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"LMNOP®/babysue® review"


"The tunes on Shades of a Vast Moment are decidedly subtle and serious. Marie's soothing, almost folky tunes are pushed to the next level by the clever use of odd electronics, keyboards, and strings. Her voice is strangely atmospheric...and extremely effective for this style of music. Moody and slightly peculiar, this is an album that doesn't fit into easily defined categories. We can't help but be impressed by the colorful imagination inherent in tracks like "Inner Out," "Life Sleeps" (our favorite), "Somehow," and "The Dead Part of You." Moody and compelling music. (Rating: 5++)"
(http://www.babysue.com/2007-Jan-LMNOP-Reviews.html)

- LMNOP®/babysue®


"Feminist review"

"The album is a melodic tale of sorrow, a search for meaning within the circle of life. It is mixture of ambient, lounge-y, jazzy tunes, which flow like a stream of water from beginning to end. The first song, “Inner Out,” could be the music score for an off-Broadway play. It lends itself to abstract visual interpretations, casting shadows moving through sound. The dark and eerie voices are akin to Sinead O’Connor’s lamenting voice. With lines such as “life sleeps with agony, and ashes came right through the dead part of you” the songs are solemn contemplations. Shades of a Vast Moment needs complete attention in order to catch all the subtleties within the lyrics and the music. I’d recommend putting your feet up and listening to it with a nice glass of port or, for those not partaking in alcohol, a thai tea perhaps."

Review by Dianne Bowen
(http://www.feministreview.org)

- Dianne Bowen


"OpusZine"

The music on Void’s Anatomy’s debut album, Shades Of A Vast Moment, often reminds me of a darker, more dolorous version of Amy Annelle’s fractured folk-pop. Like Annelle, singer/songwriter Marie Jorge has a voice that is surprisingly strong for all of its breathiness, and it has a unique way of wrapping its tendrils about the fragments of your subsconsious, regardless of whether she sings in French and English.

But whereas Annelle’s songs ramble, tramp-like, through broken, faded snapshots of Americana, Jorge’s songs pirouette on the edge of an abyss, her delicate voice seemingly quite outmatched by the long, dark night of the soul that she faces.

Jorge sings “Words we speak are empty/No light, no solace to share… Up to now, there is nothing left/Outside the wind is killing what’s left” on the opening track, setting the somber tone that permeates much of the album. A light piano melody dances its way through the song, but its lightness seems almost morbid and even mocking when compared to the song’s mournful cello and synth strings.

The lethargic guitars, languid keys, and conversational snippets that make up the musical backdrop of “Life Sleeps” is quite appropriate for Jorge’s tale of spiritual unrest and exhaustion. The song captures tiny details—a pile of unmade clothes on the bed, for instance—but the ennui dispels any notions that the song is purely observational.

“Consuming ads makes me want to throw up/And I’m tired to see within or without/Between flashes of your face”, “Blaming others is an easy way out/I’m tired to drink words that bypass the heart/Fading essense outrunned by doubt”—the ennui in Jorge’s song is almost palpable, with a faint echo of heartache about it all.

Occasionally, a faint glimmer of light pierces the gloominess. Jorge is joined by fellow Placid Surge member David Gendron on “Merging Twilights”. Their light voices merge into a conversation of sorts, seemingly attempting to strengthen eachother with words such as “I have no say when the sun comes up again/Light climbing up walls/Wrapping us on its way and shining again”, as electronic programming and fuzzy synths roll and unfold around them.

However, the brief respite is over as soon as the aptly-titled “Void” begins unfolding. “Void” starts off innocuously enough, with a sparse acoustic guitar and some glitchy electronics settling around like dusk falling on a countryside. However, the lyrics, as usual, betray the mood as Jorge sings of failed relationships and broken hearts. Not the most original subject matter to be sure, but Jorge’s seemingly understated treatment is rather disarming, even with such lyrics as “Swallow me as I’m cold/I got no more breath to take anyway”.

However, the drums come in at the midpoint, their starkness almost pummelling compared the earlier tranquil sounds, and the lonely fate contained within the lyrics suddenly becomes crushing, doubly desperate and inescapable. Even as Jorge’s voice grows more insistent, crying out “Forgive me for I loved you so strong”, the song continues its downward spiral, pulling Jorge down along with it.

