Thursday 10 April 2014

REVIEW - All Ways EP

Intimate music for The Ascension Plan, a young band from Penzance, United Kingdom. Their sound could be collocated in a place between Calla, Codeine and Spain, but with modern overtures. Soft electric guitar arpeggios(Martin Jackson), a romantic violin(Paul Adams) , sparkling melodies. What is unforgettable for me it's when it comes the voice of Mimi Goese (Hugo Largo), a melody that can take you far from the pain of the day, to an isle where everything it's ok, like a siren lost in a shiny sea. They will grow well and i hope they will have success also over 'underground' territories. The songwriting is promising.
(NICOLA NOVELLI)

Tuesday 1 April 2014

...it ISN'T a Dream! it's ALL REAL!

...hey there ascendants, 
just woke up from a dream 
where we were playing one of the most spectacular theatres in the WORLD, 
supported by a heavenly CHOIR, 
with MIMI GOESE SINGING
then found this on Wikipedia, now i KNOW it's REAL, WIKI told me...

Mimi Goese

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mimi Goese (last name rhymes with hazy) is the former vocalist for dream pop band Hugo Largo.[1] She also appeared in the 1996 short film Black Kites, directed by Jo Andres.
Two collaborations with Moby, tracks "Into the Blue" and "When It's Cold I'd Like to Die",[2] appear on the Moby's album Everything Is Wrong. The latter song was heard during the closing credits of The Sopranos episode "Join the Club".)
Under the name Mimi (no last name) she has released one solo album, Soak, on the Luaka Bop label, with contributions from French record producer Hector Zazou.[3] She also released a cover of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You" as a single. .
In 2006, Goese collaborated and performed onstage with the "mutantrumpeter" Ben Neill on a project called XIX. In 2010, the duo collaborated on a musical theater piece titled "Persephone", which was premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's 2010 Next Wave Festival. Goese and Neill were commissioned by BAM to create the staged work (co-starring actress Julia Stiles) with multimedia company Ridge Theater. "Persephone" With a book by Tony Award-winning playwright Warren Leight, it grew out of the 19th-century musical themes that Goese and Neill were exploring. An album featuring music from the project, Songs for Persephone, was released by Ramseur Records in August 2011.
Goese continues to occasionally perform and also teaches classes in performing arts.
Mimi is currently collaborating with Cornish band The Ascension Plan on two tracks, Buoy, and [[4] Life (You Are)], and in [[5] one-off gig] at the spectacular Minack Theatre in Porthcurno.
"Mimi’s voice conjures up a long plummet through white light and space. It’s like a parachutist still in free fall, who seems briefly weightless and adrift in an ocean of air." -Melody Maker

References

  1. Robbins and Stenger. "Hugo Largo". trouserpress.com. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  2. Cairns, Dan (2006-10-29). "Down time: Moby". The Times (London). Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  3. Ann Powers (1998-06-17). "Carving a Path Of Innovations". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  4. https://vimeo.com/album/1924641/video/89136849
  5. http://theminackplan.blogspot.co.uk/

External links

ascending


...a song about life and death, fresh from the All Ways EP sessions (NOW available HERE - theascensionplan1.bandcamp.com/album/all-ways-ep), backing vocals by the inimitable Mimi Goese. Escher-inspired video featuring stunning animations of Ascending/Descending by SirGagarin and Relativity by Keltoi...
Lay down
To breathe
A long time
To sigh
Open the roof
I want to see
Chasing the sound
Taken in
Ascending
Pull me up
Make it so
You don't move
Hold still
Open the roof
I want to see
Chasing the sound
Taken in
Ascending...
Scream for life
Ache for the light...