The Delano Orchestra

french folk // indie

French ensemble, The Delano Orchestra, use everything from the bouzouki to the glockenspiel to craft their elegant understated tracks, but it’s the soft-spoken, whispered vocals that create their intimate sound. Scratchy electric guitars and soothing trumpets fill out the somber “Between Day and Night” while the melody of “Spread Our Little Wings” exudes a warming charm. Both tracks are from their endearingly-named debut album A little girl, a little boy, and all the snails they have drawn.

Fragile innocence meets textured instrumentals.

The Delano Orchestra – Between Day & Night
The Delano Orchestra – Spread Our Little Wings
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Posted by Anne Cloudman on Monday, March 10th, 2008 under folk, french.

8 Responses to “The Delano Orchestra”

  1. Julija said on March 10th at 3:04 pm :

    “Between Day & Night” is so beautiful. Thank you, Anne!:)

  2. Hannah said on March 11th at 6:19 am :

    Thank you (: I love them.

  3. David said on March 12th at 5:14 am :

    Glad you like this magnificent band. If you want to know a bit more about them, you can go to their myspace : http://www.myspace.com/thedelanoorchestra

  4. Scot said on March 13th at 3:01 pm :

    This is brilliant, going into heavy rotation!

  5. Tom said on March 13th at 6:14 pm :

    just saying thank you!

  6. Scott said on April 28th at 9:08 pm :

    Beautiful songs! What a great sound. Love them!

  7. Laicure said on December 24th at 9:04 am :

    Wow! Thanks! Hyper thanks!

  8. Adrien said on May 2nd at 5:11 am :

    If you’re still interested, they started a label, Kütu Folk Records (http://kutufolk.com) that is releasing hand-sewn albums. They signed Evening Hymns, Hospital Ships (the guy behind Minus Story, member of Shearwater…), their latest release is an EP from St Augustine, who painted 500 different sleeves for each copy (http://cache0.bigcartel.com/product_images/35614804/St_Augustine_-_June__a_Maze.jpg). So beautiful! I like them very much, you should chek them out!

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