Posted on August 23, 2009 - by Mark Zonda

The Elements Within Roxie

We already introduced you to the young talented electronic artist Marilyn Roxie , and we’re here today to talk back ’bout her own vision of art, experimentation and music. That isn’t her anymore. At least not totally, since she decided to collaborate via internet with other artist who embraced her unique way to make out and record music.

Marilyn has released on her webside the fist couple of a serie of EP inspided by the chinese spiritual vision of the world divided into elements. Not so strange that number one and two was named after “Earth” and “Water”.

“Earth” opens with “Idea leuconoe” remixed by “The Last Night of Your Life”, wisely tearing your ears in a stereophonic sequence (one minute is not that much, and makes the song no more than an intro) that can really hooks your still. Between Microcosmo’s soundtrack and Vangelis the song would have made Mr. Wayne Cohen happy in case he had the urge to still fill a little sequence of “Christmas on Mars”. After some listenings definetly the best track of the 2 EP. The collaboration is carried on the second song: the brilliant “The Emerald Maze”, so suggestive to recall David Bowie’s instrumental tracks on his Berlin Brian Eno era. “Zapa” lends an hand on the suggestive “Aum” , an impressive liaison between robot sounds and etnic music, leading us to a mysterious travel that lead us at “The Edge of Nothing At All”, maybe the most “roxian” track of the ep, as hypnotic and psychotic as being left alone in an house of glasses on a dark night.  “Plaing Little Game”, sang by Mark Zonda from Tiny Tide (hey! I get to know him!) it’s the most challenged track of the EP: a distorted ballad à-la-David-Sylvian  inspired by Lost V Season finale that raised props by the follower of the singer but downs for being out of the humor of Marilyn project.

The fluid world of “Water” – the second EP – opens with “Mochi”, supported by Vito Genovese, very close to that kind of mood that Laurent Petitgand painted in such an exotic way for Wim Wenders’ “Tokyo Ga” along with the “Dick Tracy”. “Waves” – with Ricky Lynn – can cut you like a razorblade in the brain just to tear out the most exciting electronic sounds like a platoon of white rabbits from the hat. Ian France adds its contribution by mixing “Ice Water Girl” for… uh, Commodore 64? Nick Silva is not afraid to show us what REAL noise is bringing along with “00000003″ his suovenir from an hypothetical war between Borgs and the Binaries (but maybe there’s also John Lennon playing a broken guitar inside a dying whale’s tummy, not sure of that). Ricky Lynn gives his support again on the second EP closing titles. “Sleep Wheels” leaves young Roxie’s work alive and easily recognisable, leaving us wondering which strange alchemy will the next EP carry with it.

Meanwhile there’s so much to listen to anyway, since the unstoppable Californian girl keeps on keepin herself busy with a fluent stream of selected music and noise.

Marilyn Roxie – “Plain Little Game” (w/ Mark Zonda)

You can download EP1 HERE

Look out for the second EP by subscribing Marilyn feeds.

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