Elise Mélinand - Gray Hoodie (2014) Lossless

2014 debut album from the French singer, songwriter and musician. The album, written in Berlin then sequentially recorded throughout various locations in France, was initially inspired by the techniques she was exposed to after being recruited as part of Christina Vantzou's Little Prism Ensemble. Her newly adapted recording and composition tool, the laptop, is undeniably the norm today. However, it allowed M‚linand to better visualize her compositions while experimenting with techniques that Gray Hoodie so skillfully showcases. Crafted by M‚linand to tell a story of a friend who gave her a gray hoodie one cold evening. This gray hoodie was a symbol of their friendship and this album is said by M‚linand to be "A way to thank him for everything he gave me". Gray Hoodie showcases M‚linand's childlike voice and legato string work juxtaposed over frenetic experimental beat-work that is injected into ten cinematic vignettes that exude the comfort and warmth of a sweatshirt on a cold day.