Neige
Neige是法國黑金屬界最具才華的樂手之一,曾是Mortifera和Celestia的成員,目前還在Peste Noire中擔任吉他,Alcest則是Neige的個人樂隊.Alcest在01年發行過一張Demo"Tristesse Hivernale",05年發行的EP"Le Secret"是在黑金屬風格基礎上摻雜了很多獨特的音樂元素,有著法國人獨有的唯美氣質,被譽為浪漫黑金.
07年發行的首張專輯"Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde" 選擇在德國以出品高質量的Folk\Noise\Dark Ambient廠牌Prophecy Productions下發行.比起05年那張頗受好評的EP,新專輯則徹底轉向唯美迷幻的Shoegaze風格.大段優美旋律以原音吉他點綴,弱化失真音色,清爽的清音撥弦,多種多樣的樂器以及生動的採樣配上Neige的清澈細膩嗓音,給人一種仿佛在夢幻中和童話般的感覺.
簡介
07年發行的首張專輯"Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde" 選擇在德國以出品高質量的Folk\Noise\Dark Ambient廠牌Prophecy Productions下發行.比起05年那張頗受好評的EP,新專輯則徹底轉向唯美迷幻的Shoegaze風格.大段優美旋律以原音吉他點綴,弱化失真音色,清爽的清音撥弦,多種多樣的樂器以及生動的採樣配上Neige的清澈細膩嗓音,給人一種仿佛在夢幻中和童話般的感覺.
Alcest is the one-man-project of the French multi-instrumentalist Neige, native of Avignon (France). As devoted black metal fan he founded Alcest around 1999 and a first demo contained traditional black metal. After that the music evolved towards a more esoteric, atmospheric direction. The EP 'Le Secret' and the split CD with Angmar were witnesses of this development. Now Alcest is picked up by the label with a fine taste for eccentric, yet engrossing musical projects (Prophecy Productions) for no less than five albums.
'Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde' is the first one and it offers six compositions to the listener - all about six or seven minutes long - on which you can fall in reveries and dream. Guitars with lots of reverb and distortion (think on Katatonia, or even more on Agalloch) pass into acoustic guitar interludes. Vocals are dreamy and nostalgic. The lyrics are in French, but if you do not pay special attention to it, it is not that obvious. I know this sound kind of strange, but let us say that the sound of the voice is more important than words. Neige seems to be a pretty exceptional person: a hermit who prefers to be alone most of the time and only wanders through the city at night to be inspired by those blackened impressions. This music includes much transparency; it is an ode to the purity of nature in a very refined way.
It is ethereal music from another world, just as the title suggests. Finally it gets a bit difficult to keep focused, because the songs are pretty similar to each other, but when you are in the mood, this wall of guitars with lyric leads all over and cosy acoustic guitars will give you a sea of tranquillity and contemplation in this hectic life. And we all need moments like that.
專輯曲目
01. Printemps Emeraude
02. Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde
03. Les Iris
04. Ciel Errant
05. Sur L'autre Rive Je T'attendrai
06. Tir Nan Og
