belladonna bouquet
"The Scarlet Ceremonies"(OE013)
1. watching your wings
2. nuit and geb
3. buried deep in the forest --click for MP3
4. rhine
5. broken skies
6. galatea
7. mahon dance
8. insect bloom
9. she sits upon hedges --click for MP3
10. philomela
11. warmth in winter
12. as dark as her eyes
13. ereshkigal mourns
14. inside the hourglass
the players:
jenne - vocals, dulcimer, valiha, bells,
chimes, tinwhistle, deertoes, tambourine, cymbals
sarada - classical and electric guitars,
vocals, keyboards, computer, zither, effects, rain
now how about some reviews!
Belladonna Bouquet – THE SCARLET CEREMONIES: So, we’re back to music from
thee bedrooms/livingrooms of America (& that’s a GOOD thing, since music
belongs to the people, anyway)! 4-track progressed to CD, this female duo
(Jenne & Sarada) takes you on a (sorta’) homespun journey through their
dreams with story vox against handclaps, electric guitars & various wind
instruments. I particularly liked “Broken Skies”, with it’s flavor of
majestic doom, tho’ it’s a bit too short. This label (Orange Entropy
Records) is in New Jersey, kinda’ makes me wonder if Don Campau hasn’t been
out there stirring the pot for home-production of homemade CD’s. For a home
production, THE SCARLET CEREMONIES is very interesting. Very interesting
balance between vocals that come off almost like folk and ambient space
tunes.
Rotcod Zzaj, aka Dick Metcalf
Perpetrator & Instigator, Zzaj Productions
5806 B Armour Drive
Lacey, WA 98513
http://home.attbi.com/~rotcod/
belladonna bouquet: Three Pagan women use an unusual assortment of
instruments, voices and home recording weave psychedelic and
mythological tunes of a dark folk flavor. Based in New Jersey, Belladonna
Bouquet has one CD currently (and cheaply!) available from Orange Entropy
Records (see the site for a link to theirs) with one planned for this summer.
WitchVox
Belladonna Bouquet - The Scarlet Ceremonies
As the crisp air and muted colors of fall overtake the final thrusts of summer’s closeness and heat, the strains of Belladonna Bouquet
can be heard ushering in a grim beauty celebrated by costumed kids and black-clothed goths alike. Twin songstresses/multi-
instrumentalists JENNE and SARADA are no doubt informed by goth culture, but most of their work far exceeds that genre’s (mostly)
limited expectations. The pair channel a diverse array of styles, summoning tones from the beyond, and issuing forth a folksy
psychedelia and experimental grand guignol thats equal parts spectral-mood-mavens Mauve Sideshow/Torn Curtain, wyrd-folk
practitioners STONE BREATH ( a band of which Sarada is a member), San-Fran acid-heads 50 Foot Hose, and electro-acoustic
soundscapists Melodic Energy Commision. Their voices are as simultaneously angelic and threatening as the sounds they coax their
instruments to emit. To know this record is to know beauty, anguish and transcendence.—-Greg Weeks
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