Flore - RITUALS en vinyl!

<p>You may have heard the news: I&#39;m coming out soon on a new album and it&#39;s called <strong>RITUALS</strong>.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/654830/Capture_d_e_cran_2020-03-18_a__12.16.17-1584530214.png" width="100%" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>This album closes a serie of some 3 eps and 2 free downloads, all released on the label I co-manage with my friend Marc, <strong>POLAAR</strong>, between 2015 and 2019.</p> <p>Considered primarily as an <strong>audio-visual performance</strong> created with my friends Yannick, Pierre and Pym of the <strong>WSK collective</strong>, RITUAL (its first name) changed and took a considerable place in my artistic development: at the beginning it represented a new start for me, a new challenge and a desire to collaborate with a team of visual artists to develop music and graphic imprint in parallel, inspired by <strong>SF, mythology and symbols</strong>.</p> <p>Over time, it has shapped into a personnal <strong>territory of expression</strong> where the objective is neither to stick to fashionable musical aesthetics, nor to &quot;club music&quot; writing codes but to be in the fusion between what primarily influenced me: a mix of <strong>experimental soundtracks, electronic music fuelled with sound system culture, psychedelic rock and techno/industrial atmospheres</strong>.</p> <p>Here is a <strong>teaser of the first version of RITUAL</strong>, that we put online in 2015 (by Johann Prud&#39;homme, in partnership with Projet Bizarre!)&nbsp;</p> <div class="k-ResponsiveIframeContainer"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="281" scrolling="no" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FOiqDKNRUvPo%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DOiqDKNRUvPo&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FOiqDKNRUvPo%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=cb39d84f05d8439bbe96012f078e02b0&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" title="YouTube embed" width="500"></iframe></div> <p>So last May, I started locking myself in my studio and here is the result:</p> <p><strong>RITUALS</strong>. <strong>12 songs</strong> with tribal, techno and bass accents. <strong>12 ways</strong> to express my aspirations, my research, my accidents or anger.</p> <p>Here is a first extract, <strong>Coded Language</strong>, where i reconnect with my drum&#39;n bass background, full of tension.</p> <div class="k-ResponsiveIframeContainer"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="467" scrolling="no" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fbandcamp.com%2FEmbeddedPlayer%2Fv%3D2%2Ftrack%3D368324908%2Fsize%3Dlarge%2Flinkcol%3D0084B4%2Fnotracklist%3Dtrue%2Ftwittercard%3Dtrue%2F&amp;display_name=BandCamp&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ffloremusic.bandcamp.com%2Ftrack%2Fcoded-language&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Ff4.bcbits.com%2Fimg%2Fa2531277575_5.jpg&amp;key=8b7d8dd6504d41af9a77662672aabc2a&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=bandcamp" title="BandCamp embed" width="350"></iframe></div> <div class="k-ResponsiveIframeContainer"> <p>The cover was designed by a young artist by the name of <strong>Dorian Rigal</strong>, who brilliantly manipulates 3D, in images or in animated videos (I recommend his work alongside Leon, under the name of <a href="http://www.minuitdigital.com" target="_blank"><strong>Neon Minuit</strong></a>, but I will tell you will speak in more detail soon).</p> <p>The layout is by my friend <strong>Richard d&#39;Arte Diem</strong>, sober and elegant as usual.</p> <p>The <strong>audio mastering is the work of C&eacute;dric Ifa</strong>, with whom I have worked since the early days of POLAAR. I can only recommend that you entrust your songs to his expert hands, C&eacute;dric is a master in the art of combining power and subtlety. Like this example below, The Way You, taken from <a href="https://floremusic.bandcamp.com/album/ritual-part-3" target="_blank">RITUAL Part3</a>, which came out last year ...</p> <div class="k-ResponsiveIframeContainer"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="467" scrolling="no" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fbandcamp.com%2FEmbeddedPlayer%2Fv%3D2%2Ftrack%3D2115161282%2Fsize%3Dlarge%2Flinkcol%3D0084B4%2Fnotracklist%3Dtrue%2Ftwittercard%3Dtrue%2F&amp;display_name=BandCamp&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ffloremusic.bandcamp.com%2Ftrack%2Fthe-way-you&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Ff4.bcbits.com%2Fimg%2Fa0352037283_5.jpg&amp;key=8b7d8dd6504d41af9a77662672aabc2a&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=bandcamp" title="BandCamp embed" width="350"></iframe></div> <div class="k-ResponsiveIframeContainer"> <p>The release of <strong>RITUALS</strong> is therefore scheduled for <strong>April 7 in digital</strong> ... but ...</p> <p><strong>Today, I ask you something: help me finance the production of RITUALS in vinyl and receive your copy at home!</strong></p> <p>You can choose <strong>several ways to show your support</strong> by choosing from the contributions and the rewards on the right of this page.</p> <p>You can also help me with the realization of this project without receiving material consideration: have a look at the last section &quot;I give what I want&quot; at the bottom right of this page.</p> <p>Here is the tracklisting of the vinyl format, 10 songs in total:</p> <ul> <li>Aether</li> <li>Coded Language</li> <li>Evidence</li> <li>Rituals</li> <li>Numen</li> <li>Sigui So</li> <li>A Thousand years</li> <li>You were here</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>* Some details about the vinyl:</em></p> <p>Engraving on Lacquers - Two faces - accomplished by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/krakindub" target="_blank">Krak in Dub</a> at <strong><a href="http://www.dkmastering.com/" target="_blank">DK Mastering</a></strong>, Paris.</p> <p>Manufacturing /&nbsp;Lacquers / Matrix Transfer at <strong><a href="http://www.mcommusique.com" target="_blank">M Com&#39;Musique</a></strong>, factory based in Brittany (cocorico!)</p> <p>Two sides 200 12 &quot;Vinyls - 140Gr - <strong>Translucent</strong></p> <p>200 LP covers - CMYK</p> <p>Square back 3 to 3mm - 300 g / m2</p> <p>Black sub-sleeves 2 rounded corners</p> </div> </div>