Product Details
Artist : Delerium
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0067003060226
Label : Sony Music Canada Inc.
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2006-10-03
UPC : 067003060226
ASIN : B000I0QKBU
Track Listings for
Disc-1
1. Angelicus - Isabel Bayrakdarian, Delerium
2. Extollere - Katharine Blake, Delerium, The Mediæval Bæbes, ,
3. Way You Want It to Be - Delerium, Zoe Johnston,
4. Indoctrination - Kiran Ahluwalia, Kiran Arwuhalia, Delerium
5. Self-Saboteur - Delerium, Kristy Thirsk
6. Tectonic Shift - Delerium
7. Lumenis - Isabel Bayrakdarian, Delerium
8. Fleeting Instant - Delerium, Kirsty Hawkshaw
9. Sister Sojourn Ghost - Katharine Blake, Delerium, The Mediæval Bæbes,
10. Lost and Found - Delerium,
11. Apparition - Delerium
12. Producers
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Editorial Reviews
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There aren't a lot of musicians who actually start a trend, but as Delerium, Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb can take credit for the ethereal-girl genre of dream-pop electronica. From early releases like Karma, which included singer Sarah McLachlan, they've specialized in a mixture of lush, almost romantic electronica coupled with female singers that tend toward the ecstatic. Their latest album, Nuages du Monde, is no exception. Fulber and Leeb bring in a host of singers, from the operatic soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian to Punjabi Bollywood singer Kiran Ahluwalia. Also on board are old favorites the Mediæval Bæbes, whose "Blow Northern Wind" is sampled and adapted with new vocals on "Extoller." Kristy Thrisk, who goes back to the earliest vocal works of Delerium on Semantic Spaces, returns, joined by Kirsty Hawkshaw--a singer who's already been a favorite foil for artists like BT, Orbital, and DJ Tiësto. Along with Jael's "Lost and Found," Hawkshaw's "Fleeting Instant" is among the most likely pop singles from the disc. Like their previous album, Chimera, Nuages du Monde ("Clouds of the World") flirts dangerously with soporifically shlocky arrangements, but they've pulled back considerably, thickening the beats and trading synth strings for real on many tracks. The tribal "Sister Sojourn Ghost," the Bæbes' second appearance on the disc, is one of the few tracks that play with the formula, as an uncharacteristically primal chant from the Bæbes treads a dark, percussive groove. A bit more of that would have lifted Nuages du Monde beyond what seems to be a business-as-usual approach by Delerium. --John Diliberto
Customer Reviews
Sadly insignificant and uninspired... (2006-10-15)  I have been a Delerium fan since way before the band became a pop act. In the early days of Delerium, the band was only an instrumental side project of Frontline Assembly's Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber playing dark industrial music with a cinematic twist. Years later came "Semantic Spaces" and then "Karma"... Fulber left Leeb after cooperating with him on FLA, Intermix and Synaesthesia mainly. Leeb took over Delerium and made it a pop band playing commercial music...Fulber came back to FLA and Delerium and I expected the music would get better... "Chimera" proved me wrong. Still, I heard that "Nuages du Monde" would be a return to the style explored in "Karma". Not so... This CD has the worst music Delerium ever released and nothing dreamy and exotic like what made "Karma" such a phenomenal album... It's cheesy, uninspired and I'm sure my 12 years old niece will love it, and that should tell you a lot about it! Think of it as an underproduced and imagination-lacking Banco de Gaia release...It's just my two cents, and hey, what do I know, but you should know that Fulber has his own Delerium-like band, Conjure One (C1), and I have that nasty hunch that maybe, just maybe Delerium has become a band where he can use "left-over" music that won't cut it for his Conjure One project...Delerium has lost its soul. My greatest fear is that this CD will sell big... I never skipped tracks when I listened to Delerium before, not until "Nuages du Monde" that is...
