Artist : Mermonte
Album : Audiorama
Year : 2014
Genre : Instrumental Rock
Quality : 242kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : CD
Playtime : 0h 34m
Size : 64.62mb
Label : Clapping Music
Catalognr : This Is Clap042
Tracklist:
01. JΘr⌠me Bessout 2:59
02. Karel Fracapane 3:35
03. Fanny Giroud 3:34
04. Gaδtan HeuzΘ 3:17
05. AndrΘ Ludd 2:31
06. Mathieu Rouet 1:29
07. CΘcile Arendarski 4:51
08. AngΘlique Beaulieu 5:12
09. CΘdric Achenza 3:49
10. Florian Jamelot 3:35
Releasenotes:
Mermonte was created a few years ago in the mind of the composer and
multi-instrumentalist Ghislain Fracapane. He wanted to write pop songs inspired
by the great artists of previous generations (The Beatles, Jim OÆ Rourke, Gastr
Del Sol, The Beach Boys, The Cure, Steve Reich, Tortoise) as well as the
contemporary scene (Efterklang, Sufjan Stevens, The Redneck Manifesto). With
help from his network of friends and musicians in Rennes, France, the young
thirtysomething began to record his first album in 2011. He performed almost all
of the instruments himself (voices, guitars, bass, glockenspiel, drums,
percussions, trumpet, keyboards). But Mermonte was not destined to remain the
project of a single man in a studio and quite soon, the question of how to
reproduce these complex symphonies on stage emerged. The quality of the
compositions and the arrangements of Ghislain attracted the interest of his
musician friends. Ten instrumentalists, coming from the most diverse disciplines
(from classical music to death metal, as well as punk rock and even gospel),
began to rehearse at the beginning of 2012 for a first concert at the Jardin
Moderne (Rennes). Not only friends were present at the concert, but also most of
music professionals of the area, having heard of this new exceptional band. The
concert was a success and word of mouth, amplified by social networks, soon led
to an increasing buzz about the project. A series of concerts followed, the
growing public were enthusiastic, and the band won the hotly contested awards
ôInrocks Labö and the ôTremplin des Jeunes Charruesö in 2012; the blogosphere
became excited, and the release of the first album soberly entitled Mermonte
(Hiphiphip Records/ Les Disques Normal) brought critical acclaim from the media
(Magic, France Inter, FIP, and Inrockuptibles, à).
In this first work, Ghislain Fracapane and Mermonte invite the listener to
explore the shores of a sparkling melodic pop, with modern and sophisticated
arrangements, complex but accessible. This is a fairy tale journey into an
intriguing and beautiful universe. A mix of French and English, post-rock and
instrumental pop, repetitive music and pastoral folk song, somewhere between
Saint-Malo, London and Chicago, right in the middle of the ocean as a matter of
fact, with the horizon clear as far as the eye can see. But it will take more
that this growing success to calm the creative enthusiasm of Ghislain Fracapane
and his crew. The man is not the kind to rest on his laurels, so he is already
getting down to work writing new songs. New compositions are taking form and the
first demos of what will become the second album of Mermonte are being recorded
on tour or at home, between concerts. The demands of stage performance are
having a considerable influence on these pieces, and GhislainÆs rising fame is
giving him the confidence to experiment with the sounds. The instrumentation has
become even more varied with clarinets, flutes, saxophones, vibraphones,
xylophones and timpani all invited to join the party.
The new recordings showcase the creative excitement of Mermonte, the mixing and
the production values are generous and all encompassing. We can hear the
influence of Can, Alice Coltrane, the records of the cutting edge label Touch,
but also the punk and the catchy pop of Block Party. The album is dedicated to
GhislainÆs friends, who influenced him in music and in other aspects of his
life. Songs bear the names of each one of them. All this will be revealed in
May, with the release on the Parisian Record label Clapping Music (Orval Carlos
Sibelius, Yeti Lane, Ramona Cordova), an album which is already one of the most
awaited albums of the year. Mermonte have every intention of fulfilling these
expectations.
http://mermonte.com/