Blue Alert [Digipak] * http://www.fishpond.com.au/Music/Blue-Alert-Anjani/0886970728027

Artist: Anjani

• Personnel: Anjani (piano); John Lissauer (clarinet).
  
• Although the Hawaiian-born singer-songwriter is well known as a protegee of reclusive poet and singer Leonard Cohen, and her solo debut consists of songs created from lyrics Anjani gathered from decades of Cohen's writings, BLUE ALERT is not a Leonard Cohen album. Anjani's vocals and keyboards are at the center of this album, providing a Brazil-goes-electroclash vibe akin to Bebel Gilberto or New York bossa nova electronica outfit the Mosquitos. Songs like "Blue Alert" and the Brazilian-influenced "Half the Perfect World" are well-constructed, shapely songs that don't sound at all like Cohen's dour basso profundo glower.
  
• DVD Features:
  
• 1. Interview #1; Blue Alert
  
• 2. Interview #2; The Mist
  
• 3. The Mist
  
• 4. The Mist
  
• 5. The Mist
  
• 6. Thanks For The Dance
  
• 7. Thanks For The Dance
  
• 8. Thanks For The Dance
  
• 9. Thanks For The Dance
  
• 10. Innermost Door
  
• 11. Innermost Door
  
• 12. Innermost Door
  
• 13. Interview #3; The Mist
  
• 14. Interview #4; Thanks For The Dance
  
• 15. Interview #5; Innermost Door
  
• 16. Interview #6; Innermost Door
  

JazzTimes (p.88) - "She is a very soothing, versatile singer, doubling on keyboards and guitar."

Dirty Linen (p.43) - "The overarching vibe of this disc is late-night cabaret piano jazz, with Anjani's smoky voice at the foreground and Cohen's inimitable touch very much present in the starkly sensual lyrics."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.112) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] quiet beauty, filled with songs generally delivered in a hushed, confiding manner..."

Producer:	Ed Sanders; Leonard Cohen; Anjani
Format:	CD
Country:	USA
UPC:	0886970728027
Studio/Live:	Studio
Release Date:	24 April, 2007