Pro-dubbed (glass master) limited edition CD housed in cardboard die-cut opaque-laminated envelope + inlay card.
Artwork by Nicola Tirabasso, layout by incepBOY, master by Lupo Lubich
Includes unlimited streaming of A/N - ACIE E R R
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Cassette + Digital Album
Pro-dubbed cassette housed in clear nolreco case + inlay card + die-cut opaque-laminated O-card.
Artwork by Nicola Tirabasso, layout by incepBOY, master by Lupo Lubich
Includes unlimited streaming of A/N - ACIE E R R
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 3 days
edition of 50
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Streaming + Download
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Pro-dubbed (glass master) Limited edition CD (50) housed in jewel case + inlay card + die-cut opaque-laminated O-card.
Artwork by Nicola Tirabasso, layout by incepBOY, master by Lupo Lubich
Includes unlimited streaming of A/N - ACIE E R R
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
► Under the new moniker A/N, French producer Apollo Noir delves deeper into his music and casts a strong yet versatile sonic alloy of atmosphere, beat, voice and texture.
► ACIE E R R (alliteration, French for steel) is a raw, eloquent and fickle stream of consciousness of openness and transparency.
Coming from steel-city of Thiers, where his family forged a reputation as unrivaled knife manufacturers, A/N does not hide his deep bond with the age-old metal alloy and its making, which here become a structural metaphor in a work that inevitably goes deep into the emotional, the personal and the political.
A sort of ‘romanticism of steel’ sets the narrative mode of the eight tracker where moving chords progressions, pounding beats, synth washes and eerie vocal intrusions alternate grounded physicality and propulsive sways with unfathomable angelic hues and electro-acoustic subtleties.
Making use of a wide range of analog equipment and the invaluable help of drummer Seb Forrester, A/N’s textural sound stream tempers its gleaming chrome finishes by means of sonic shocks and sublime coatings of distorted warmth.
From the bubbling arpeggios of ‘Mentir En Temps De Crise’ and the organic texture of ‘Disparaître’, to the clustered sound particles of ‘Chromé’ and the instant-classic attitude of ‘Avoueur Condamner’ (Andy Stott, Lanark Artefax) ACIE E R R’s contrasting sonic energies bring openness and versatility into focus.
Steel is one of the world's most-recycled materials ☺
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released February 25, 2022
► Mastered by Lupo Lubich. Cover-art by Nicola Tirabasso, photos by Clement Moussiere, layout by incepBOY.
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