Troy von Balthazar, singer of legendary Chokebore, cuts his own path and opens his own universe of song. This artist and enchanter's debut album is a charming collection of sketches, moments and grandiose songs, recorded in various places of the world. Coinciding with Troy von Balthazar's tour with discourse pop stars and friends Tocotronic, and to an audience predictably spellbound, this beautiful record will be released to this country. Please hold on to your hearts.
Silently resting, always admired. For three years now, fabulous Chokebore, the band "responsible for at least two indie rock masterpieces", have been keeping still. Now their voice, singer Troy von Balthazar, has started bringing ideas, moments, affairs to a life as brilliant music. And finally, his self-titled debut album finds its way hither, decorated with praise and laurels garnered and earned in other countries. »Troy Von Balthazar« is an episode album, the chameleonic, picturesque work of an alert and versatile author. Attached, but not shackled to Lo Fi traditions, the beauty of its frugally arranged chapters hits hard. Hardly softened, its blow goes straight for hearts open to love, music and touching storytelling.
This record is in flux. Stoic, obstructionist drums, breathy keys, loops, samples, resolute distortion and tender plucking make "Troy Von Balthazar" a constantly moving record. Its sixteen acts, fragments, loops and magnificences reflect a life hovering inbetween chapters and places, jet lag and wide-awake esprit. At the same time, the man who gave it its name also gives it a center. Again and again, his seductively yearning, dreamily demanding voice take its place in the middle, transofrming every moment's melancholy into an enchanting beauty. This creates evergreens, full of Pop and Soul and Blues, even grandeur - yet naked, free of pomp and lead back to their moment of conception.
»Troy Von Balthazar« was recorded in the mountains of France, in Elliott Smith's New Monkey Studio in Los Angeles, in Berlin and Hawaii and in Leipzig. Troy von Balthazar was his own accompanist, producer and engineer, and he created oustanding songs and fragile miniatures. Next to one another, his compositions and snapshot recordings merge into a document of excited love and ecstatic unrest, an album that will echo and remain forever.
Silently resting, always admired. For three years now, fabulous Chokebore, the band "responsible for at least two indie rock masterpieces", have been keeping still. Now their voice, singer Troy von Balthazar, has started bringing ideas, moments, affairs to a life as brilliant music. And finally, his self-titled debut album finds its way hither, decorated with praise and laurels garnered and earned in other countries. »Troy Von Balthazar« is an episode album, the chameleonic, picturesque work of an alert and versatile author. Attached, but not shackled to Lo Fi traditions, the beauty of its frugally arranged chapters hits hard. Hardly softened, its blow goes straight for hearts open to love, music and touching storytelling.
This record is in flux. Stoic, obstructionist drums, breathy keys, loops, samples, resolute distortion and tender plucking make "Troy Von Balthazar" a constantly moving record. Its sixteen acts, fragments, loops and magnificences reflect a life hovering inbetween chapters and places, jet lag and wide-awake esprit. At the same time, the man who gave it its name also gives it a center. Again and again, his seductively yearning, dreamily demanding voice take its place in the middle, transofrming every moment's melancholy into an enchanting beauty. This creates evergreens, full of Pop and Soul and Blues, even grandeur - yet naked, free of pomp and lead back to their moment of conception.
»Troy Von Balthazar« was recorded in the mountains of France, in Elliott Smith's New Monkey Studio in Los Angeles, in Berlin and Hawaii and in Leipzig. Troy von Balthazar was his own accompanist, producer and engineer, and he created oustanding songs and fragile miniatures. Next to one another, his compositions and snapshot recordings merge into a document of excited love and ecstatic unrest, an album that will echo and remain forever.
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Took Some $$
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I Block The Sunlight Out
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Dogs
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Magnified
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Real Strong Love
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Bad Controller
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Perfect
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