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Second Souffle

by ON

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1.
I 08:27
2.
II 08:36
3.
III 07:53
4.
IV 06:04
5.
Afterward 08:27

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ON was born in July 2003 with the meeting of Chicago-based Steven Hess and French musician Sylvain Chauveau when they joined for a lowercase improv session recorded by Jeremy Lemos (member of White/Light, collaborator of Jim O'Rourke, Town and Country, Sonic Youth...).

Their first album, Your Naked Ghost Comes Back At Night was mixed by Helge Sten aka Deathprod, the illustrious member/producer of Supersilent, and then released in 2004 by French label Les Disques du Soleil et de l'Acier. The album appeared as a brilliant collection of dense, monochromatic layers.

Second Souffle is now built upon the same recording session, but with new mixes and editing by French musician Pierre-Yves Macé (Sub Rosa, Tzadik). The album is a slick display of ambient, improv and concrete music; a rich electro-acoustic composition made of piano, prepared guitar, vibes and percussion.

ON has played live in the USA, France, Italy, Austria and Germany. The duo even joined Christian Fennesz for the 2004 edition of the French Musique Action festival.

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En 2003, Sylvain Chauveau (déjà riche de 5 albums solos sur les labels DSA et Fat Cat, et notamment de Down to the bone, album de reprises acoustiques de Depeche Mode) et Steven Hess (percussionniste américain, collaborateur de Pan American, Robert Hampson ou Greg Davis) se retrouvent à Chicago pour une séance d'improvisation lowercase.

C'est l'illustre Helge Sten, alias Deathprod, producteur et membre de Supersilent, qui se chargera de mixer ces bandes. Ainsi naquit le premier album de ON, une succession de drones monochromes et sombres, publié sous le titre Your naked ghost comes back at night par DSA en 2004.

L'année dernière, ON fournit les enregistrements originaux à Pierre-Yves Macé, jeune compositeur, déjà auteur de 3 albums sur Tzadik, Sub Rosa et Orkhêstra. Le résultat est Second souffle, nouvel album composé de cinq plages combinant piano, guitare préparée, vibraphone, percussions et traitement électroacoustique, rappelant à la fois le post-rock chirurgical de Pluramon et les somptueuses cadences du Upgrade & Afterlife de Gastr del Sol.

Mais Second Souffle n'est en rien un succédané de vieilles rengaines. Novateur et pertinent, ce disque est l'un des premiers à montrer qu'ambient, improvisation et musique concrète peuvent faire bon ménage.

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released April 5, 2007

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Brocoli is a French label for artists that share the same vision: delivering demanding yet catchy music. Although the label does not focus on any particular style, artists here are experimenting with all genres, without taking themselves too seriously.

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