Annelies Monseré has been playing music solo since 2000. Initially the music was piano-based and mostly instrumental. Once she ‘discovered’ her voice, vocals became a main focus. The early songs had very simple structures and melodies, and the words were sparse and introvert. Her debut album ‘Helder’ (released by BlueSanct) was described as “a delicate album, complete with beautiful cracks and loads of tape-hiss. […] an intensely intimate album”.
On later albums and EP’s (on labels such as Morc, Stroom and ThreeFour), new routes were explored, such as: inviting other musicians to make contributions (including friends such as Jessica Bailiff, Michael Anderson, Ellen Evers, Nathan Amundson, Justin & Nathan Vollmar, Yumi Verplancke and Steve Marreyt); using different instruments, timbres and recording techniques; interpreting traditional ballads; and introducing drum beats. Lyrically also, the records gained more focus.
On ‘Happiness is within Sight’, released by the Belgian Stroom label in 2018, she tried to exhibit multiple perspectives on a parting between lovers. Follow-up ‘Mares’, that is released by Horn of Plenty, explores personal memories and metaphorical meanings of the sea and how these memories and meanings are distorted or enhanced by future events. 2024’s ‘I sigh, I resign’ deals with power structures, toxic environments, and questioning (his)tories.
Besides her solo work, Annelies is also collaborating with various other musicians. With Jessica Bailiff, an EP has been released by Morc Records, and their debut album – under the moniker Hydromedusae – was released on Trome Records in the summer of 2023. Her full band, Luster, has released its first 10″ (a split with Hellvete) in 2016 and their very well-received debut album has been released in June 2022 on Morc Records. A collaboration with Steve Marreyt, Distels, was released in 2021 on Almost Halloween Time and Feeding Tube Records.
On later albums and EP’s (on labels such as Morc, Stroom and ThreeFour), new routes were explored, such as: inviting other musicians to make contributions (including friends such as Jessica Bailiff, Michael Anderson, Ellen Evers, Nathan Amundson, Justin & Nathan Vollmar, Yumi Verplancke and Steve Marreyt); using different instruments, timbres and recording techniques; interpreting traditional ballads; and introducing drum beats. Lyrically also, the records gained more focus.
On ‘Happiness is within Sight’, released by the Belgian Stroom label in 2018, she tried to exhibit multiple perspectives on a parting between lovers. Follow-up ‘Mares’, that is released by Horn of Plenty, explores personal memories and metaphorical meanings of the sea and how these memories and meanings are distorted or enhanced by future events. 2024’s ‘I sigh, I resign’ deals with power structures, toxic environments, and questioning (his)tories.
Besides her solo work, Annelies is also collaborating with various other musicians. With Jessica Bailiff, an EP has been released by Morc Records, and their debut album – under the moniker Hydromedusae – was released on Trome Records in the summer of 2023. Her full band, Luster, has released its first 10″ (a split with Hellvete) in 2016 and their very well-received debut album has been released in June 2022 on Morc Records. A collaboration with Steve Marreyt, Distels, was released in 2021 on Almost Halloween Time and Feeding Tube Records.
Released on morc:
Debris
morc 72 - lp (2016)
This third full length of Annelies is in a way a step back and a move forward from her releases of the past couple of years. Backward, because it’s a lot more sparse, like her debut album Helder. And forward, because this album is more folk, doom and drone-infused than her previous work; Most tracks are focused on vocals and just a few instruments, but yet Monseré manages to produce a very full sound.
-> sold out
-> click on cover for details
morc 72 - lp (2016)
This third full length of Annelies is in a way a step back and a move forward from her releases of the past couple of years. Backward, because it’s a lot more sparse, like her debut album Helder. And forward, because this album is more folk, doom and drone-infused than her previous work; Most tracks are focused on vocals and just a few instruments, but yet Monseré manages to produce a very full sound.
-> sold out
-> click on cover for details
Long long gone
- morc 39 - 7 (8" lathe cut, 2005)
- morc 41 - v/a: hilversum, nov 3 (3" cdr, 2005)
- morc 48 - Jessica Bailiff & Annelies Monseré: untitled ep (cd, 2008)
- morc 49 - somewhere someone (7", 2008)
- morc 60 - nest (10" - 2012)
- morc 65 - split single with circle bros (7", 2012)
- morc 41 - v/a: hilversum, nov 3 (3" cdr, 2005)
- morc 48 - Jessica Bailiff & Annelies Monseré: untitled ep (cd, 2008)
- morc 49 - somewhere someone (7", 2008)
- morc 60 - nest (10" - 2012)
- morc 65 - split single with circle bros (7", 2012)
Links
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official website: www.annelies-monsere.net
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