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The Cat. Not Me. (2014 - 2019 Update)

by Marianne Dissard

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steveinsocal "...it's hard to argue against "Am Letzen" being probably her most compelling and complete song. Everything here - the analogue tape hiss, haunting cello and soothing piano, Marianne's whispered and weary vocals - portray the fragility of a New Year's Eve dawn's hazy light..."

reclaimingthecolonies-onestateatatime.blogspot.com/2016/03/marianne-dissard.html Favorite track: Am Letzen.
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Tomás Ford I first saw Marianne Dissard playing an audiovisual alt-country solo spectacular to a tiny crowd at the Rosemount Hotel on a wednesday night. This lady tours HARD. But holy shit - her work is amazing. This album is even better than her previous, L'abandon, which was good enough to make me start learning French. The track Oiseau is amazing - the version on her Cologne Vier Takes is even better, sparer. Favorite track: Oiseau.
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    Excited to mark with an actual physical object the 15th ANNIVERSARY of the release in 2008 of my first Tucson studio album, 'L'entredeux'! It's been a while since I made anything 'physical'—and I've only ever made cassette tapes once, back in 2008 or 09 for 'L'entredeux'.

    Here it is then, from my little home to your shiny cassette players... I'm happy to announce a limited-edition 4-cassette tape BOX SET in a wooden box with removable lid, signed & numbered.

    The box set includes my three Tucson trilogy studio albums: 'L'entredeux' (2008), 'L'abandon' (2010), and 'The Cat. Not Me' (2013), plus covers album 'Rappel*le' (2023).

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    'L'entredeux' was released in 2008, followed in 2010 by 'L'abandon' and in 2013, closing the Tucson trilogy, 'The Cat. Not Me'. Composed by Joey Burns, Sergio Mendoza, Christian Ravaglioli, and Naïm Amor, these originals were re-interpreted live in the City Series albums, notably 'Paris One Takes' (2010) and 'Cologne Vier Takes' (2015). An early 2006 demo, 'Dedicated To Your Walls. May They Keep Blooming', the 'Best Of' 2016 compilation 'Cibola Gold' (deluxe CDs still available), and covers albums 'Rappel' (2022) and 'Rappel*le' (2023) with Raphael Mann theraphaelmann.bandcamp.com (plus a few singles, EPs, and oddities) complete the bulk of my releases over these two decades. Most of it is available on Bandcamp and none of it on Spotify (I'm partial to Tidal myself).

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    Bandcamp download links included if you still need them—ask me, as the Bandcamp setup doesn't allow for all four albums' downloads to be automatically sent with your purchase.

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1.
Am Letzen 04:06
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Pomme 03:11
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Oiseau 03:32
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Tortue 04:27
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Election 03:26
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Salamandre 05:25
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Doll Circa 03:57
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⭕ THE CAT. NOT ME ⭕

Dramatic but never theatrical, this confident album confirms Dissard's evolution from the idiosyncratic mélange of Americana and Chanson that characterized her first two Tucson albums, 'L'Entredeux' and 'L'Abandon', an evolution stamped by her recent live collaborations with Seattle producer Budo and her move to Europe.

Recorded with members of Calexico and Giant Sand, written with Sergio Mendoza.


FR - Élégant recueil de cauchemars intimes, le troisième album de Marianne Dissard explore les jeux humains en créant un univers homme-animal fantasque et intriguant -


🔻"Meticulous arrangements, wrenchingly emotional musicianship, and Dissard at the top of her uneasy game: an early contender for best album of 2014." newyorkmusicdaily.wordpress.com/2013/12/22/mariannedissard

🔻Blurt Magazine : blurtonline.com/feature/still-spinning-marianne-dissard/


⭕ TRACKLISTING ⭕

1 / Am Letzen
2 / Mouton Bercail
3 / Pomme
4 / Je Ne Le Savais Pas
5 / Oiseau
6 / Tortue
7 / Election
8 / Salamandre
9 / Doll Circa
10 / La Partie De Puzzle Du Jardin A La Française
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bonus digital / Heureusement Sans Heurt

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released August 22, 2014

⭕ CREDITS ⭕

Produced and lyrics by Marianne Dissard
Music composed by Sergio Mendoza except 1, 2, 7 by Marianne Dissard & Sergio Mendoza
Engineered by Jim Waters at Waterworks Recordings in Tucson, AZ
Mixed by Joe Mabbott at Hideaway Studio in Minneapolis, MN
Mastered by John Dent at LOUD Mastering, UK.

The 2013 vinyl has a different version of 'Doll Circa' 9 for sample clearance 'reasons'. The 2019 'remaster' has 'Doll Circa' as I originally intended it to be.

🔻Marianne Dissard - Voice, samples, editing
🔻Sergio Mendoza - Piano, drums, acoustic guitar, melodica, Wurlitzer, glockenspiel, toy piano, rhodes, shakers, tambourine, blocks,...
🔻Thøger Lund - Upright bass, electric bass, cello
🔻Marco Rosano - Accordion, bass clarinet, synths, prep piano, hi trumpet

🔻Mickey Raphael - Harp 5
🔻Matt Rendon - Backup vocals 3, guitar 7
🔻Naïm Amor - Guitars 2
🔻Gabrielle Pietrangelo - Chorus 4, banjo 3
🔻Salvador & Chris Lopez - Trombones 3, 4
🔻Jessica Campbell - Bassoon 3
🔻Gabriel Sullivan - Yelps 4
🔻Jon Villa - Trumpets 4
🔻Alida Pellegrini - Chorus 3
🔻Julia Waters - 'Moi' 7
🔻Budo - Edited 6

Samples from Ruben Mamoulian's 'Love Me Tonight' 10

Photos, artwork, design of 2013 vinyl record release by Marianne Disard
2023 cassette design by Marianne Dissard
Lizards and dead birds' feathers courtesy of Edith

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Marianne Dissard

Baroque Sonoran noir chanson from Tucson & now beyond by tumbleweed singer, street photographer, filmmaker, performer & brutally honest author.

Left her home in Tucson, Arizona for a dream boat in England. Drifted to Scotland.

“An eccentric character who releases very fine and wonderful records, in fact so eccentric she once toured the French Pyrénées on foot with a donkey” Marc Riley BBC6
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