BlRR Recommended! Artist release. One of our favorite cds of 2006 here at BlRR. "Inside the world of music, and not just in The Netherlands, the music of Danielle Lemaire is an odd one. Many of her projects are related to art presentations, although she also contributes to the world of improvised music. Her solo work could be classified as 'singer-songwriter', but in a strange way. Lemaire sings and plays keyboards, although sometimes it's more speaking than singing. Her keyboard sometimes sound like Nico's, but Lemaire doesn't have a similar voice. This twenty-one track collection has a lot of these tracks, but there is also strange casio tunes, and several spoken word/found sound tracks, the conversations mentioned in the title. This is highly intimate, outsider music. It doesn't refer to any scene or musical style, Danielle Lemaire does exactly what she wants, without caring about technique or production. Song writing skills are not that important, this is about getting something personal across. At that, Lemaire succeeds pretty well. The booklet continues the intimate style, with pictures of friends (of which some can be recognized, at least here at Vital HQ: hello Jos, Dennis and Peter!). Pleasantly personal. (FdW) Vital Weekly