Eglantine Gouzy

4 Women No Cry serves as a prelude to an annual compilation series instigated by Gudrun Gut (Monika) in order to draw further attention to the still underrepresented female view in music. Gudrun Gut:Nowadays, very few releases by unknown artists even get to reach the shops. The idea behind this project was prompted by my rediscovery of a fantastic LP (No New York) featuring four different bands with 4-5 tracks each ? the perfect way to discover new artists.? 4 Women No Cry introduces four highly creative, international artists who combine outstanding songwriting talents with electronic elements, yet often ? and unjustly so - remain relatively unknown. The only selection criterion: a unique, original approach to music that is continued in sound aesthetics and production.

Parisian artist ?glantine Gouzy introduces a sharper, punctuated element to the proceedings: her short vignettes, veering between chilled New Wave charm, whispered elfin-like nursery rhymes (Nurse Song) and gorgeously nervous exuberance (Boa, Y? a pas de mal), afford luscious glimpses of Gouzy?s eclectic fashion and art projects. Like her peers on this compilation, Catarina Pratter is well-travelled and wise to the world ? since 2001 the Viennese singer and musician has played numerous gigs between Sao Paulo, Berlin and her Austrian hometown (with550rondy) and contributed to numerous theatre productions and radio plays. While Johnny Isolaschn constitutes an exemplary exercise in minimalist subtlety, the subsequent Dreamin Of Love soon turns into a full-blown assault on the senses ? disregarding any musical conventions the track bores straight into our ears and mind to unleash three songs in one, from stroppy beats to poppy inevitability.
For this compilation, the original Bob Marley title (No Woman No Cry) was subjected to a radical redefinition: Whether it is the absence or presence of the female population these men might be crying about ? why should women be considered harbingers of sadness at all Gudrun Gut: ?Enough of all these tears. Let?s tear up preconceptions instead!?
For a delectable preview of these four artists check out their remixes by fellow countrymen B.Fleischmann (Wien), Ark (Paris), Gustavo Lamas (Buenos Aires), Post Industrial Boys (Tblisi).

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