Author: Fontarabie

Format: Original recording

Release Date: 28-09-2018

Details: It was back in 2012—as Malajube was slowing down its pace before entering a hiatus—and full-time since 2013, that Julien Mineau has been developing Fontarabie, quietly weaving a vesperal pop through collaborations initiated from his home in Sainte-Ursule. With music as both cause and solution to fear and anxiety, he confined himself to his home with its haunted air, away from tours and stress, to develop pieces based on intimate sessions with Simon Trottier (Timber Timbre), Benoît Rocheleau, Patrick Lavoie, Julie Fontaine, and Virginie Parr. Through a vague process whose essence was experimentation, with the orchestrated moods of horror films as his only guideline, Mineau and his collaborators covered fourteen bewitched pieces with strings, brass, and woodwinds. Of these, some were started as early as 2009 but were unsuitable for Malajube, and all have been marked and reworked by the crystalline and vectorial presence of the celesta—an instrument hybrid between the piano and the glockenspiel, notably used by Tchaikovsky for its magical and mysterious effect. Between giallo and reverie, we find a breath in search of light, that of Mineau, exploring the throes of anguish and the fear of illness, in the sky or under the water, through enemies who have become friends, on lush tracks, at once seraphic and tormented. No demos, no pre-production, no singles either, just an abundant elaboration like the fruit of the possibilities of fruitful musical complicities, a plural and redemptive symphony in the comfort of remoteness. /// In 2012, Malajube began to slow things down before they eventually took a break. Since then—and even more so since 2013, when he started working full-time on his new project—Julien Mineau has been busy with Fontarabie, a new vesperal pop album. With music as a cause and remedy to fear and anxiety, Mineau locked himself in his Sainte-Ursule home, far from tours and stress. In this seemingly haunted house, he initiated several collaborations and quietly developed new tracks during intimate sessions with Simon Trottier (Timber Timbre), Benoît Rocheleau, Patrick Lavoie, Julie Fontaine, and Virginie Parr. Experimentation was at the heart of this hazy process and the orchestrated atmosphere that can be heard in horror movies served as the only guideline, leading to 14 new tracks wrapped in strings, brass, and woodwind. The inception of some of these dates back to 2009, a time when they did not fit well with Malajube’s sound. All tracks were reworked to include celesta, a cross between the piano and the glockenspiel. This tinkling, vectorial instrument was notably used by Tchaikovsky for his otherworldly, mysterious trademark sound. Through this lush collection of angelic yet tormented tracks, between giallo and reverie, Mineau’s shortbreathedly seeking the light, exploring the throes of dread and hypochondria, hunting under water as well as in the sky, fighting foes that have since become his friends. No demos, no pre-prod, no singles, just a whole lot of creation—the fruit of fertile musical collaboration, a plural symphony, the redemption that comes with comfort and remoteness.

UPC: 619061441426

EAN: 0619061441426

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood