Bio Vinyl. UPC: 4062548104509 still, there is the sea is the debut album from Canadian composer and singer Ambre Ciel Ambre Ciel is a composer, violinist, pianist and singer who hails from Montreal, Canada and is a purveyor of dreamy, expansive, spacious pop music that draws influence from the contemporary classical influenced artists such as Agnes Obel, Patrick Watson, Sufjan Stevens and Thom Yorke. As well as the impressionist world of Debussy and American minimalists such as Phillip Glass and Steve Reich and in addition mentions 'music that breathes' from such artists as Gyda Valtysdottir, JFDR, or the collaborative work of Jonsi and Alex Somers. Ambre who sings in both her native French and English hails from a family of singers and artists, "I started my journey learning violin at six and began experimenting with pedal effects and looping melodies later on". University followed with a focus on composition and recording. "That's when I started exploring composing and songwriting more deeply--both the world of sounds in itself and songs built mostly with layers of violin and voice. It was also during this time that I returned to my 'first' instrument, the piano, which opened more harmonic possibilities." For Ambre, her debut album still, there is the sea , represents a beginning, a first and she says imperfect attempt to create this other world that was living in her mind. She has crafted a beautifully refined 'pop album' making a lot of space for strings arrangements and other acoustic instruments, as well as her own beautiful voice. "On a personal level, I was searching for silence. I had just finally moved to a quiet apartment in Montreal and for the first time, I had all the time and space to hear silence and create, being solitary and living in the intangible world of possibilities". The enigmatic title of the album, still, there is the sea , came to Ambre when she realised that water was a subconscious but recurring theme throughout...