Last Updated 12/13/2024 02:24 PM EST
LOG IN
CART
Cart Items :
Sub Total :
artist
label
title
catalog #
any field
advanced
New Releases
Artists
Labels
Forthcoming
Best Sellers
Reviews
Jobs
soundclips
[All Countries]
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Europe
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Korea
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Romania
Russian Federation
Scotland
Senegal
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
UK
Ukraine
United States
Uruguay
World's Leading Terrorist State
World's Misleading Terrorist State
[All Formats]
Book
Cassette
CD
Clothing
Digital
DVD
MISC
VHS
Vinyl
[All Genres]
CLASSICAL
COMEDY
ELECTRONIC
EXPERIMENTAL
HIPHOP
JAZZ
Misc
ROCK
WORLD
artist
catalog #
label
title
any field
Tweet
Send Email
PRICE:
$23.00
$23.00
IN STOCK
01. Franck Vigroux - Drive
Your browser does not support the audio element.
02. Franck Vigroux - Cygnus X-1
Your browser does not support the audio element.
03. Franck Vigroux - Ritournelle
Your browser does not support the audio element.
04. Franck Vigroux - Styx
Your browser does not support the audio element.
05. Franck Vigroux - Two
Your browser does not support the audio element.
06. Franck Vigroux - Island Shores
Your browser does not support the audio element.
07. Franck Vigroux - Acqua Alta
Your browser does not support the audio element.
08. Franck Vigroux - Beyond The Black Hole
Your browser does not support the audio element.
09. Franck Vigroux - 46
Your browser does not support the audio element.
10. Franck Vigroux - Rome
Your browser does not support the audio element.
11. Franck Vigroux - Atotal
Your browser does not support the audio element.
ARTIST
VIGROUX, FRANCK
TITLE
Ballades Sur Lac Gele
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
RASTER
CATALOG #
R-M 192CD
R-M 192CD
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
12/18/2020
Raster met
Franck Vigroux
for the first time years ago at Berlin's Berghain during a soundcheck. At that time, he performed with
Mika Vainio
, with whom Vigroux often worked together. The first track on
Ballades Sur Lac Gelé
dates back to that time. It was created under the impression of this collaboration and friendship with Mika Vainio. This album is dedicated to him. Vainio's oeuvre is also significant in connection with the history of Raster, so it was only logical and the label's wish to release this album by Franck Vigroux. With the beginning of the corona pandemic, Franck Vigroux took up this early material again, he continued to formulate it and completed the present album
Ballades Sur Lac Gelé
. The title already defines the theme of the ballad, a "song/poem with very minimal structures" (quote from Vigroux).
Ballade
is also a play on words with the French word "balade", in this sense a ramble, a ramble over a frozen lake. The reduced, cool structures reflect this. But at the same time, under the surface, the oft-distorted sound carpets steadily increase to immense power. Like ice that grows and tectonic forces that have to erupt, glacier-like. Vigroux is very skilled at creating music in this minimalist setting. The intertwining of very few musical elements creates a kind of soundtrack that is multi-layered and at the same time universally intelligible.
Other releases on RASTER
Other releases by VIGROUX, FRANCK