Product Description Noemi Libas music is never less than stunning. Soulful vocal phrasing, soaring live string arrangements, stark medieval horns, intricate eastern percussion, loops and samples ~ her music is a tapestry of beauty, poetry, daring arrangements and striking beats. Ornate, yet still raw, this is definitively original, visual and evocative music. Freefall, the remarkable debut ep from Australian singing sensation Noemi Liba, was testimony to an eclectic musical apprenticeship, a life at the edge of the musical frontier. Noemi is now following up with her long awaited first full length album, See, Saw, mixed by three times Grammy winner John Hudson. More an epiphany than a collection of songs, See Saw is a daring, emotive, yet seamlessly woven juxtaposition of an enormously eclectic array of musical cultures and serves as a spellbinding platform for her mesmerizing live shows. Review See, Saw Noemi Liba Exotic, mysterious, sensual, the music of Noemi Liba, like her name, flows off the lips rhythmically. A beautiful Aussie, I met her on the streets of New York. She almost whispers through opener Carry on the debut full-length, See, Saw. Almost. Her voice is a wisp in the soundscape electronica, like cigarette smoke circling in the air. Protect has a Middle Eastern vibe, snake charmer- style. In song after song, she projects the image of the waif, innocent-but-knowing. It s a provocative stance.The little bells and triangles that dot Tonight give it a childlike percussive quality. Then comes Unwinding, with its chant of I ve got sweaty palms/I ve been hurt. The string quartet that comes out of nowhere to stop the percussive layer is a seconds-only gorgeous break. Then the strings and the percussion dance together in minor key madness before stopping on a dime to introduce My Arrears and things really start to get weird. Closer Float gets close to jazz vocalese territory. Liba splits her time between Australia, Europe and the U.S. She had given me her Freefall EP after we dined and I loved it: Tape loops, percussion, electronic confusion and, through it all, that voice, that stark declarative jazzy voice. See, Saw takes it to the next level with flutes, strings and tubas recorded in Chicago, guitar/bass/drums recorded in Brooklyn, keyboards, vocals and horns in Melbourne. With no musical precedent to fall back on for easy categorization, one is forced to consider the arrangements and lyrics independently. You might think Bjork, Laurie Anderson or Kate Bush but you d be wrong. This is unique stuff. Liba didn t go for instant accessibility here. It takes some getting used to. The only immediate constant of See, Saw is its abject beauty. Its understated and its the strings, flute and tuba that elevate it into another realm. But, make no mistake about it, within all the dreams and clouds of her mysterioso sound, Noemi Liba is a singer/songwriter. Her themes are spiritual. Her delivery can be deadpan but it can also be alluring and sophisticated, enticing the ear with a lazy purr or the use of silence in- between the syllables. Shes getting popular in her native Australia. Stateside, shes performed at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music with a 21-piece orchestra as well as the United Nations in New York City and Kennedy Center in D.C. See, Saw was mixed by John Hudson who won a Grammy Award for his work with Tina Turner. So after listening to this thing over and over, I just had to find out who the hell she would list as her influences. The answers were surprising: Billie Holiday, Frank Zappa, The Cure, early music of Medieval Europe, The Orb, Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter. Noemi Liba is truly something special. I knew that the minute I met her. She has a degree in philosophy and literature. She s a published poet, a new mom and she s collaborated with some of the most adventurous musicians in the world including Biennale artist Heri Dono as well as Yair Dalal and the Chicago Oriental Orchestra. In a series of solo performances with a string trio she performed with cutting edge three-dimensional projection team eness in Melbourne. Noemi Liba Noemi Liba Noemi Liba, it just sounds so beautiful. --rant'n'roll Online Magazine, New York By Mike Greenblatt 11-16-11