Nocturnes, by Philippe Laurent

Nocturnes

by Philippe Laurent

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1.	Nocturne 01 07:00		buy track
2.	Nocturne 02 08:44	info	buy track
3.	Nocturne 03 13:42		buy track
4.	Nocturne 04 03:46		buy track
5.	Nocturne 05 05:06		buy track
6.	Nocturne 06 10:54		buy track
7.	Nocturne 07 04:53		buy track
8.	Nocturne 08 03:00		buy track
9.	Nocturne 09 15:12		buy track

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La seule chose qu’on sait de Philippe Laurent, c’est qu’à la fin des années 70, ce disciple de Kraftwerk (en France, il est Ralf, Florian, Wolfgang et Karl à lui tout seul !) commence à composer des morceaux de musique électronique intemporels. Intemporels n’est pas trop fort puisqu’il aura fallu attendre au moins 30 ans avant de véritablement pouvoir les écouter. Avant ça, ces morceaux sortis sur des petits labels underground, la plupart du temps sur des K7 en tirage limité, n’avaient probablement atteint que peu d’oreilles averties...

En 2011 sort la compilation événement «Hot-Bip» sur le label américain Minimal Wave qui remet sur le devant de la scène tous les artistes plus ou moins oubliés des années 80 et de l’ère de la K7 auto-produite. Elle sera suivie de «Cassettes» en 2015 sur le label défricheur parisien Serendip.
En 2016, «Considérations inactuelles» un split avec Airworld, hommage à Richard Pinhas, sort sur le label Schwerkraft Records.

C’est pendant ces années où il produira moults nouveaux morceaux, remixes ou collaborations (Airworld, Richard Pinhas, Maurice Dantec, Toshinori Kondo, Lost in Stars...) que Philippe Laurent développe une musique plus ambient, toujours électronique mais peut-être moins pop et c’est ainsi qu’il créera ce tout nouvel album, «Nocturnes», tel un Chopin post-moderne, constitué de 9 titres instrumentaux que nous pourrions qualifier d’ambient retro-futuriste.
On y décèle toujours sa patte particulière faite de bips sautillants et de mélodies entêtantes évoquant une époque révolue, située quelque part entre les années 70 et un futur qu’on ne connait pas encore mais qu’on pressent comme s’étant déjà produit, comme un rêve doux et perturbant à la fois. Une merveille du monde moderne.

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The only thing we know about Philippe Laurent is that at the end of the 70s, this disciple of Kraftwerk (in France, he is Ralf, Florian, Wolfgang and Karl all by himself!) Begins to compose timeless electronic music pieces. Timeless is not too strong since it will have taken at least 30 years before you can really listen to them. Before that, these tracks released on small underground labels, mostly on limited-edition K7s, had probably reached few discerning ears ...

In 2011, the compilation event “Hot-Bip” was released on the American label Minimal Wave, which brought back to the fore all the more or less forgotten artists of the 80s and the era of the self-produced K7. It will be followed by “Cassettes” in 2015 on the Parisian pioneering label Serendip.
In 2016, “Inactual Considerations” a split with Airworld, a tribute to Richard Pinhas, was released on the Schwerkraft Records label.

It was during these years when he produced many new songs, remixes or collaborations (Airworld, Richard Pinhas, Maurice Dantec, Toshinori Kondo, Lost in Stars ...) that Philippe Laurent developed more ambient music, always electronic but perhaps less pop and that’s how he will create this brand new album, “Nocturnes”, like a post-modern Chopin, made up of 9 instrumental tracks that we could qualify as retro-futuristic.
We can still detect its particular touch made up of bouncy beeps and heady melodies evoking a bygone era, located somewhere between the 70s and a future that we do not yet know but that we feel has already happened, like a sweet and disturbing dream at the same time. A wonder of the modern world.

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released November 15, 2021

all tracks composed, performed, produced, recorded and mixed
by Philippe Laurent from 2018 to 2020
mastered by In Aeternam Vale
executive producer: Karim Gabou

paintings by Philippe Laurent
layout by KGB

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