SOMBRE PRINTEMPS 1+2

by Die Form

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1.	Sombre Printemps 03:47	buy track
2.	Chrysalid World 04:19	buy track
3.	Magnet 04:48	buy track
4.	Oceanic Terminal 03:53	buy track
5.	Possession 04:01	buy track
6.	Parasitic Noise Extasy 04:01	buy track
7.	Orphaned 04:18	buy track
8.	Rapture 04:31	buy track
9.	Convulse 03:58	buy track
10.	Nude With A Cross 03:53	buy track
11.	Dunkler Frühling 04:34	buy track
12.	Fleur d'Angoisse 03:21	buy track
13.	Parasomniac Soundscapes 04:39	buy track
14.	Unknown Forms 04:06	buy track
15.	Antichambre 04:15	buy track
16.	Syntax Of Pain 03:57	buy track
17.	Schizophonia 04:44	buy track
18.	Neurologium 03:51	buy track
19.	Traces Of Desire 03:26	buy track
20.	Post Cerebra 07:46	buy track
21.	Atra Bilis 04:06	buy track

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"Ambient & Film Music 1+2" including 2 CD (Vol.1 / Tracks 1~10 from 1991 + Vol.2 / Tracks 11~21 from 2011).

"The intriguing music project Sombre Printemps, which Philippe Fichot/Die Form created in 1991 to commemorate the German author and graphic designer Unica Zürn (the project’s name has been taken from one of her books), is now undergoing a spectacular renaissance, 20 years after its inception. On “Ambient & Film Music II“, exceptional artist Fichot yet again takes us on a journey into playful, experimental and surreally tinged sonic worlds. Intricate grooves meet ingenious compositions, wild vocal samples and highly creative sound design in eleven tracks that invade the ears in a disturbing, yet otherworldly beautiful manner. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Sombre Printemps, the new album receives a classy double-CD-release that also includes the rare and long-deleted first release “Ambient and Film Music”, on which Philippe Fichot created aural experiments that were way ahead of their time, two decades ago. It has been way too long since the creative mind behind Die Form has last allowed us to glimpse into one of the most interesting facets of his creative oeuvre. For fans of Die Form and for aficionados of creative electronic aural art, “Ambient & Film Music II” is an absolute must!"

The booklet includes photograms specially created with algorythmic mathematic composition software, directly inspired by the music.

"Organes secrets, fleurs d'enfer, cabinet noir et blanc,
fond d'oeil sans tain, vice caché, anatomie mentale,
main tendue à la mort, mais tendue à l'amour,
s'agrippant au vide, double, tranchant,
l'infini des possibles est trouble et troublant...
eros ex anima." (Ph. F.)

À la mémoire de Unica Zürn, Hans Bellmer, Henri Michaux & Antonin Artaud.

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released October 6, 2011

Composed, performed, recorded and produced by Philippe Fichot / Copyright Control [C]+[P]1991-2011-2016
Artwork by Ph. Fichot / Thanks to Éliane & Marine J.

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Die Form France

Since many years, DIE FORM are well renowned for creating a type of music and image in league with the art form of "multimedia intervention" (combining music, performance, photography and cinema/video).
Always motivated by their passions, Philippe Fichot and Eliane P. depict the ultimate beauty of love, at the boundary of the forbidden. ... more

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