Coco De Mer

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2002

Label: Rasā Music

Lush fusion of traditional French, Italian & Latin arias, live orchestration and instruments, which are elegantly stitched together with sensual, down-tempo dance grooves and modern ambient music. Digipak. Tommy Boy. 2002.

Audio Mixer: Yaron Fuchs.

Recording information: The Edison, NY.

Photographers: Chris Kornmann; John Wilkes; Wendy Mitchell.

Arrangers: Ilan Rechtman; Adam Plack.

Coco De Mer: Chen Reis (vocals); Ross Traut (guitar); Kiev Wilson (oboe); Ilan Rechtman (piano, keyboards); Mark Baston (Fender Rhodes); Adam Plack (keyboards, bass, drums, programming, background vocals); Yossi Fine (bass); Bashiri Johnston (percussion); Stephanie McKay (background vocals).

Personnel: Chen Reiss (vocals); Ross Traut (guitar); Kevan Wilson (oboe); Ilan Rechtman (piano, keyboards); Adam Plack (Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, bass synthesizer, vibraphone, claves, programming, background vocals); Mark Batson (Fender Rhodes piano); Yaron Fuchs (programming); Stephanie McKay (background vocals).

New Age Voice (12/02, p.13) - "...Opera has never been so sexy and certainly never has sounded this cool..."