Name: Slowly Paradise
Brand: Eric Chenaux

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CST131cd

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Limited edition

Release date

2018-03-09

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Secre­tly

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Sales:8.875

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666561013127

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

Artist

Eric Chenaux

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Constellation

Eric Chenaux is a Canadian guitarist known for his unique and captivating musical style. With influences ranging from folk to experimental, Chenaux has carved out a distinct sound that sets him apart from his contemporaries. His intricate guitar work and soulful vocals have earned him comparisons to artists such as Sandro Perri, Black Ox Orkestar, and Oren Ambarchi.

Chenaux's music is both innovative and accessible, combining elements of avant-garde experimentation with heartfelt melodies. He has collaborated with renowned musicians like David Grubbs, Bill Orcutt, and Emmanuelle Parrenin, further showcasing his versatility as an artist.

Listeners can expect to be transported into a world of sonic exploration when experiencing *Eric Chenaux's* music. Whether it's the ethereal sounds of Laura Cannell or the introspective compositions of Richard Youngs, fans of experimental folk will find much to appreciate in Chenaux's discography.

Slowly Paradise is Eric Chenaux's new solo record - a lovely collection of mostly long songs guided by soothing, buttery singing and bent, fried fretwork. It is arguably Chenaux's most assured and essential solo work, expanding upon on the critical acclaim his previous releases Guitar &amp; Voice and Skullsplitter have rightly garnered. Chenaux makes conceptual music that's not meant to sound conceptual. He operates among various 'traditions' but perhaps most broadly, Chenaux's records grapple with the relationship between improvisation and structure in very particular, unique, idiosyncratic ways - and quite without irony or cynicism, through love. Because fundamentally, Chenaux writes love songs, which he sings in a voice honeyed and clear, while his guitar gently bends, frazzes, chortles, diverges and decomposes. He is a singer-songwriter and also a true guitar innovator and improviser. This juxtaposition of his mellow, dexterous crooning and his highly experimental (and equally dexterous) guitar explorations, explodes even unconventional notions of singing and accompaniment, of tonal and timbral interplay between guitar and voice. Even within avant-garde currents of folk and jazz balladry, Eric Chenaux feels like an outlier. Yet his music remains wonderfully warm, generous and fundamentally accessible in spite of its irrefutable iconoclasm. Thanks for listening.

Slowly Paradise

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