CRUELTY Presents:
Artist...: Alcest
Album....: Le Secret
Label....: Prophecy
Size.....: 100,5 MB
Source...: CDDA
Playtime.: 54:50 min
Genre....: Metal
Release..: May-22-2011
Encoder..: LAME V3.98.4 -V0
Quality..: avgkbps 44,1Hz Joint-Stereo
TrackList:
01 13:34 Le Secret (2011)
02 13:56 Elevation (2011)
03 14:34 Le Secret (2005)
04 12:46 Elevation (2005)
Release Notes:
"Le Secret" is not a new album by Alcest, but the debut EP from the incomparable project from
France. It was originally released back in 2005 in an edition of just 1,000 copies which sold
out before the release of "Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde" (2007), thus becoming a sought-after
collector's item.
To Alcest themselves, however, it isn't this fact that constitutes the importance of "Le Secret." It's
the music of the release which laid the groundwork for all future Alcest compositions with its epic
tracks alternating between euphoric and nostalgic moods. Conceptionally, this EP sets out the framework
that is essential for all other works of Alcest: music and lyrics are used here by Neige as a medium to
channel and communicate the esoteric experiences of his early childhood.
"Le Secret" isn't just re-released in its original form, though. Instead, Neige has realised his dream of
many years to re-record these tracks which are so meaningful to him personally and so fundamental to Alcest
and to adjust them to his matured demands. Still, the original recordings from 2005 are an equal part of
this re-release.