DOMINIQUE FILS AIME Vinilo y CD

Review: Dominique Fils-Aime opens her second album, Nameless, with an intimate vocal solo. One melody finds accompaniment with another - they multiply, creating a family of sound, related but independent. She crafts what sounds like an entire band out of layered vocals, establishing a minimalistic approach early on, and gradually brings in selective instrumentation balanced with a blend of intriguing vocal harmonies. Her voice glides over the track, guiding the music, grounding her body of work in a refreshingly human quality. Extending outwards from an introductory cover version of 'Strange Fruit', Dominique transitions into original compositions, introducing an upright bass, snapping fingers, and a slick, hushed and lyrical flow. By framing her original work within the bounds of the iconic blues singers that preceded her, she is making clear that her sound is inspired and builds upon the talents of past generations. By interpreting these classic songs in a modern way, she is considering how she can play her part in furthering this musical tradition.

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Accomplished and idiosyncratic Canadian singer-songwriter Dominique Fils-Aime sends alone in her sound world. It is a place where jazz and soul combine with her own inventive and innovative vocalisations, dream like deliveries, hooky mantras and absorbing grooves. She's dropped several albums, inching a brand new one called Our Roots Run Deep at the start of 2024, but so too has her 2021 long player Three Little Words now also been pressed to vinyl. It's a timeless yet contemporary work packed with glorious sunshine and enumerate moments of heartbreaking tenderness.