Reference # CDP 7243 8 58390 2 3The cover can best be described as... well... it looks like it's a horse lost in a swirling sandstorm...
Track listing:
1. Ti Eliz Iza- Sound Factory Mix (11:30) 2. Ti Eliz Iza- Sound Factory Mix #2 (11:36) 3. Ti Eliz Iza- Sound Factory Instrumental (11:34) 4. Ti Eliz Iza- Youth Remix (7:40) 5. Ti Eliz Iza- Album Version (7:40)Featuring: Denez Prigent
(Traditional Arrangements Eric Moquet)
Chorus Synthesizers: Michel Sanchez
Synthesizers: Eric Moquet
The three Sound Factory remixes don't belong. They're too techno-ish for this song. They are also way too long and repetitive... and they're almost exactly the same.
The Youth remix also seems out of place for this song. It's got a bunch of voice samples of people talking... It cuts into the chant and distorts it, in my opinion. Still, it's better than the Sound Factory mixes.
The Album Version of the song is what makes the single worth the $7 I paid. It starts off with some Orb-like space sounds. Then, about thirty seconds into it, the chant begins. The chant sounds very melancholy, and very mystical at the same time. I'm not sure of the origin... I'll go out on a limb and say that it's from India or thereabouts. At about 1:20, the bassline starts. It's a slow, strong beat, comparable to the Delerium song (Well, I can't remember the name, but it's the one before Flatlands). The chant goes on for five minutes, accompanying the beat. There are also bagpipe sounding tunes here and there. At about five minutes, the chant stops and an interlude with an oboe-type instrument starts. It's obviously synthesized, and it reminds me of the violin solo on Deep Forest's Martha. But it fits the song perfectly. After the solo, the song slowly winds down. This time the chant is sung with a chorus, not an individual like before. The effect vaguely reminds me of the building chorus on the ambient version of Sweet Lullaby, except on Ti Eliz Iza, the chorus isn't building. At the end of the song, the bassline and the music stops, and the chorus quietly finishes.
I highly recommend this song to you. If you like Deep Forest at all, you'll probably like this stuff (heck, it's from the same people). Personally, I can't wait for the whole album to come out here. I think it's kind of interesting that we get two Moquet/Sanchez projects really close to one another....