With 18 fine pearls on this CD, the black chamber orchestra of mastermind Max Testory finally presents a definitive overview of 10 years' work. "Dix Ans" impressively demonstrates the special position in the gothic scene that Chamber have earned in such a short time. So here it is: their ultimate showcase of work, which illuminates every important phase of the chamber orchestra; sometimes in alternative, new versions. From the early beginnings of the first demo "Pleasure & Pain", when Max Testory was still a "choirboy" with ASP, via the milestone "Ghost Stories & Fairy-Tales", for which ASP wrote several of the songs and on which the musicians of the band ASP worked on, right up to the wistful pop songs of later albums. The collaboration between Chamber and the futurepop legends VNV NAtion also finally appears for the first time on this CD. Held together by the fascinating, gloomy voice of Max Testory, each song on this CD impressively charts the path of one of the gothic scene's most exceptional bands, who with their mixture of melancholy heaviness, passionate chansons, energy-laden Irish folk songs and heart-rending acoustic folk are able to equally delight fans of ASP, Nick Cave or the Swans.
| InfraRot sales rank: | - |
| InfraRot item number: | 2004.347 |
| Label: | Trisol |
| Label's catalogue number: | TRI 364 |
| EAN/UPC: | 4260063943645 |
| 1. | Toscana |
| 2. | Another Conversation (2006 Stripped Bare Version) |
| 3. | Strange Kind Of Love (2006 Quadro Nero Version) |
| 4. | Ceremony After A Fire-raid |
| 5. | A Dead Man's Song |
| 6. | A Tale Of Real Love |
| 7. | In My Garden |
| 8. | The Truth About Snow-white |
| 9. | Hometown |
| 10. | Miles Away (Album Version) |
| 11. | Desire+ruin |
| 12. | I Hate Falling In Love |
| 13. | Silence (2006 Oial Live Version) |
| 14. | Insane |
| 15. | Elven King's Walz |
| 16. | Homeward (Feat VNV Nation) |
| 17. | Deeper Sense (Feat Kasper-hauser-komplex) |
| 18. | Pleasure+pain (1998 Very First Demo) |
