Name: Eldorado
Brand: Catherine Graindorge

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

GBLP113

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Colour

black

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-10-01

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Proper

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

4030433611319

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

GBCD113

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4030433611326

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Catherine Graindorge

Genre GB

Modern Composition

Label GB

Tak:Til

Catherine Graindorge is a Belgian violinist, violist and composer. Produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, Rokia Traoré), <i>Eldorado</i> is her second solo album and her first for Glitterbeat's tak:til imprint. Gorgeous and haunting, Graindorge uses strings, harmonium and electronic treatments to explore intimate corners and widescreen vistas.

Although she’s best-known for her collaborations with a range of artists from Nick Cave to Mark Lanegan, as well as her work as part of Nile on waX, and for the music she’s written for film and theatre, Graindorge had been intending a second solo release for years. But <i>Eldorado</i> had a much longer gestation period than she expected.

That period paid dividends. The music, she says, became “like a diary,” and each page brings new reflections and resonances. She worked with producer John Parish (PJ Harvey, Rokia Traor ), who played various instruments on the album, including the guitar on the homage “Eno.” Graindorge had sent him her first album, and they built a friendship that led to her recording most of this disc at his studio. Artistically, it was a perfect match.

“I loved working with him,” she explains. “Not only is he an excellent musician but I love his relationship with sound and music: he is curious, always looking for sounds, there is a rough and direct side to his approach to music that I liked. I wanted this new album to be more radical, a hybrid and raw like our thoughts and emotions, perhaps less ‘smooth’ than the first one so it corresponded more to what I feel today.”

Eldorado

Music GB