| AMzer: Seasons | ||||
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| Released | 2 October 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 – Rennes (Brittany) | |||
| Genre | Celtic music – Celtic fusion Electropop – Neofolk | |||
| Length | 54:41 (+ 13:07 = 67:48) | |||
| Label | WorldVillage / Harmonia Mundi | |||
| Producer | Alan Stivell | |||
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AMzer – Seasons is the 24th album by Breton musician Alan Stivell, released on 2 October 2015 through WorldVillage in France and other countries. "NEw' AMzer" was the first single to be released from it. This track was also released as a promotional video.
By using the Breton expression an amzer evoking the weather and the passing of time, Stivell brings a perspective to the evolution of the world, half a century after his recording debuts, and particularly to the technical progress, by playing on a new electric Celtic harp, served with modern effects.
It is a tribute to the time inspired by the change of seasons, supported by a sound design where vocals, flutes and percussions build the mould for some contemplative music, somewhere between avant-folk and a kind of innovative electronic approach. The lyrics are poems in relation to the nature and the seasons, sometimes old as the Japanese haiku or new as a Breton teenager's poem.
The album is also available as a "Leclerc limited edition" including 3 bonus tracks (2 alternative mixes and a brand new instrumental) and a 60-page booklet.