Christophe Bailleau
Vertical Moon Phase Charm
11 track album, released September 30, 2023
"Vertical Moon Phase Charm", Christophe Bailleau's debut on Mahorka, is the second album out of his meta-vision of electronic and electro-acoustic music trilogy on the theme of creativity in the face of autistic disorders, following the excellent inauguration "CHUVA ORBITAL : Armadillo Time" on Lotophagus Records. Here the artist again asserts his unique craftsmanship in balancing and naturally blending low-fi and high-tech sounds, acoustic sources and digital synthesis in another powerful, immersive work. "Vertical Moon Phase Charm" notably includes quite the strong and special list of collaborators: A Limb, Stanley Christiaensen, Konejo, Innocent But Guilty and Paradise Now.
"A monument of fluctuating abstraction, Vertical Moon Phase Charm has no known safety measures or possible precautionary principles. A multi-dimensional mutant emulsion, we navigate in turbulent waters, no need to look for a secure anchor. Conceptual chimera, beautifully produced, each track ... proceeds through systemic enchantment, it quickly becomes unnecessary to resist - a variant geometry."
-- from Thierry Massard's review on nocoVision
Christophe Bailleau: composition, programming, production, synthesizers, guitar, piano
A Limb: synthesizers, noises on tracks 1 and 8.
Stanley Christiaensen: Moog synthesizer, vocals, Tibetan bells, sitar on track 4.
Konejo: sampling and sounds on track 5.
Innocent But Guilty: sounds and programming on track 6.
Paradise Now: electronics, sampling and voice on track 10 and 11.
Visuals by Christophe Bailleau
Graphic Design by Messa Haddad
With the support of Transcultures / CITY SONIC - 20 YEARS
Pépinières européenneS de Création.
Thanks to Ivo, my family and FRIENDS, OPN, Optical Sound, 3 To The 3rd Music, Ben, Thierry M, Zorg, the magic.
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