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██▓ ▀█▄▄ ARTIST ...: Philipe B ▄▄█▀ ██▓
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▒ ░ ░ ██▓▄ SDATE ....: 2011-05-03 ▄██▓ ░ ░ ▒
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█ 01. 2:50 Hypnagogie █
█ 02. 3:16 L'ΘtΘ █
█ 03. 3:02 La Ballerine █
█ 04. 2:09 Petite Lecon De tΘnΦbres █
█ 05. 2:38 Mort Et Transfiguration (D Un Chanteur █
█ Semi-Populaire) █
█ 06. 2:38 Nocturne 632 █
█ 07. 1:35 Le Tombeau De Nick Drake █
█ 08. 2:29 Reprise █
█ 09. 2:13 Ma Photographe █
█ 10. 4:47 Chanson pathΘtique █
█ 11. 2:32 California Girl █
█ 12. 2:47 Croix De Chemin █
█ 13. 2:49 Marie █
█ 14. 4:18 L'amour Est Un fant⌠me █
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█ Three years after the appearance of his second █
█ effort, Philippe B is back with Variations Fant⌠mes, █
█ the fruit of an intense introspection, out May 3rd on █
█ Bonsound Records. █
█ █
█ For this third opus, the singer-songwriter drew his █
█ inspiration from a number of classical composers. █
█ Robert Schumann, at the end of his life, claimed that █
█ the voices of past composers were instructing him █
█ what to play. As Philippe tells it, I tried to listen █
█ to what these famous ghosts - of Ravel, Strauss, █
█ Schubert, Vivaldi - had to say. Every aspect of their █
█ work was about exploration, introspection and █
█ reinterpretation. While trying to decipher what these █
█ things meant to him, his creative process was fuelled █
█ by the music itself. Samples, passages lifted from █
█ canonical pieces, melodies, anecdotes from the life █
█ of a composer, and even the titles of certain oeuvres █
█ all found their way onto the album. █
█ █
█ Thematically, the lyrics on Variations Fant⌠mes █
█ reflect the concerns of these classical works: █
█ beauty, melancholy, faith, love and death. Although █
█ impregnated with external influence, the songs remain █
█ personal. With his unique wordplay and his ability to █
█ create worlds through images, Philippe B weaves █
█ stories of passion, remorse and torment. █
█ █
█ Philippe B pairs the poetic lyrics with a █
█ guitar-based modern folk that is both moving and █
█ intense. The result is a harmonious mix of samples, █
█ guitars, keys and violins, that veers between the █
█ rhythmic and the calm; above all, it's a musical █
█ dialogue between the singer-songwriter and the ghosts █
█ of the great composers. █
█ █
█ To complement the album release, 14 photographers █
█ have each visually interpreted one of the songs on █
█ Variations Fant⌠mes. The photos, included in the █
█ album booklet, will be shown at an exhibition at the █
█ OFF-Interarts gallery (5143/45 boul. Saint-Laurent, █
█ MontrΘal) from the 5th to the 8th of May. █
█ █
█ Don't miss the album launch show, Thursday May 5th, █
█ 5:00 pm at the OFF-Interarts Gallery! █
█ █
█ █
█ ABOUT PHILIPPE B █
█ Known for his talents as a writer, composer and █
█ performer - notably hired by Pierre Lapointe - █
█ Philippe B's music is a folk hybrid in which samples █
█ and acoustic and electric frequencies are cleverly █
█ mixed together. Wanting to explore new artistic █
█ horizons, he recently took on the roles of musical █
█ director and performing musician for the show Raxon █
█ X: A True Decoy Story. In September of 2009, this █
█ multi-talented artist presented, alongside Sophie █
█ Cadieux, the multimedia show PhΘromone(s), an █
█ intimate evening of words put to music and █
█ interpreted in various creative ways. █
█ █
█ Since arriving on the scene as a solo artist in June █
█ 2005 with an eponymous folk-minimalist album, █
█ Philippe B has not ceased to seduce critics and fans █
█ alike. With a poetry at once earthy and celestial, he █
█ describes characters, places, and moments in time, █
█ capturing them in song form. Of his second album █
█ Taxidermie, out in 2008, Bande α Part wrote A █
█ beautiful disc that reveals the scope of Philippe B's █
█ melodic and lyrical talent. On his own or as a █
█ guitarist for others, Philippe has for the past few █
█ years been a regular on Quebec stages, notably at the █
█ Francofolies de MontrΘal and the Festival de Musique █
█ Emergente in Abitibi-TΘmiscamingue. With the release █
█ of his third album Variations Fant⌠mes this coming █
█ May confirms Voir magazine's prediction from 2008: █
█ The future works of the singer-songwriter promise to █
█ be even more audacious, inventive and creative. █
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