IVOUX - Frozen
Songs:  9  Time:  47:50
Taking a break from Battery, Maria, Shawn, and Evan delve into the subtler side of electronic music with their new project, Ivoux.  Frozen is their debut album which takes the listener on a journey through an array of winter themed myths and legends from around the world.  The White Witch (based on a character from British author C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia) is a whimsical composition complete with sleigh-bell sounds, floating sequences and Maria’s soothing vocals.  Even with more prominent beats, Proserpina still retains the cold / atmospheric nature of the album.  Emily is based on the US myth about a little girl who died in a snowstorm and haunt the same meadow every winter.  Haunting is the best word to describe this piece, as the sequences are eerily soothing and Maria’s vocals are equally as ghostly and tranquilizing.  Named after the Japanese demon of the snow, Yuki Onna manages to capture the mood of the Far East with oriental string arrangements, majestic sequences, and delicate, spoken word English phrases aligned with distant sounding Japanese spoken lines.  Like most of the lyrics on Frozen, Korturine tells a story, only this one is more joyous.  Atop the crashing cymbals, intricate beats, and enrapturing sequences, Maria sings of how a girl saved her father’s village from a blizzard by wedding the Siberian lord of the North Wind.  Frozen is truly a set of moving compositions that are unrestrained by time or cultural boundaries.  Lyrically this is a splendidly moving album and musically it’s regal.
         
I.S.S./COP                          Ivoux is:
981 Aileen St.                     Shawn Brice / Maria Azevedo / Evan Sornstein
Oakland, CA 94608            Contact Ivoux @
COP homepage:                83 Divisadero St.
http://www.copint.com    San Francisco, CA 94117
                                             USA
                                             Ivoux homepage:
                                             http://www.batteryinflux.com/ivoux
                                             e-mail: ivoux@batteryinflux.com