Lighthouse

Ana Da Silva | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 29, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Chicks on Speed
• ASIN: B0006391CO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #534,176 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Friend

2. Two Windows Over The Wings

3. Running In The Rain

4. Lighthouse

5. Hospital Window

6. Modinha

7. In Awe Of A Painting

8. Sister

9. Disco Ball

10. Climbing Walls

11. Litany

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Ana da Silva

The Raincoats always collaborated on ideas and songs - and played guitars! With this project, The Lighthouse, I wanted to do something different – something I hadn’t done before. I decided to buy a small digital instrument which has lots of sounds, a mini keyboard, and a sequencer (you can programme all the notes and beats into its memory) All of the album, except Modinha, was recorded with this instrument and my voice onto an eight track digital recorder. Sometimes this was all very overwhelming, but at least it’s all as I want it to be, having written, played, recorded and mixed the whole album myself. For me, making The Lighthouse was a really challenging and stimulating experience – I want the songs to express feelings and to create worlds in which the listener can roam in their own particular way.

The Raincoats We all love our secret bands. Kurt Cobain came across a Raincoats album, and found there a bunch of soul mates whose honest emotions affected him so much that he tracked down founder member Ana da Silva somewhere in Notting Hill, persuaded DGC (Nirvana’s record label) to re-issue The Raincoats back catalogue and encouraged the band to re-form. In 1977 da Silva and Gina Birch, inspired by the example of the Pistols and the Clash, of course, but also by the women of the Slits and X-Ray Spex, had responded to punk’s DIY call to arms and eventually persuaded the Slit’s drummer Palmolive to join their ranks. With the addition of the classically trained violinist Vicky Aspinall, The Raincoats were an all female band who owed nothing to male fantasy outfits like The Runaways, and produced a primeval punk-folk sound on original songs like ‘Fairytale in the Supermarket’ and ‘In Love’ or deconstructing the Kinks’ ‘Lola’ with cheek, fun and a pinch of salt.

Product Description

This is a magic record from the singer of The Raincoats, ANA DA SILVA. The Raincoats always collaborated on ideas and songs - and played guitars! With this album, The Lighthouse, ANA DA SILVA wanted to do something different – something she hadn’t done before. She decided to buy a small digital instrument which has lots of sounds, a mini keyboard, and a sequencer (you can programme all the notes and beats into its memory) All of the album, except Modinha, was recorded with this instrument and her voice onto an eight track digital recorder. Sometimes this was all very overwhelming, but at least it’s all as she wants it to be, having written, played, recorded and mixed the whole album herself. For her, making The Lighthouse was a really challenging and stimulating experience – she wants the songs to express feelings and to create worlds in which the listener can roam in their own particular way.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A voice of then making the sound of now..., April 10, 2005

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squarehawk2 "squarehawk2" (usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lighthouse (Audio CD)

...Ana Da Silva still pocesses a voice that snares attention as she used in the yester
years. The choice of electronics provides interesting company to tender vocals about reflection and traveling on a house with wings. Sometimes the instrumentation can tend to wonder a little too close to the Art Of Noise camp, but for the most part the arrangements are at least intriguing. I found the whole feeling of the record has promise because it doesn't come off as a contemporary over-warmed fuzzy glitch pop which is a saturated trick among some artists.

Give it a chance, this is a release that you'll hopefully end up playing again and again.

4.0 out of 5 stars nice!!, June 16, 2006

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uk girl (cornwall, england) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lighthouse (Audio CD)

i think the richest song of this cd is In Awe of a Painting that song i think its magical and i can heard it again and again. its a real pleasure to listen to ana!!!