Truth be told, there are moments on Shades Of A Vast Moment where the album’s somber tone becomes a bit too weighty and portentous, even maudlin. As a result, the distinctions between all of album’s very atmospheric songs do begin to blur a little, everything running together a bit too much.

However, because the album’s core always remains with Jorge’s voice, the delicateness of which provides an often stirring contrast to the dark, roiling, turbulent sounds that surround it, even potentially irksome lyrics such as “Your words fell over me like dead stars… Now only lives the dead part of you” are rendered with a fragile beauty.

Her voice does allow a few fragments of light to pierce the album, fragments that finally coalesce by the album’s end. An e-bow keens off in the distance as “Our Morning” begins, fending off the metallic squalls and rumblings that exist on the song’s periphery. In that safe place, illuminated by gently shimmering guitar tones, Jorge sings the album’s most hopeful words ("My faith is celebrating/For what my soul is touching/And it flows, and it flows"). The drums sound out of the calm, but this time there’s something faintly triumphant about their solemn march.

The darkness is still there, and is still strong. But hope, faith, and redemption are there as well, and don’t seem to be going away anytime soon. Which, considering the heavy darkness, angst, and heartache that Jorge (and the listener) have just wandered through, becomes all the more affecting.

Source:
http://www.opuszine.com/music_reviews/review/voids_anatomy_shades_of_a_vast_moment/#extended - Jason Morehead


"Voir Québec, 08 juin 2006"

Oui-Void's Anatomy

Charmantes surprises que les douces et lancinantes pièces de Void's Anatomy, projet solo de la chanteuse, multi-instrumentiste et auteure-compositrice de Québec Marie Jorge. Assistée notamment de David Gendron (ex-Projet Orange; batterie, voix, réalisation) et Andrée Bilodeau (Les Batinses; violon), elle déploie son envoûtante brise vocale sur de riches textures lévitant entre post-rock, électro-ambiant et trip-hop folky, les sonorités classiques (piano, cordes) s'accouplant docilement aux échantillonnages et rythmes en boîte.
- Par Patrick Ouellet


"Le Soleil, 13 juillet 2006"

L’électro met l’ambiance

Mathias Marchal

Le Soleil

Prenez deux doses de Björk, trois pincées de Radiohead et une goutte de Mum. Agitez le tout et vous obtiendrez Void’s Anatomy, un mélange rafraîchissant qui fera ses premiers pas demain, à l’occasion du Festival Off.

Derrière Void’s Anatomy se cache surtout Marie Jorge, une sorte d’Amélie Poulain version québécoise. Pour son premier album, la jeune Charlesbourgeoise de 31 ans écrit, compose, chante, en plus de réaliser la pochette. Bref, elle aime toucher à tout. Et aussi, tout voir.

Shades of a Vast Moment a été écrit sur les routes, un sac à dos sur les épaules, entre l’Inde, la Nouvelle-Zélande, l’Islande, le Laos et beaucoup d’autres contrées dont l’énumération prendrait tout un paragraphe ! Moines thaï, oiseaux néo-zélandais... Les échantillons sonores glanés ici et là viennent enrichir la musique très électro-zen de Void’s Anatomy.



Portrait à la façon de...

Marie Jorge aime la sagesse du dalaï-lama (elle pratique la médiation Vipassana) et dormir en voyage dans sa camionnette Econoline, modèle 79. Ça tombe bien, en septembre, pour la promotion de l’album, elle entamera sa ruée vers l’Ouest. Le Canada et les États-Unis, en camionnette. Avec son copain, David Gendron. Et si la chance continue de leur sourire, même l’Europe aura l’occasion d’écouter la musique post-rock électro-ambiant (ça, c’est pour les amateurs d’étiquettes) de Void’s Anatomy.

Marie Jorge n’aime pas les gens lorsqu’ils font craquer leurs articulations et les organismes qui ne misent pas suffisamment sur les musiciens émergents. « Le système est mal fait. Pour recevoir une aide financière, il faut vivre de sa musique depuis au moins deux ans, alors que c’est justement quand on débute qu’on a le plus besoin d’aide », pense-t-elle.

Chanter en anglais n’est pas non plus idéal pour obtenir des subventions. Avec l’aide de son copain qui travaille à la radio, Marie Jorge a donc décidé d’investir. Désormais, le couple dispose de son propre studio d’enregistrement et a produit lui-même l’album.

