The Unusual: Colleen

Take a gander through my electronic and classical music shelves sometime, and there is a pattern. Keep it slow, keep it quiet, keep it harmonic. Those are the rules for me when it comes to the instrumental electronic and classical genres. Not strictly so, but there's definitely a pattern.

And now my new favorite gal Colleen is kinda/sorta stradling both genres with some beautiful Arvo Part like compositions performed on mainly guitars and cellos, and pieced together with a looping divice a la Andrew Bird, Final Fantasy.

Piece that all together and you've got the recipe for a happy, happy me! The compositions are minimalist, slow moving, deep and beautiful. I really am at a loss for words here. It's akin to me walking up to a musician and saying "Excuse me, could you record my dream music for me?" and that musician saying "For you, Aaron, anything!" and that's just what Colleen did.

Being at a loss for words, I'll go like Reading Rainbow and recommend that you don't take MY word for it:

Colleen - Sun Against My Eyes
Colleen - Blue Sands

What's that? You've soiled your pants just listening to this music? You want more? Well, I can help you with the latter. Check out her website, myspace or emusic for more of that. Enjoy!