DONNA CADOGAN L'EAU

About L'EAU

Copenhagen September 2009

Last year my Manager Steven Machat asked me if I wanted to write some music you could relax, chill and do yoga to.

I love to do yoga myself and can't even think about a day without meditation. I have always been very privat about this side of me, but I guess it were time to show my colours - so here we are.

Growing up in a city by the coast - with a very busy harbour - my childhood related to that ambience.

The smell of salt on a windy morning, the sound of foghorns, the storm blowing in from faraway cutting through whatever you wore, somehow always made me happy - I felt like I were a part of a bigger picture.

So when I started recording, my first thought were to get that beautiful sound of water into all the tracks. I wanted to create a sound that was electronic, but still organic, that was body and soul, pulse and breath, water and soil, love and joy.

I have mixed both organic and electronic sounds. From, the surf of the ocean, to drops of water hitting a stone floor, glasses of water, rain, scuba gear, waves, and oars on the surface of a still lake. And of course my voice. I have looped, sampled, cut and pasted -to create a pulse of water.

The backing voices, I tried to create an effect of a blanket you could wrap yourself in, a warm cover of soft voices. I searched for sounds that were not too heavy, but still able to blend in between my voice and the water. I wanted to create a vibe that was experimental, but still beautiful, calm and calming.
I also wanted the songs to have physical side, to breathe, to move and to shake!

Water is not only beautiful, but our primary basis for life on earth.
So this album is for all of us -to share.
Love Donna