EXPOSITION, EAUX-FORTES ET MéANDRES

'Exposition, Eaux-Fortes et Méandres' is the 8th album released by the French darkwave band Collection d'Arnell Andréa. The concept for the album is based on pianist Modest Mussorgsky's 1874 ''Pictures at an Exhibition'' piano suite, which in Mussorgsky created 10 different piano songs based on Russian artist Viktor Hartmann. The majority of the tracks on ''Exposition, Eaux-Fortes et Méandres'' are based on 19th century paintings. These paintings had darker themes and included works from Arnold Böcklin's ''Isle of the Dead (painting)'', Edward Robert Hughes, and John Everett Millais's ''Ophelia''. The songs feature vocals, guitar, keyboards, cello, and viola. The album cover art and title track, ''Les Méandres'', are based on Richard Boutin's 1999 painting ''Crepuscule sur la Loire''. Boutin also photographed the band for the album's liner notes.

Contents

Track listing

Credits

Musicians

Graphic artists

Production

External links

Track listing

#"Les Sombres Plis de l'âme" – 4:40
#"The Monk on the Shore" – 6:18
#"Les Herbes mortes" – 6:16
#"Les Méandres" – 6:09
#"The Long Shadow" – 4:53
#"I Can't See Your Face" – 6:07
#"Les Catacombes" – 4:00
#"Into Flowers" – 5:33
#"Crowns of Golden Corn" – 4:03
#"L'Eau des mauves" – 5:14
#"The Island of the Dead" – 5:07

Credits

Musicians

★ Chloè St Liphard : Voices

★ Carine Grieg : Keyboards

★ Thibault d'Aboville : Viola, Voices

★ Jean-Chrisophe d'Arnell : Keyboards, Drums, Voices

★ Xavier Gaschignard : Cello

★ Vincent Magnien : Guitars

★ Franz Torres-Quevedo : Bass guitar, Voices

Graphic artists

★ Christophe Poly : liner notes

★ Vincent Lacape : liner notes, band photo

★ Richard Boutin : cover art, band photo

Production

★ p.e. (Studio Nyima) : engineering, mixing and programming

★ Terence (Studio Nyima) : mastering

External links

★ Album description on CDAA website