Philippe Brault releases krautrock voyage “Fear and Greed”

Music by Philippe BraultVideo art by Marc-André LabelleFull album: https://philippebrault.bandcamp.com/album/fear-and-greed-music-for-a-performance-by-fr-d-r...

Maintaining a connection with both the artificial and emotional, Brault captures a progressive mood in his most recent EP

Canadian Philippe Brault is an artist with a wide range of skills at his disposal, having worked as a sound designer, producer, and arranger. He took steps towards touring as a musician at the early age of eighteen, and his rise in the electronica community has seen him work closely with artists such as Pierre Lapointe, Dear Criminals, Philémon Cimon and Salomé Leclerc. It’s a journey which has earned Brault awards for his involvement in projects both as an arranger and composer, including the IRIS for Best Original Score.

His identity as an established professional has also helped fuel tours across Europe and Quebec, but the territory Brault has ventured into most recently is that of krautrock and post rock, as he announces his newest EP.

Titled “Fear and Greed”, the five track collection strives on the balance of mechanical resolution and deeply human disassociation. Originally the music scored a 2019 production of the same name, created by choreographer Frederick Gravel. Brault constructed the tracks featured on the EP with the show’s central theme of transcendence and ritual in mind, an approach which delivers a strikingly methodical soundscape which succeeds in illuminating a world of quiet emotion.

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Human Digital Music: FLOCKS - “Grammar King”

Recorded and engineered by Isaac Karns at Marble Garden StudiosMastered by Alex DeTurkArtwork by Kara & Shang of The Gymnasium

In recent years, the space where jazz, electronica, and post-rock meet has proved to be a fruitful hunting ground for seekers of unique music that steers into uncharted waters.

The likes of Jaga Jazzist, Yussef Kamaal, The Breathing Effect, and Vels Trio all come to mind when considering acts who have successfully straddled these styles and blurred the lines between genres, managing to explore the sonic boundaries and offer up their own signature sounds.

Three-piece band: FLOCKS of Cincinnati, Ohio are another act very much in that mould. They describe themselves as “Humans making digital music” which could perhaps be written off as a flippant remark by the casual reader, however, after listening to them it actually seems to be the simplest and most accurate statement that captures the essence of what they are.

Their latest single 'Grammar King' effortlessly flits between sections of frenetic drum patterns, off-kilter synths, and broken bass lines, before seamlessly transitioning into satisfying future-jazz and electronica grooves. The crisp, scattergun rhythms are superbly balanced with soulful and euphoric passages that ride smoothly, creating a real sense of journey throughout.

Altogether it makes for a joyful and cerebral listening experience with the kind of dynamics and playfulness that can only be derived from humans playing instruments together and no amount of studio programming can imitate.

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