Not perfect but a nice return to form (2006-10-04)  I would have given this a 4.5 stars if it was possible but felt 4 was too low.After a rather uninspiring and pop oriented release with Chimera (though not bad by any means), Leeb/Fulber re-unite fulltime with the release of Nuages du Monde. Though still holding elements of Chimera's poppier sound at times, overall the sound is much more ethnic and soundscaping then both Chimera and Poem (to some extent). This is mostly due to the introduction of Isabel Bayrakdarian and Kiran Ahluwalia as guest artists. Isabel brings her soprano/operatic voice to the foreground on both Angelicus and Lumenis, easily two highlights on the album. Kiran Ahluwalia lends her voice to a very Bollywood feeling tune with Indoctrination. This combined with your typical Delerium fast beat, bass driven music and it could easily have fit on Karma, arguably Delerium's best work to date.The Mediaeval Babes provide vocals on an additional two tracks, Extollere and Sister Sojourn Ghost and like Isabel's and Kiran's contributions are less lyrically structured, sounding more like an additional instrument or sample. Extollere is very reminiscent to Aria from Poem where SSG has strong Conjure One (Fulber's solo project) elements, both excellent tracks!Fans of Chimera will enjoy songs by Zoe Johnston, Kristy Thirsk and Kirsty Hawkshaw who provide more traditional sounding and structured tracks.Jael, the singer famous for After All, Chimera's big single also provides a very pop oriented tune on the album called Lost and Found. However, unlike the previous three artists tracks which though poppier in nature manage to fit into the realm of what Nuages has created, Lost and Found simply stands out as a Top 40 pop tune that dare I say may be one of their worst tunes ever written.Delerium's famous instrumentals are also present with the epic Tectonic Shift and choir based Apparition. On both these tracks Delerium has taken their sound and created something not quite heard before. Both have a very cinematic feel, with a lot of strings and synths going hand in hand.Its clear that Leeb/Fulber are continuing to evolve their sound and take it other places and for that one must respect and appreciate what they have accomplished. Though it works in more areas then it does not, it still lacks something. There is still not a tight cohesiveness and structure that made Karma and Semantic Spaces both original and groundbreaking.However Nuages is still a strong release from the masters of ambient, electronic music and is a must for any Delerium fan.
Thrilling, enchanting stuff...all fans should be pleased! (2006-10-03) In short, this CD delivers it all: beautiful music, tangible atmosphere, and a coherent theme. But perhaps most important of all, it's a clear gift to the old and new listeners of Delerium, with a production that feels geared thoughtfully and sensitively to meet fan concerns.For a better idea of what to expect, read on!I was fortunate enough to be able to pick this up here a day before the official release date, and I could not wait to listen to Delerium's newest release! With gorgeous soundscapes constructed in the previous albums Semantic Spaces, Karma, and to an extent Poem (and the more pop-inspired but just as personally enjoyable Chimera), I bought this with great anticipation--where would Delerium go next? What sound would they appeal to--classic, ethereal, heavy with depth "old" Delerium in the vein of Semantic Spaces and Karma, or will Nuages Du Monde continue trailblazing in the lighter side of things?Chimera debuted to mixed reviews due to its near full embrace of pop elements merely experimented with in Poem--a group of fans were understandably afraid that Delerium would become another brand of bubblegum pop, while others appreciated the effort nevertheless, but for different reasons.In Nuages Du Monde, literally "Clouds of the World," Delerium successfully does it all with admirable confidence and inspiration, in a sort of celebratory retrospective--here you will find the uniqueness of Semantic Spaces, glimpse the darker moods prevalent in Karma, enjoy song pacing akin to Poem, notice gentle references to Chimera, and even come to love an entirely new thing they've introduced.First off, Isabel Bayrakdarian must be mentioned as an exciting new guest vocalist, opening the album with "Angelicus," and later reappearing in "Lumenis." This famous Canadian soprano is part of what's new that Delerium has done--having lent her voice to the Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers soundtrack, her haunting, wordless singing once again provokes the most delicious of tingles down the spine, especially in "Lumenis." She gives an incredible depth and airiness to her tracks, and you can just about feel the adventure and mystery of travelling to new lands atop the clouds. With Isabel's inclusion, we are once again treated to a few consecutive, lyricless songs in the play order, a treat that hasn't occurred since the days of Karma!Speaking of Karma, "Indoctrination" with Kiran Ahluwalia and "Tectonic Shift" is a generous return to that style, and the latter is outstanding even considering Delerium's great mastery of ambient tracks ("Twilight," "Amongst the Ruins," "Serenity," to name a handful); and at last, Kristy Thirsk, the original songstress of the group, returns to give another alluring vocal performance in "Self-Saboteur," albeit in a lower range like for Balligomingo's "Heat."The continued collaboration with The Mediæval Bæbes from Poem in "Extollere" and "Sister Sojourn Ghost" are also excellent (particularly the latter), and any of the more pop-influenced songs ("Way You Want It to Be," "Fleeting Instant," and "Lost and Found") reference the tones of Poem far more than Chimera, so there should be no complaint from the Chimera malcontents. There is simply no weak track in this release--only maybe "weaker" ones when compared among themselves.Lastly comes "Apparition," and it presents the final element of Nuages Du Monde's newest direction--soaring, epic stuff, with a choir boy no less, and enough good things cannot be said about it! "Apparition" sounds unabashedly like something from a fantasy soundtrack--in fact, I imagine that it could quite convincingly fit into one of the more stirring moments from The Lord of the Rings, such is its beauty. It is an astonishing way to finish off the album, highlighting the inimitable, evolutionary style of Delerium--indeed, it blind-sided me, exceeding all expectations to become perhaps my favourite Delerium album to date!
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