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Manic Expressive (CD)

By: Her Space Holiday (Artist)

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Her Space Holiday Artist Snapshot:

Indie electronica artist Her Space Holiday (aka Marc Bianchi) excels at introspective songs that run the gamut between lush and lo-fi. While 2001's MANIC EXPRESSIVE showcases the more pristine side of Bianchi's perpetually melancholy aesthetic, later releases such as THE PAST PRESENTS THE FUTURE take a more minimalist approach. Although Bianchi's songs can be almost painfully confessional, this emotive quality, along with his intimate vocals, has endeared the multi-instrumentalist to a faithful set of fans.

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DISC 1 for Manic Expressive (CD) Album By Her Space Holiday (Artist)
1   Manic Expressive (Enter)
2   Lydia
3   Ringing In My Ears, The
4   Polar Opposite
5   Key Stroke
6   Spectator Sport
7   Hassle Free Harmony
8   Perfect On Paper
9   Manic Expressive - (Exit)
 

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Review

Q (11/01, pp.120-2) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...Marc Bianchi's soft voice combines perfectly with the twittering electronics, touches of guitar, the equally silken singing of girlfriend Keely Chanteloup and a subtle use of strings and horns..."
Alternative Press (1/02, pp.84-5) - 8 out of 10 - "...A record that is both soothing and exhilarating....Just the right amount of tension and release to keep listeners transfixed for all 42 minutes..."
Magnet (12-1/02, p.89) - "...Quietly windblown cinematic chamber classicism...without the tympani and flags..."
Mojo (Publisher) (10/01, pp.126-7) - "...Evokes both the introverted strangeness of early His Name Is Alive and the cosmic soul tack Jimi Tenor currently pursues, suffused with a sun-kissed, West Coast lightness that's all HSH's own..."
NME (Magazine) (9/29/01, p.65) - 6 out of 10 - "...A rather mousey and introspective record filled with the wishy-washy sounds of shoegazing, yet not without its precise, audacious moments..."

Title Note

Manic Expressive, the follow-up to Her Space Holiday's bedroom electronica epic Home Is Where You Hang Yourself, establishes Marc Bianchi as a brilliant producer in league with Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields and gives the term IDM, or intelligent dance music, new meaning. Like Kid A's little brother, Manic Expressive pops and gurgles through spacey, multi-textured compositions. The layering of keyboards, beats, and orchestration illuminates Bianchi's approach to the music, that of a producer as opposed to a songwriter, and shows his ability to create mind-expanding sounds like Radiohead and Spiritualized on a comparably negligible budget -- no small feat to say the least. But, whereas Kid A is a cold affair that explores the isolation of emotions in an increasingly technology-driven world, Manic Expressive is all warm tones and amber waves. "Lydia" has a sleepy groove that sounds a lot like Momus circa Voyager. And want to talk riffs? "The Ringing in My Ears" builds on a string progression that could be Bach. Bianchi knows how to do the grandiose, and "Hassle Free Harmony" pulls out all the stops and ascends heavenward: "I used to think the world was round until I filled myself with sound," sings Bianchi. Ground control to Major Marc, you've really made the grade. ~ Charles Spano

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