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GALA
This rather mysterious and little-known project hails from Mexico, to date releasing one album called Gregorian Dance (published in 1994 by Polygram). Featuring seven original songs, the album is another mixture of sampled Gregorian chants mixed with dance beats and ambient instruments. All tracks are composed by Fontana and feature a variety of jazzy and dance instruments as well as some seductive French singing and Enigma-like breathing. Despite lower production values, some of the songs are worth a listen -- such as Cosmos, an eerie song featuring a brief, cropped sample of a Gregorian prayer as well as beautiful female chanting and some flamenco guitar flourishes. Unfortunately the album will not appeal to everyone's tastes as it often comes across as a pale Enigma clone: many songs feature chirpy, affected samples which are overly repeated and occasionally even sound out of place with the backing instrumentation. The overall sound will also be considered slightly out-of-date by today's standards. Also included on the album are 5 remixes of some of the main songs, which are mostly radio versions and contain few surprises when compared to their original versions.
© 2005 World of Gregorian | Alexander Vladimir Tzimisce