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Mediaeval Baebes
Worldes Blysse
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Special Interest, New Age, Pop, Rock, Classical

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. Kinderly
2. All Turns to Yesterday
3. Love Me Broughte
4. Beatrice
5. Ecci Mundi Gaudium - Medi?val B?bes, Lupton, Karen
6. Waylaway - Medi?val B?bes, Lupton, Karen
7. Alba - Medi?val B?bes, Bornelvh, Guiraut d
8. When Thy Turuf Is Thy Tour
9. Erthe Upon Erthe - Medi?val B?bes, Galloway, Ruth
10. Passing Thus Alone
11. La Volta - Medi?val B?bes, Anonymous
12. Pearl
13. Swete Sonne
14. So Spricht das Laben
15. C'est La Fin - Medi?val B?bes, Anonymous, French
16. How Death Comes

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All Artists: Mediaeval Baebes
Title: Worldes Blysse
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 1
Label: Nettwerk Records
Original Release Date: 7/27/1999
Release Date: 7/27/1999
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Special Interest, New Age, Pop, Rock, Classical
Styles: Goth & Industrial, Holiday & Wedding, Meditation, Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 067003014229

Synopsis

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Hark all ye fans of Dame Darcy, Gothic Archies, and madrigal dinners! The Mediaeval Baebes follow-up their Christmas-themed debut with Worldes Blysse, an imperfectly enchanting homage to the cycle of life and death. Numbering the mystical 13, the Baebes are Miranda Sex Garden's Katharine Blake and her girlfriends, supplemented by a somewhat older period instrumentalist who, along with Blake, is the only classically trained musician. Fancied mistresses of dark faerie tales and maidens of Lilith Fair, the Baebes, bedecked in diaphanous gowns and locks like Rapunzel, perform traditional plainsongs of the 13th through 15th centuries, as well as originals written in that style. Acoustic period-inspired accompaniment flits round a cappella numbers and is given the spotlight on the frolicsome instrumental "La Volta." Giving hardly a hoot for chops, and rather reveling in vivacity, the Baebes court the image of themselves as a naughty flock of strumpets: scooping and sliding into notes at times like rosy-cheeked choirgirls ("Kinderly," "Beatrice"), and at others sounding like bratty children tromping through a village green ("Ecci Mundi Gaudium," "How Death Comes"). Not for purists or classical snobs, Worldes Blysse is a weirdly wonderful windfall for melancholy teens, drama queens, and hipsters too cool for authenticity. --Paige La Grone

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CD Reviews

More medieval revival music from a truly unique "girls' grou

Brianna Neal | USA | 10/01/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

""Worldes Bliss" continues where the Baebes' debut album, "Salva Nos" left off, with a few more lively numbers and more acoustic instrumental accompaniments. Medieval and Renaissance lyrics, mostly Middle English, are married to director Katherine Blake's intriguing compositions--some earthy and full, others innocently ethereal. I find her hypnotic rounds and call-and-response arrangements especially effective. While the a capella solos are distinctive, I find the numbers that combine both vocals and instrumentals to be the most appealing, and this trend continues in the group's subsequent releases. The Baebes' lineup for this recording the same as for their debut album: Nicole Frobusch, Carmen Schneider, Katharine Blake, Nichole Sleet, Karen Lupton, Teresa Casella, Marie Findley, Audrey Evans, Clare Ravel, Ruth Galloway, Rachel Van Asch, Cylindra Sapphire, and instrumentalist Dorothy Carter on a variety of stringed and wind instruments, with guest artists Derrick Melcan on pipe and Trevor Sharpe on drums and percussion. The next release of the Mediaeval Baebes is "Undrentide," followed by "The Rose." For more medieval revival fare, try the work of Faun, Qntal and Wolgemut. And for a bit of the real thing, check out "Music of the Gothic Era" by David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London, "Schiarazula Marazula" by Christian Mendoze's Musica Antiqua, "Songs and Dances of the Middle Ages" by Sonus, "Istanpitta" 1 & 2 by New York's Ensemble for Early Music, "Bestiarium" by La Reverdie, "New Britain" by the Boston Camerata, and "La Bele Marie" by Anonymous 4.

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