The Connaisseur family welcomes its youngest member:
Ava Myra Flitsch. The daughter of Hilary and Alex Flitsch
was born November 15th, 2011 and both the parents and
good friends of the label celebrate this miracle with this
release. All participating artists were asked to produce a
very personal piece of music. The style was left up to the
artists, resulting in a beautifully mixed batch of great tracks.
The intro track „Hello!“ by dOP & Masomenos features a
little vocal snippet as a salutation by Masomenos’ Adrien’s
son and it is an atmospheric, soundscapish and beatless
tool. “Rave Forever Together”, which is the dictum inside of
Hilary’s and Alex’ wedding rings, is the clubbiest track on
this record. dOP created a brilliant pop-ish club moment
with it, which is dominated by a lively bassline, discoish
cowbells and catchy vocoder vox. In persian language,
Ava means sound or melody, however in old-frisian, it
means water. Knowing this, you can tell what was Patrick
Chardronnet’s inspiration, when you listen to his “Source
Of Life”. This track is a pure beauty, with wonderful
melodies and sub-basses. Not really for the club, but an
alluring listening trip. For the last track of this selection,
“Song For Ava” by Of Norway, the Olso duo played live
bass and guitar to create this wonderful piece of music
hitting a bull’s eye for this special release. With “I know
you’re there, makes my heart sing” they created the
message of this whole release and the emotions everbody
wants to transport with it. With its ambientish atmosphere,
the “Song For Ava” marks the quiet highlight of “Welcome
Ava”. Additionally to the music, all persons participating in
the release wrote a personal note to welcome Ava to this
world. All notes will the printed on the backside of the
record. The main idea behind this release, is to hand Ava
several copies of the record in a few years, when she is old
enough to understand. We will tell her, that this record was
released to commemorate her birth and that it was shipped
throughout the world. Perhaps people will have danced to
it in Tokyo, while others will simply have listened to it in the
sun in São Paulo. All of her personal copies will be
handsigned by the artists. She can then give a record to
people important to her on her journey of life. Much love to
all of you!