Turzi Électronique Expérience - Education

Having 2 solid double albums under his belt with the help of Reich IV, the latest effort by Parisian disciplinary rocker and synthesizer scientist Romain Turzi is a return to solo ventures in sound.

"Errance" is a standout track from the forthcoming album Education in that it shows an ethereal, sun-drenched and innocent element of Turzi's aesthetic that hasn't been evident in prior releases.

 

Statue of a Boy , Château de Cadillac

Education is available September 12th at the Record Makers online shop, and in the meantime it's streaming via Bandcamp.

French Lessons

An exploration of modern French psych/rock/folk/pop music and its precedents.

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Alpes 1 - Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes

Sunshine - Kill for Total Peace

Croissance (Demo) - Service

Le Papier Tue-enfant - Jean-Claude Vannier

Flying Over The Black Hills With Crazy Horses - Koudlam

Breakdown Suite - Serge Gainsbourg

Watcher - Syd Matters

Route - Trinité

Psychotic Sunday - One Switch to Collision

32 Mars - Catharsis

Bangkok - Turzi

Harley Davidson - Brigitte Bardot

LSD 33 - Aqua Nebula Oscillator

Radio Drugs / What Should I Lie About? - Chicros

Black Douleur - Sebastien Tellier

La Citrouille - Brigitte Fontaine & Areski

Winterfarmland - My Girlfriend is Better Than Yours

Special thanks to Mathieu, Romain, Arthur, Marc, and the record stores and flea markets of Paris and Bordeaux.

Trinité - 3 is a Magic Number

Trinité - "Kora"

Browsing the esteemed music blog Whistle Taste a few days ago I came across a link to a Parisian band called Trinité. Having heard of the band while in Paris this fall checking in on the thriving psychedelic music scene*, I was eager to listen to them as well. I caught up with one third of the trio via e-mail to get the lowdown on the formula for their synthetic sound.

"So the short story of Trinité is we each use a different gear:

I {Mathieu of Chicros, Turzi} am all analog: organ fed in a gated Roland.

Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland

Clemens (Turzi, One Switch to Collision) is all modular, a Yamaha Tenori-On driving home-made modules.

(Sol LeWitt • Cube Structures Based on Five Modules • 1971-4 • painted wood)

Pete (Service) is all digital: he uses sounds he synthesises himself with FM synthesis.

FM Synthesis Algorithm

There you have it, the Holy Trinity of Synth."

Go to their site to see videos and download some tracks from a live show while you wait to see if rumors of a 3-LP set to come are true - I sure hope they are.

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*Pan European Recording, Record Makers, and Chicrodelic, are a few of the labels in Paris putting out great records.

Record Makers' 10th Anniversary

10 years on and this French label - one-time home to Air and with current residents such as Turzi and Sebastien Tellier  - is still turning heads. The Tellier video posted on their home page does just that, and there's a rad interactive app for iPhone/Pod available as well, both by Mrzyk + Moriceau

If in Paris this 10/10/10 or 14/10/10, be sure to catch the 10th anniversary shows at Point Ephemere.