Charlotte Martin

SimulacrumViv 書き込み：

Four Walls = Looove <3

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emcxmc 書き込み：

Very nice indeed. Only imo a little bit to much Tori like.

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starsonthemoon 書き込み：

yes, yes, yes!!!

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retrobabies 書き込み：

I do adore that acoustic version of Tremble <3

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TheOnlyPhoenix 書き込み：

http://charlottemartin.bandcamp.com/track/tremble-acoustic-version

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RottenFlowers 書き込み：

http://www.last.fm/music/Fox+In+Dangerland

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escapings 書き込み：

I've heard all her releases and have been a fan since 2004. :) I love all her albums!

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emcxmc 書き込み：

OK, reviewing the shouts here, people were dying waiting to listen to her new album. Now that the album is there, it looks like there is not much discussion. Where are all these 132,157 listeners now? I think everybody is waiting for a nice popsong from Charlotte that hits the charts, something like 'Redeemed' and 'Everytime it Rains'. How talented and charming she is, she will not keep her fans if she does not go commercial as a pop artist.

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TheOnlyPhoenix 書き込み：

*contd. "You are and So am I" evokes feelings of a shared intimacy, "Not Wanting to Get There" is slow and measured, a one step at a time journey... and so on. Yes, there are titles which seem to make no sense at all but that's the beauty of it. PT is based so heavily in interpretation, think of the titles as merely a part of the music and rather not the defining characteristic. In any case, I'm sure I'll never convince you, but maybe one day Char will reveal a bit more about the album and you will have your answers from the best source. Here's a little peek into what that might be like: http://www.examiner.com/x-27360-Hartford-Music-Scene-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Charlotte-Marting-Goes-Instrumental In this interview Char explicitly declares that "A Beautiful Spot Out In The Skyline" and "Geronimo" are about Pablo and his fight with cancer.

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TheOnlyPhoenix 書き込み：

OK, Round 2... here we go. Firstly, the album is not lacking in the least imo. I hold it right up there with OYS, Stromata and Reproductions. And the compositions are not "all quiet the same", neither is the minimalist nature of the album a negative point in any manner. Now, more about the titles. As you can probably already tell, I'm a huge fan of Piano Trees, owing to my existing love for all forms of instrumental music. I listened to the album on repeat for about a week, if not more, right after its release and most of the time I listened to the whole album as one single track, not truly paying attention to the titles. However, I can attest that I do find relations between titles and the compositions in most cases, like "Count From 1-10" which is a decidedly dark composition and brings forth feelings of anger and passing of the same. Similarly, "Geronimo" makes me think of diving headfirst into an unknown and perhaps hostile situation, *contd.

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intheluminol 書き込み：

I agree that the album is lacking for sure. Basically stream of consciousness recorded. It's an interesting exercise but not a true album. But the song titles seem appropriately random because of that, so whatever.

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emcxmc 書き込み：

Right. Many artists do include in their albums instrumentals and name these tracks with titles. Pink Floyd did that many times (Pigs, Dogs, Sheeps)... But usually these artists create an atmosphere or include sounds which link the titles with the tracks. I think you miss my point here. In the case of Piano Trees, there are 24 out of 24 instrumentals in 1 album, all with minimum orchestration (piano), all quiet the same, and in my opinion does not justify their remarkable titles, unless for Charlotte's mind only, and there is no way a listener, how hard he even will try, to link or remember a particular track with its title. I am not saying her latest album is not good or not enjoyable, but nobody can listen to these tracks in random order and be able to link these to their titles.There is just no clue to do that, and we don't get emotionally involved in something like 'God Made the Bees' listening to track 6 or 'Before the war' listening to track 8. We even could switch them both.

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intheluminol 書き込み：

In addition to the logical explanation below, song titles often seemingly have nothing to do with the song (Led Zeppelin is an example of a band who often did this). It's a rather limited view point to expect the titles to always make clear sense to the listener when there could be unlimited reasons for why a song is called by a certain title.

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LiqDiamonds 書き込み：

I would have loved a coffee table book!

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TheOnlyPhoenix 書き込み：

More information on Piano Trees in this interview: http://nevermindtheposers.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/charlotte-martin-interview-at-world-cafe-live/

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TheOnlyPhoenix 書き込み：

The story behind Piano Trees is this: Char initially wanted to release a book that would be accompanied by a CD. The book would be a collection of poems and songs she writes in a journal titled Word Trees, along with photos to become a sort of coffee table book. However, publishing a book is not a cheap or easy task, so the book was shelved but the CD remained (thankfully) and became Piano Trees. Each composition on PT corresponds to writings in Char's journal, but without the journal we are clearly a bit in the dark about the exact sentiment and story behind them. This explains the titles. However, I firmly believe that merely releasing Piano Trees with titles like "Piano Exercise No. 1" would have been a loss. The titles, as obtuse as they may be, still add another layer of imagination and visualization to each composition enhancing their effect on the listener.

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LiqDiamonds 書き込み：

@ emcxmc - maybe it's personal to Charlotte.

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emcxmc 書き込み：

Oh yeah (@ TheOnlyPhoenix)? I would appreciate it if you could start a journal and tell us what every track has to do with its title.

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