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2 People in a Room (2020 Remaster)

by L'Orange

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1.
Ripples 01:27
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2.
The Hour Before We Met Each Other 05:11
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3.
The Gold Thread 05:01
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4.
Eyes Wide Open 05:19
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5.
The Taste Was 01:27
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6.
The Garden 05:58
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7.
Something Without a Name 04:47
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8.
Facets 05:01
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Rhythms of Interference 05:03
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10.
Nue (in the nude) 03:07
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11.
Where the Wild Things Are 07:09
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about

L’Orange started out as a French duo project together with singer/songwriter Véronique Joly (stage name: ‘Orange’) and ended up lasting over 10 years. I had known Véronique since my school days in Menton in the South of France. She was part of my circle of friends and shared many of my teen experiences. Building on her theatrical work and opera training, Véronique became a wonderful vocalist and performer as well as a prolific and original lyric writer, mixing literary and cultural references with playful word juggling. In the late 80s, with Véronique now living n Paris, we decided to work together, encouraged by some early attempts of setting her words to my music.

After an initial prolific period of demo recordings we self-produced the single ‘Si J’étais Vous’ (later re-recorded with English lyrics as ‘If I Were You’) and approached the main French record companies. Nothing came of it and Véronique decided to relocate to London where I had already been living since 1985. She started writing lyrics in English and we put together a proper band with friend guitarist Steve Swift. The line up was an unusual one (voice, keyboards/drum machine, guitar and two saxophones) and we played quite a few good gigs in and around London.

L’Orange’s style was quintessentially French pop but the fact that we mixed languages allowed us to widen the range of the band’s appeal. We signed a couple publishing contracts with the promise of getting a good recording deal but, disappointingly, it was not to be. All the original demos have now been restored and released digitally (see the collections of English and French demos ‘A Fruitful Past’ Vol.1 & Vol. 2).

By then we had also moved on musically and without the other band members into more ‘grown up’ experimental territory. The emphasis was on sound exploration, languorous, watery moods and cinematic ambiences. The theme of the album was an intimate investigation of the multi- faceted emotional/sensual ties between two people. Love songs, but with darker ambiguities that make up the complexities of real relationships. Véronique’s soaring lyricism was complemented by my twilight sonic scenery.

Despite some critical success, shortly after that, we both got involved with other projects and L’Orange ceased to exist. The songs, though, remain.

© Daniel Biro 2020

Original album released in 2002
This is the definitive version edited and remastered by Daniel Biro.

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released December 21, 2020

Véronique ‘Orange’ Joly: vocals
Daniel Biro - all instruments
Additional vocals on ‘Rhythms of Interference’ by Adrian Potts
Cello on ‘Ripples’ and ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ by Howie Bevan

Photos by Patricia Curtis
Painting and design by Jac Depczyk

All music written performed and produced by L’Orange

Except ‘The Taste Was’, words by A.S. Byatt from ‘Elementals’ - Chatto & Windus, London 1998 - used by permission of the author

Engineered and mixed by Daniel Biro and Mike Willox

Original master by Nick Robbins (2002) - Remastered by Daniel Biro in 2020

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Composer, keyboard player, producer, improvisor, songwriter, sound designer who loves the Rhodes electric piano + analog synths and makes jazz-fusion / electronic / ambient / art-prog / experimental music. From solo projects to working with his bands Echo Engine and Mysteries Of The Revolution, to film soundtracks, Daniel's unique cosmopolitan sound is at the centre of his multi-faceted universe. ... more

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