Chiara Civello - Eclipse

This spirit of adventure, Chiara Civello saw it in Marc Collin. On Eclipse, the producer has crafter for Chiara an unprecedented pop sound — without bass or drums, but with an electric organ, electronic drums and synthetic bass, to better enhance the grit of her sensual voice. Both fans of a sort of vintage minimalism, Marc and Chiara also share the same passion for Italian film soundtracks of the 60s and 70s. Chiara pays homage to this other side of what she calls her "heritage", through the reinterpretation of three standards, setting Michelangelo Antonioni's Eclisse Twist to a breathless rhythm, proposing an ultra-intimate version of Piero Piccioni's Amore Amore Amore, and closing with an infinitely delicate rendition of Morricone's Quello che conta.

Playing silences and contrasts a director plays with light, Marc Collin has sculpted a cinematic atmosphere for each of the album's tracks. In that imaginary black and white universe, Chiara is the ragazza from Ipanema: light and bewitching, she surfs Truffaut's New Wave, adds her swaying sensibilities to melodies she co-wrote with the cream of Italian songwriters (Francesco Bianconi, Pippo Kaballa, Cristina Dona, Diego Mancino, Diana Tejera and Dimartino), and even languorously covers Dalida's Parole Parole. And let's not forget her special gift to her newfound French audience: a rendition of Sidney Bechet's, Petite Fleur in French no less.