Page Music distr.
Veda Hille : Spine (CAN,1996)****°
Festival Distr. Veda Hille : Field Study (CAN,2001)**°'
Festival Distr. Veda Hille : Auditorium (CAN,2002)**'-(live album)-
Born and based in Vancouver, Canada, Veda learned piano at a very early age, then studied at an Art College for film and sculpture. Some releases are recorded with a band, but she has toured solo as well. “Here’s a Picture” is one of her musical documentaries, like “Field Study”. Besides these recordings she has composed for modern dance, film, and other projects. Her recordings were privately released with support of the Canadian Councal for the Arts, and some of these were re-released in Germany.
I first discovered “Spine” (1996) after a recommendation. The earlier “Path of a Body” (1994) still somewhat builds up, using more recognisable band accompaniment. The songs were there, but in "Spine" all elements were in the right creative proportion and position, using sound creativity in the instrumentation, and “rock” in the emotional emphasised parts, making voice, song, instrumentation just a perfect creative strong song-with rock and art-rock expressions. (one example : "Slumber Queen").
“Here’s a Picture” (1998) again is something very special, using minimal piano and minimal chamber music like accompaniment with strong songs, used as a musical documentary inspired on a visual a
rtist. On both "Spine" and "Here's a Picture" I must say she uses a guitar with an original sound too (a tenor guitar).
"Field Study" is the result of a year's research, with six songs coming from science and nature observations (ie. plants, bird calls) and six more songs made as result from an artistic project / concept of a trip in Nordic Canada, with one concluding song. This is mostly just Veda Hill solo, pulling the listener into her songs and visions with her original but still accessible compositions on piano and other instruments.
