This brand new CD features seventeen songs (for a total length of one hour) in the pure Ô Paradis style... subtle
arrangements mixing natural, electronic, experimental, traditional elements, Demian's enchanting voice singing in
Spanish, choirs, languorous melodies and songs ranging from traditional music to pop... everything that makes Ö
Paradis such a unique formation is present on this new album, only with more mastery and maturity than in the past...
This album also includes friendly collaborations: Jürgen Weber (Novy Svet) for the text and the voice on 'Octopus' and
Gerhard for his jazzy swing composition (based on a Nietzsche text) titled 'Llama'. Both are very different contributions
by nature of course, but both bring something to the album, as they are part of Demian circle of accomplices.... As for
the lyrics, Demian lets us appreciate his unique and charismatic voice singing in Spanish, with a reference to Fernando
Pessoa on the 'Introduction' title.
Compositions like 'Por Cuidar De Mi, Amor', 'Palabras' or 'Tenerte A Mi Lado', with their characteristic atmosphere full
of melancholy and floating impressions are, in my opinion, pure gems... and just ask to be played over and over again...
It is also worth mentioning that the excellent title 'El Astro Rey', initially released last April as a 7" split with
Allerseelen, also features on this album and it fits in perfectly with the overall atmosphere...
To resume (with all that this term implies), I will just recall that Demian confined in our pages a few months ago that
he 'lives at twenty minutes in car of the bank that separates these two worlds, the sea and the land...' this might explain,
in part, the inspired work, the magic and the strange essence that emanate from this 'Serpiente de Luna Serpiente de Sol'...
Highly recommended.
Nathalie F.
Contacts:
Autumn 2003
Ô Paradis: www.o-paradis.com
Aorta: www.geocities.com/ahnstern