Saturday, February 9, 2008

Sibylle Baier - Colour Green (2006)


















The story behind this album is pretty incredible. Sibylle Baier was an aspiring folk singer and actress in Germany in the early 70s. Between 1970 and 1973, inspired a trip she had just taken through the Alps, she recorded a series of songs in her home on a reel to reel recording device. However, she never really managed to get her career going, and ended up moving to America and dedicating herself to raising a family. Thirty years later, her son made a CD of the songs to give to family members. He also happened to give a copy to his buddy, J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. Mascis in turn passed it along to his buddies at Orange Twin Records, a label run by a couple of Elephant 6 folk. They released it.

The Orange Twin website describes the songs on Coulour Green as "intimate portraits of life's sad and fragile beauty." Add "hauntingly beautiful," and that's a pretty nice description.

Sibylle Baier - Colour Green (2006)

Buy the album (and other Orange Twin stuff) here.

3 comments:

edlorado said...

thanks man!

Asfódelo said...

Thanks! Just found out about her music yerterday and really want to give it a try

guitare_debutant said...

You can listen this beautifull album here:
http://www.fullalbum-tube.net/sibylle-baier-colour-green/