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:
thanks man!
Thanks! Just found out about her music yerterday and really want to give it a try
You can listen this beautifull album here:
http://www.fullalbum-tube.net/sibylle-baier-colour-green/
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