bunyan
and deemed “essential” by Mojo Magazine) has earner her
a great deal more critical recognition and represents what must
be acknowledged as at least a slight desire for her music to be
exposed to a larger audience. Though she has maintained a quiet
presence, her extensive touring in Europe and America has furthered
awareness while copies of her cdrs have circulated extensively.
Songwriting this powerful and music this good can't be a secret
forever.
Oh Vanille/ Ova Nil is Diane Cluck's fourth full length and her
first official release for a recording company.
From Diane:
Half of this album was written at the Dorland Mountain Arts Colony
in Temecula, California in the summer of 2003. The other half was
written mostly in Brooklyn.
Things trudge along as they should and when I was ready to record
Todd Horton introduced himself and offered to help. We recorded
mostly in a room he was renting and also in a room I was renting
where I also recorded four other albums.
Since making Oh Vanille / Ova Nil the Dorland Mountain Arts Colony
has burned to the ground and the room I used to live in has been
demolished.
Peace,
Diane
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