☭ marselip0910 叶俊华™

LOS ANGELES, California
United States

FR:Filles Sourires
2008/11/17

A cross between Hoagy Carmichael and Leonard Cohen; or small, strong coffee with cream and one lump of sugar; or filet mignon and mashed potatoes. Interested? This description is taken from Eleni Mandell's Myspace, and especially the coffee-comparison works for me. Until Natasha told me about Eleni, I'd never heard of her. Turns out she's made several albums, and what I heard so far she has a fine, bit lazy sounding voice and makes well-crafted music. Madeline Peyroux is a good reference. Apparently, she did a punky version of the standard I Love Paris for a burger restaurant. Dis moi au revoir encore is her first French recording, and was released on a vinyl 7" (yay!), backed by another French song. To hear and/or buy that, you have to go here. Hopefully, Eleni will sing some more en français.

Eleni Mandell - Dis moi au revoir encore



Eleni Mandell - Miracle of Five (LTD Edition Digipack incl. 2 Bonustracks)
2. Februar 2007
Label: V2 Records (rough trade)

Eleni Mandell 一個以Tom Waits為偶像的唱作人，來自美國LOS ANGELES的漂亮女人。她的嗓音很散很散，因為受到 Tom Waits的影響，她的音樂顯得很慵懶，慢慢的節拍，簡單的曲調。一點燭光，一把吉他，一些器樂伴奏，疲疲倦倦的樣子，完全一種很輕鬆，幽閒，並且幸福的音樂。



1. Moonglow, Lamp Low
2. Girls
3. My Twin
4. Salt Truck
5. Wings In His Eyes
6. Make-Out King
7. Miracle Of Five
8. Perfect Stranger
9. Dear Friend
10. Somebody Else
11. Beautiful
12. Miss Me
13. Invisible Moon
14. Felt Like Love



Product Description
On her sixth album, Eleni Mandell delivers a magnificent, late night, lights-low set -- her sexiest recording yet. Her conversational alto is set beautifully against the reeds (Jeff Turmes, who has backed James Harman and Badly Drawn Boy), guitar (Nels Cline of Wilco), vibes (DJ Bonebrake of X) and her longtime rhythm section of drummer Kevin Fitzgerald and bassist Ryan Feves. Produced by Andy Kaulkin and mixed by Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith), the album is a sonic marvel. Her captivating songwriting has taken an optimistic turn, concentrating on love found instead of love lost. Already a local hero -- Los Angeles Magazine named Eleni best local singer and the LA Weekly anointed her as best songwriter -- Miracle of Five will open the world to this timeless chanteuse.