The macabre imagery and dream world of Alu
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
From: John Diliberto
Length: 00:03:30
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Piece Description
Alu is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter who creates ambient soundscapes for her songs of lost innocence, cultural ennui and interior dialogues. With a voice that sounds like Kate Bush in a cabaret, Alu sings of casket salesmen, circus cosmos and buzzin' brains that populate her captivating fantasy stories.
Broadcast History
aired on WXPN Philadelphia 07/16/2008
Transcript
[sonar sound] + This is an Echo Location: Soundings for New Music.
Music
:03
ZIGGY STARDUST CAME FROM MARS, SUN RA CAME FROM SATURN. A SINGER NAMED ALU ISN'T FROM ANOTHER PLANET, BUT SOMETIMES SHE WANTS TO BE.
:20
A: Ah, no, not really happy with earth, I sometimes not happy with the humans here, um, I think I?ve always felt like a bit of an outcast and um, you know, just, I think we all kind of want to go to that place where our family is, or the people who understand and support us are, and that?s kind of Mars to me.
Music MARTIAN RENDEZVOUS
:30
THAT'S "MARTIAN RENDEZVOUS,? ONE OF THE QUIRKY, ATMOSPHERIC AND THEATRICAL SONGS FROM HER SOPHOMORE ALBUM, "LOBOTOMY SESSIONS." THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN IRONIC PUNK TITLE OR THE FOLLOW-UP TO SPINAL TAP'S "INTRAVENOUS DE MILO." BUT ALTHOUGH SHE DOES HAVE A SONG THE NEW CLIVE BARKER FILM, "MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN," ALU ISN'T A MOROS...
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Timing and Cues
Incue: [sonar sound] + This is an Echo Location: Soundings for New Music.
Outcue: I?m John Diliberto and this has been an Echo Location, Soundings for New Music
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIAN RENDEZVOUS | Alu | Lobotomy Sessions. | 2008 | 00:10 | |
| Buzzin in my Brain | Alu | Lobotomy Sessions. | 2008 | 00:08 | |
| CIRCUS COSMOS | Alu | Lobotomy Sessions. | 2008 | 00:10 |
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