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ARTIST
LIGHTWAVE
TITLE
Cites Analogues
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
BUREAU B
CATALOG #
BB 472LP
BB 472LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
1/10/2025
LP version.
Cités Analogues
was the first album released by
Lightwave
's core duo
Christoph Harbonnier
and
Christian Wittman
. Recorded between April and May 1988, and edited and produced in July 1988,
Cités Analogues
was then distributed through the alternative scene as a cassette. After the experiments and improvisations of their first tape, "Modular Experiments," recorded with
Serge Leroy
, Lightwave opted for a concept album, comprising of a series of discrete compositions and atmospheres assembled into two continuous tracks. The album was both recorded and mixed live, using a Revox B77 and an
Allen & Heath
12/2 mixer. As such the different passages of this album captured the experience of Lightwave's performances, in which Harbonnier and Wittman played off each other with sympathetic improvisations. The instrumentation consists mainly of analog synthesizers, including several modular systems (RSF, ARP, Roland, Oberheim), while the sequences and rhythms are driven by two Roland sequencers. Digital effects help to create an expansive stereo field, in which recordings of urban environments and tape processing form rich experimental punctuations.
Cités Analogues
is thus a seminal album for the Harbonnier-Wittman duo, laying the foundations for a musical collaboration that continues thirty-five years on, thanks to their complementary skills and sonic universes. Long overdue, this remastered reissue of
Cités Analogues
, produced by Christoph Harbonnier, documents an important stage in Lightwave's trajectory and reflects the kaleidoscope of their influences at the end of the '80s, encompassing the Berlin School,
Brian Eno
's ambient work, and a particularly French-style of electro-acoustic experimentation. All tracks composed and performed by Christoph Harbonnier and Christian Wittman at Malibu Studio, Parmain, France (1988). Remix and mastering: Christoph Harbonnie.
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