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ANOICE - Remmings
imprec076 - CD - $11.99 
Let's get this straight immediately. Anoice is
not another instumental group with strong rock tendencies and an
armchair association with classical music. Unlike numerous contemporaries
which they will undoubtedly be compared to, their goal is not to
follow the trends and make the soft/loud/soft/loud juxtapositions
in every song, but to carefully craft each song with a strong attention
to melody, solid accompaniment, and courteous counterpoint. Six
panel digipack design by Non-Format
"With guitars, bass, viola, keyboards and drums, the six Anoice
succeed to
create incredible atmospheres between Sigur Ros, Arvo part and Rachel's."
Rockerilla (Italy)
“Even when all of them are going at it hammer and tongs they
act more like an
orchestra with each player adding their own element to the melody.
Anoice hit
all the blissful and joyous emotions and only rarely dip into melancholy
like
most bands of the same ilk. “ Brainwashed
"Anoice have produced something entirely different and original,
a mature record
of great beauty and attention to detail that rises above any clichés
and should by
all accounts establish them as one of the leading artists today.
"
Rockarolla (UK)
"Anoice Remmings (Important) This Tokyo-based sextet make some
really sublime
instrumental music. Monumental and subtly nuanced; they all allow
plenty of room
for each other. Mixing guitars, programming, viola, bass, piano,
drums, mandolin,
and synthesizer, into the nine varied sonic excursions presented
here. Mesmerizing
soundtracks to nonexistant films that bloom in the center of your
mind. Ranging from
very small and soft spoken, to toweringly grand and vast. Some pieces
have the feel
of chamber music renditions of Mogwai or Spacemen 3 songs; others
feel like an
accurate aural description of loneliness."
Dream Magazine
"I was sold this record on the promise that Anoice are “like
Rachel’s…but they rock…”
But isn’t that Godspeed? Well, no because whereas Godspeed
dangle you worringly
over a cliff for the duration of an album, Anoice frequently drop
you, pick you up again
and occasionally even make you float. What’s more, there’s
often more of a rhythmic
framework here. The bass isn’t afraid to groove, the drums
do ‘Bolero’ behind the
cascades of passionate viola and hammered piano. Anoice, in fact,
are as adept at
approaching the rock/classical thing from the rock end as the classical
end, which gives
them more than one string to their bow and potentially makes for
some celestial live performances.
In places, they sound like an instrumental Arcade Fire. In others
– particularly the incredibly
beautiful tracks 5 - 8 – they sound as good as any living film
composer worth his salt.
If track 6 (Liange) doesn’t astound you, you are a glacier.
There’s a readymade market for evocative, anthemic, cinematic
stuff like this, of course, be
it on the bill of All Tomorrow’s Parties or soundtracking some
intense French film noir,
with Emanuelle Beart running down the steps of la Basilique du Sacre
Coeur in torrential
rain. Even so, Anoice have that something special that could elevate
them even beyond that.
This is not a group, as such. These people are modern composers.
"
Glen Johnson - Piano Magic
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