Ninca Leece - There Is No One Else When I Lay Down And Dream (2010)

Artist: Ninca Leece
Title Of Album: There Is No One Else When I Lay Down And Dream
Year Of Release: 29 Jan 2010
Label: Bureau B
Genre: Electronic, Electropop, Deep House, Indie
Total Time: 54:01 min
http://www.myspace.com/nincaleece


Tracklist

1. Touriste 4:42
2. On Top Of The World 5:35
3. Funny Symphony 5:09
4. Division 4:57
5. The Beast 5:52
6. Up To You 5:26
7. The Uncut Version 3:58
8. Aseptique 4:12
9. You're Walking In My Head 5:14
10. Love Song 4:33
11. Like A Tattoo 4:23

Bureau B present the debut offering from Franco-German electro-chanteuse Ninca Leece, whose There Is No One Else When I Lay Down And Dream is an impressively complete package, all performed, produced and penned by Leece herself, with the exception of the album's only cover: 'Lovesong', by The Cure. It's a testament to the prominence of Leece's own personal style that it merges into her corpus of work so smoothly. Opening cut 'Touriste' is an ideal port of entry into Leece's world, pointing to references like Ellen Allien's Berlinette album, or perhaps the most beat-oriented Barbara Morgenstern recordings. By the time former single 'On Top Of The World' rolls around the production toughens up into a midtempo 4/4 format, with a Miss Kittin-like, half-spoken delivery. From here on the playlist fluctuates between various degrees of clubby appeal and poppiness, striking a great balance on a track like 'The Uncut Version', a terrific slice of glitchy future disco.