Radio No Type:
Nicolas Bernier makes music to get close to. His first official CD is called Les arbres (arbres meaning «Trees») and it’s one of the most exquisitely composed pieces of electroacoustic music we’ve ever released. Bernier has a sound world of his own at his disposal (we’ve heard a glimpse of that with his delicious Ail et l’eau faille EP) & we feel more than lucky to be able to share it with you starting right now.
Sonic landscapes and slow textures meet with precise articulations, all this resting on a minimal orchestration made of guitars, brass instruments, vibes, accordions and strings. In short: a stimulating record, a remarkable attention to detail and excellent production quality, making for an unfailingly rewarding listening experience.
Les arbres is also a remarkable visual project. The CD comes packaged in a lovingly assembled sleeve containing six exclusive postcard-format illustrations by Urban9. Let’s put it another way, you don’t have any excuses not to get this disc.
El canadiense Bernier evita con soltura el peligro de la frialdad digital gracias al constante recurso a los más amables timbres acústicos, pero no parece haber jerarquías entre sonidos.
Luis M Rodríguez, PlayGround (Spain)
… une véritable force vivante, sereine et poétique.
Bruno Letort, France Musique (France)
[…] on découvre un univers riche et foisonnant, où chaque ambiance semble travailler jusqu’à l’extrême, histoire de faire ressortir le maximum d’impressions, d’images, de ressentis chez l’auditeur.
Benoît Richard, Ondefixe
Ouverture is a beautiful track with intimate strings.
Pierre-Nicolas , Boing Poum Tchak! (France)
L’album a du succès là où beaucoup de musiques électroniques échouent: il fait le pont entre les amateurs et les néophytes.
Charles Prémont, Convergence (Québec)
È una soundtrack carica di sentimento, che ti entra nella pelle per non uscire più.
Stephano I Bianchi, Blow Up (Italy)
Nicolas Bernier has been initiated to musical creation through popular music. His curiosity quickly brought him to electroacoustic composition, which he studied at the Université de Montréal in the classes of Robert Normandeau and Jean Piché. His love of experimentation inspired him to develop acousmatic composition, live electronics, installation and video art as well as music for dance and cinema. In the midst of this eclecticism, however, his artistic concerns remain constant: the balance between the cerebral and the sensual and between organic sound sources and digital processing. An inspired artist, he created the duo Milliseconde topographie in 2004 alongside composer Delphine Measroch. In 2006, he also created the artist collective Ekumen. He has won many awards for his works that have been broadcast in many festivals such as L’Espace du son (Belgium), Akousma (Québec), DotMov Festival (Japan) et Transmediale (Germany). → Full bio
June 18, 2008
weird. a couple people told us they have a hard time downloading using the “Full album (zip)” link. does that happen to you too? then please let me know what’s up: dt@electrocd.com. tell me what platform (mac or windows) you’re using, & what unzip software too, that’ll be helpful. your feedback is appreciated! → Continued…
May 15, 2008
there’s a notypian tradition that has us participate every year to montreal’s own suoni per il popolo festival, often paired with a friendly label. this year, we’re partying it up with ekumen, & it’s happening june 11 at casa del popolo. → Continued…
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