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Glasgow’s Pomegranate began in ‘99 when its mastermind Stef McGlinchey composed a piece of music as an accompaniment to a performance in which Vanessa Rigg was performer, singer and viola player. The combination worked and led to This Illusion Sound, an intensely quiet affair that creeps into the room like cool autumnal air. An apt comparison would be some of the blue-hued scenes from Robert Lepage’s film Le Confessionnal, with its atmospheric soundtrack, and so it is with Pomegranate’s dark wanderings. McGlinchey’s production and mixing is masterful, often bearing in mind a theatre or installation setting. Equally, Vanessa Rigg’s vocals are not excessively sensuous or imitative of what is expected from female vocals in the ambient/trip-hop genre. She sounds like the sadder, more pensive version of Shirley Simms or Claudia Gonson - both vocalists for Magnetic Fields. Instrumental experimentation is also sophisticated, as in “Blue Days Fade,” which has a gamelan-like melody and muddy percussion sound. To add to the eerie quality, “Come 2 Me” has a simple piano piece that is given a grainy sound quality. In the short piece called “And-Money,” a cello is used minimally but with remarkable finesse. Pomegranate are a promising duo, and with their continuing interest in doing sound for dance or installation pieces, chances of further venturing into experimental territory are great.’ (Vinita Ramani 13/11/01)
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The Prize
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Like Morning Rain
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Blue Days Fade
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The Golden Rule
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Heart Houdini
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Candy Bliss
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Staring at the Skies
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So-Ray
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LMRX
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This Illusion Sound
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Come 2 Me
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LJL
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Lonely River Ride
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#1 Jung Team
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Big Change
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Shoutbox
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Sadakho wrote:
Check out these two: Karma Kode and the nameless project called who
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madhatt3r111 wrote:
what a gem. Thank you for introducing me to this wonderful sound, Last.fm
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maryjanus wrote:
pomegranate are finally available on I-tunes ;)
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burzumatory wrote:
Vanessa and Stef, your music make me so cool chill. You are very nice!
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crabnebula wrote:
vanessa + stef as you never heard them:
Wedding Dress
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Verticis_Puer wrote:
I love "Candy Bliss">333
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Nymphenburg wrote:
Excellent stuff!
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Becool666 wrote:
where can i download 'on black peak'??
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LucieAndCo wrote:
Any idea if or when The Thrill Of Fresh Paint will be available on CD in central Europe (Germany in particular)? I'm not old enough for the payment methods that would allow me to order it from the UK and since the other two came out 'round here as well I was wondering if maybe it'd at least make it to Amazon one day? It's such a beautiful album and I've only been able to listen to it on Last.fm.
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hyphenology wrote:
~~ LJL...pure beauty...haunting depth of lyrics ~~
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fleurione wrote:
ooh excellent, new album tracks up :)
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Featured Tracks
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Undercover Saint full track | 4:16 |
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Beauty And Pity full track | 4:08 |
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Heart Houdini full track | 4:27 |
News
why not check out stef's solo soundscapes?
6 Jan 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/pomegranateglasgow
Stef McGlinchey may be best known for his work as composer/lyricist/producer for Pomegranate, but he also has a rich and varied collection of soundtrack work commissioned for various multi-media event. …
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15 Sep 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/pomegranateglasgow
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quilluya, InvaderDTWD, hikkuuup and 6 other people added Pomegranate to their libraries. Friday afternoon
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islandis wrote about Pomegranate in Top 10 albums that hang around my ears the last 3 months.. last month
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islandis tagged Pomegranate with electronic, angelic voices and ethereal. September 2009
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escapings tagged Pomegranate with underrated hidden gems and the sirens that lure me. August 2009
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ElInsano tagged Pomegranate with ‘downtempo’. July 2009
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