Pour toutes ces raisons, Void’s Anatomy est à sa place dans la programmation du Festival Off, rendez-vous qui revendique une plus grande visibilité pour les musiciens émergents. - Mathias Marchal


"Le Carrefour de Québec, 6 juillet 2006"

Québec- Après le lancement de son premier projet solo Void's Anatomy, l'auteure compositrice et interprète Marie Jorge met le cap non pas sur le Québec, mais sur toute l'Amérique afin de faire connaître son album Shades Of A Vaste Moment.

«C'est un album très ambiant. Ça plane», décrite Marie jorge lorsque vient le temps de parler de ce tout premier projet solo enregistré dans son propre studio de Charlesbourg. Son album vise à transporter son auditoire dans l'esprit de ses nombreux voyages.«Voyager me nourrit tellement», raconte celle qui a foulé le sol de nombreux pays dont l'Inde tout dernièrement.
C'est à travers ces aventures que l'artiste de Québec a construit son projet, bien loin des normes actuelles de l'industrie. «J'enregistre des trucs de partout dans le monde. Je ramasse des sons de partout», explique Marie Jorge. Pour rassembler le tout, elle a su compter sur l'ex-batteur de Projet Orange David Gendron et sur le guitariste Luc Grandisson.

Un album personnel
Après quelques minutes d'écoute de Shades Of A Vast Moment, il ne fait pas de doute que c'est d'abord pour elle-même que Marie Jorge a composé son projet. Loin des rythmes accrocheurs, d'une musique commerciale parfois vide de sens, c'est tout en émotion que l'artiste offre son produit. Un disque pour ceux en quête de poésie et de sons particuliers. Sous le thème des contrastes, Marie Jorge met l'accent sur les paradoxes de la vie: «j'aime les contrastes. C'est ce qui crée l'équilibre. On ne surait pas ce qu'est le chaud sans le froid. Il faut accepter les mystères de la vie. C'est ce que j'essaie de dépeindre. On se bat souvent pour rien, contre la nature des choses. Il ne faut pas se battre inutilement». Faisant aussi du graphisme et de la photo, elle a créé le desing de sa pochette qui fait un clin d'oeil à l'inutilité de certaines choses.

La route de la promotion
La station CKRL tourne déjà l'album de Marie Jorge. Elle s'affaire présentement à faire connaître son projet dans bien d'autres stations. Mais la piqûre du voyage reprend vite. Dès l'automne, elle et David Gendron prendront la route de l'Oest canadien et des États-Unis en voiture pour promouvoir l'album. Au retour, il n'est pas exclut que le trio ayant fait naître Shades Of A Vast Moment se rassemble afin de former un groupe. Tout est sur la glace présentement. Il sera possible de voir et entendre Marie jorge au festival OFF. - Dominique Talbot


Discography

Shades Of A Vast Moment (FF001), 2006

Outbreak Blends (re-mix album, FF002), 2007

Airplayed Tracks:

Inner Out, Dots And Dirt, Life Sleeps, Taming Mistery, Haemorrhage, Seuls Mais Vivants, The Dead Part Of You

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Bio

The songwriter and singer Marie Jorge, born in Quebec City in 1975, is attracted at very early age into music and singing. As a teen she takes classical singing private classes and starts learning acoustic guitar in 1998 to allow herself an easier original songs composition. She also develops a passion for traveling that will bring her all over the world, and after her studies in fine arts she goes alone on the road with her guitar and photo camera. Curious of peoples and different cultures, she collects musical instruments from all around the world and touches a bit of everything that makes a nice noise, whatever it is. She samples all kind of sounds from everywhere she goes and loves to play with them to create atmospheres. In 2001, she works on a boat in the Faeroe Islands, singing for tourists in the caves to show the natural acoustic. She also performs a live concert there with the well-known composer of the area Kristian Blak. She participates in many different small musical projects here and there before realizing a long time dream, the construction of a professional recording studio, which she builds with her companion David Gendron, now finished and opened since summer 2003 and known as Midaltern studio. In the same year both music accomplices form the band Placid Surge. After composing music for short movies including Fétiche Maniaque (film by Olivier A Dubois, first prize winner of vidéaste recherché 2004), she records Shades Of A Vast Moment in the year 2005, the first LP album of her own musical project Void's Anatomy, which comes out on June 13 2006. After a promotional tour that takes her around Canada and USA, she collaborates internationnally with artists from different parts of the world to produce a re-mix album named Outbreak Blends, wich is coming out june 19, 2007.