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Alise is the third album by Latvian band Dzeltenie Pastnieki, released through magnitizdat in 1984, and 'officially' as late as 2004.
The album was based on the music the band recorded for an amateur stage adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, directed by Andris Zeibots. All the lyrics are from the two books, as translated by Dagnija Dreika-Matule and Zeibots.
Album closer "Gaisa balona dzinēja" is an instrumental version of the 1980 Raimonds Pauls/ Vizma Belševica song "Kamolā tinēja", which was originally performed by Imants Skrastiņš. The Dzeltenie Pastnieki version was heavily influenced by Trio, particularly the song "Turaluraluralu".
Outtakes from this album's sessions eventually formed the basis for the next album, Vienmēr klusi, while directly related tracks on later albums include "Alise un runcis" (on Vienmēr klusi), "Brīnišķā zupa" (on Depresīvā pilsēta), "Hercogienes dziesma (instrumental)" and studio chatter titled "Cik zaļas acis zutim" (on Sliekutēva vaļasprieks). A short instrumental reprise of "Vakara zupa" was included on the band's 2003 comeback album Kaķis.
The track "Omāru kadriļļa" is considered the best example of Baušķenieks' tape editing labours, as it was reportedly edited out of 45 minutes of recorded material, with the resulting track lasting just under 5 minutes.
The artwork by Toms Vītiņš bears resemblance to the Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark album Universal.
Alise may refer to:
- Variant of Alice (given name)
Usage examples of "alise".
Bending over Shadamehr, Alise looked into his face, and fear coiled around her heart, squeezed it so that she very nearly stopped breathing.
Bending nearer, Alise noticed then that the edges of the skin around the scratch were chalk white, almost as if the wound had been packed in snow.
He and Alise, Ulaf, and Rigiswald often held lengthy discussions concerning magic, including Void magicks.
He found Shadamehr resting against a wooden beam, Alise cradled in his arms.
He glanced up at Ulaf, then looked back down at Alise, who lay limp and motionless in his arms.
With a deft movement, she plucked the skirt off Alise and slid it back on, dropping it down over her head.
Grandmother had swathed Alise snugly in a blanket, folding it around her and tucking in the ends as a mother swaddles a newborn babe.
Shadamehr took firm hold of Alise and the knapsack containing the Sovereign Stone and slipped into the darkness.
Shadamehr confided to Alise, the memories of those carefree times returning to him forcibly as he once more walked the twisting, turning tunnels.
So even though the Grandmother had said Alise might sleep for a day or more, Shadamehr talked to her, hoping for some sign that she heard him.
Gathering up Alise in his arms, he hastened down the tunnel in the direction of the river.
He drew in several deep breaths, then, clasping Alise firmly, placed his hands and feet on the rungs of the ladder.
He recalled that Alise had cast a Void spell in order to rescue them from the palace guard.
Shadamehr had been wounded in the palace, the elf thought that he could at last explain the cause of the Void taint that afflicted both Alise and Shadamehr.
Before she could say anything, however, Alise sat up in bed and cracked her head on the low ceiling.