Name: L'oiseau Magnifique
Brand: Alice

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BJR91LP

Colour

Black

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-03-31

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

7640159731917

Total Cap

Black LP

Artist

Alice

Genre GB

Folk

Label GB

Les Disques Bongo Joe

After seeing photos of our record store in Geneva named after their long-lost relative, George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman's family was overjoyed that European music lovers decided to honor his name. To learn more about Bongo Joe Coleman, you can visit <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongo_Joe_Coleman">this link</a>. And if you want to experience his unique sound and style, check out his performance of "I Wish I Could Sing" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez_3bqMI

Armed with a thrift-store synth, bizarre wit and arresting vocals, the intergenerational, all-female micro-choir Alice release their second album L’Oiseau Magnifique. Hailing from Geneva, Alice’s music subverts French and Occitan folk music to create a playful and poignant blend of intricate harmony and storytelling lyricism – a unique sound that is deep yet deceptively minimal.Formed in 2018, Alice is the brainchild of artists Lisa Harder, Yvonne Harder, and Sarah André. Alice combines art-pop, folk song vocals and synth experiments to create a unique sound of their own that is captured on their mammoth 23 track album, L’Oiseau Magnifique (The magnificent bird). The group draws on their experience of intuitive singing at home and with friends and family, as well as Yvonne and Lisa’s history of performance in choirs and Sarah’s storytelling career as an author of graphic novels. With mother and daughter Yvonne and Lisa playing the keyboard in unison and all three of them singing along with intuitively harmonised words, Alice’s music produces a choral polyphony from just three voices, while sharp lyrics reflect on universal emotions and the poignant moments of their everyday lives alike.

L'oiseau Magnifique

Music GB