Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Sleepthief : The Chauffeur

If you enjoy Delerium or Enigma, I highly recommend Sleepthief's album Dawnseeker. It was released about this time last year. I heard a single from it somewhere and ordered it as fast as my fingers could type my credit card number. I've been listening to it on and off ever since. Below is a video and some more information.

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About:
Sleepthief is an American electronic music recording project formed by producer and composer Justin Elswick. Elswick began writing music for the album ten years prior to its release. The album was mixed, mastered, co-produced, and co-arranged by Israel Curtis. Sleepthief's first album, The Dawnseeker, was released in 2006.

Sleepthief is most often compared to musical groups such as Delerium (in its output from the mid-1990s onward) and Balligomingo, which produce emotive, melodic, synthesized music with what is often described as New Age-influenced ethnic characteristics from other cultures. Also similar to these groups is Sleepthief's use of pop music-based song structures with performances by female singers: eleven vocalists contribute to The Dawnseeker, many of whom are established recording artists, and some having worked with the aforementioned groups previously.

Sleepthief's third single from critically acclaimed debut album "The Dawnseeker" available everywhere. "The Chauffeur" features Kirsty Hawkshaw and is an incredible new version of the Duran Duran cult classic album cut. The video stars Kirsty Hawkshaw and Jillian Ann and special cameo of Sleepthief himself Justin Elswick as the Chauffeur!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Cool! I really like the album as well - my favorite track is "Eurydice". :)