reference number : J2074
release date : 30/03/2018
release date : 30/03/2018
Photos : Laurent Touzeau & Annabelle Tiaffay
about this album
« I want to explore the sonic memories deeply rooted in each of us, like a soundtrack of our lives and of our imagination »
This is how Alban Darche talks about his band L’Orphicube.
« Atomic Flonflons » takes a hard look in the mirror, as a way to speak to us all. The twelve new tracks get your mind looking for old photographs, and stories down memory lane.
Experiences and familiar places blurred by time, become dreamy as if they never existed. Each of us has built a story out of our own lives. The facts are as important as the fiction we fill the blanks with.
That is where « Atomic FlonsFlons » comes from.
Playing with genres, symbols and name-dropping (accordeons, 19th century melodies, Tango, Muzak, Ragtime…) through time and space; the album always clings to memory or a fantasy, whether it’s a European cabaret from the twenties, a Demy soundtrack or Betty Boop’s naughty wink.
Each tracks brings up the strangely familiar. Like a mirage, a game of mirrors and smoke, the straightforward path we’ve been led to is never like we expected it to be. Turning the listening experience into thrilling adventure.
All these recollections do not forget that what we remember the best is usually effortless like a foot stomping to a swinging pulse.
Let’s dance.
All compositions by alban darche except « Autumn » (Silvestre / Fauré), « the paloma » (Iradier), « I'm a fool to want you » (Sinatra / Wolf / Herron) and « I'll be you » (Kahal / Fain).
Arrangements and orchestrations by Alban Darche.
« Pluie lente » is the French translation of the poem « la lluvia lenta » by Gabriela Mistral, by Bruno Rigolt (brunorigolt.blog.lemonde.fr). The text of « The bird we see sings his complaint » is extracted from Paul Verlaine’s poem « The sky is over the roof ». « I'm a fool to want you » and « I'll be you » are an order from the National Jazz Orchestra.
Recorded by Olivier Ménard at Languidic (Espace des Arts) in april 2017. Mixed by Olivier Ménard at the Corner Box Studio (cornerbox.jimdo.com).
Mastered by Pierre Vandewaeter at Lakanal Studio (studiolakanal.com).
The Atomic flonflons program was created at l’Estran, Guidel. Special thanks to Xavier Lejeune for his support over the years, and Jérémy Simon for his welcome.
This is how Alban Darche talks about his band L’Orphicube.
« Atomic Flonflons » takes a hard look in the mirror, as a way to speak to us all. The twelve new tracks get your mind looking for old photographs, and stories down memory lane.
Experiences and familiar places blurred by time, become dreamy as if they never existed. Each of us has built a story out of our own lives. The facts are as important as the fiction we fill the blanks with.
That is where « Atomic FlonsFlons » comes from.
Playing with genres, symbols and name-dropping (accordeons, 19th century melodies, Tango, Muzak, Ragtime…) through time and space; the album always clings to memory or a fantasy, whether it’s a European cabaret from the twenties, a Demy soundtrack or Betty Boop’s naughty wink.
Each tracks brings up the strangely familiar. Like a mirage, a game of mirrors and smoke, the straightforward path we’ve been led to is never like we expected it to be. Turning the listening experience into thrilling adventure.
All these recollections do not forget that what we remember the best is usually effortless like a foot stomping to a swinging pulse.
Let’s dance.
All compositions by alban darche except « Autumn » (Silvestre / Fauré), « the paloma » (Iradier), « I'm a fool to want you » (Sinatra / Wolf / Herron) and « I'll be you » (Kahal / Fain).
Arrangements and orchestrations by Alban Darche.
« Pluie lente » is the French translation of the poem « la lluvia lenta » by Gabriela Mistral, by Bruno Rigolt (brunorigolt.blog.lemonde.fr). The text of « The bird we see sings his complaint » is extracted from Paul Verlaine’s poem « The sky is over the roof ». « I'm a fool to want you » and « I'll be you » are an order from the National Jazz Orchestra.
Recorded by Olivier Ménard at Languidic (Espace des Arts) in april 2017. Mixed by Olivier Ménard at the Corner Box Studio (cornerbox.jimdo.com).
Mastered by Pierre Vandewaeter at Lakanal Studio (studiolakanal.com).
The Atomic flonflons program was created at l’Estran, Guidel. Special thanks to Xavier Lejeune for his support over the years, and Jérémy Simon for his welcome.
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tracklist
1st Act
01 Saudade (Pluie Lente)
02 Jungle
03 Rhythm Song
04 L'oiseau Qu'on Voit Chante Sa Plainte
05 La Paloma
06 Java
2nd Act
07 Musette
08 I’m A Fool To Want You
09 Ragtime
10 Tango Vif
11 I’ll Be Seeing You
12 Automne
TOTAL TIME : 53 MINUTES
01 Saudade (Pluie Lente)
02 Jungle
03 Rhythm Song
04 L'oiseau Qu'on Voit Chante Sa Plainte
05 La Paloma
06 Java
2nd Act
07 Musette
08 I’m A Fool To Want You
09 Ragtime
10 Tango Vif
11 I’ll Be Seeing You
12 Automne
TOTAL TIME : 53 MINUTES
Connexions
other works with Sébastien Boisseau
UNIT >> wavin'Le Gros Cube >> La martipontine
Le Cube >> Le Thé
Le Gros Cube >> LE PAX, Le Gros Cube VS Katerine
Le Gros Cube >> Polar mood
Le Cube >> Autorité Culinaire
Triade >> japan edition
Triade >> l'ardu
A suivre... x'tet >> paris-calvance
A suivre... x'tet >> variations alterees
Hazebrouck sextet >> frasques
D. Casimir & Yolk en cuisine >> Phonotaxis ou le génome de la vache
Le Cube >> Frelon Rouge
Wood (boisseau-donarier) >> WOOD
Le Gros Cube >> Queen bishop
JASS >> JASS
Orphicube >> perception instantanée
Alban Darche hyprcub >> Crooked House
La Musique de Salon >> 1 salon, 2 musiciens
JASS >> mix of sun and clouds
Orbit >> Orbit
Clover >> Vert Emeraude
Le Gros Cube #2 >>
Clover >> Paradigme
Le Gros Cube #2 >> Histoire sans paroles
David Chevallier quartet >> Curiosity
Orbit >> In-visibility
Jean-Paul Delore, Louis Sclavis, Sébastien Boisseau >> Langues et lueurs
other works with Chloé Cailleton
Out of the blue >> urban settingDandy Dandie >> Hypnos & Morphée
other works with Alban Darche
Le Cube >> Le ThéLe Gros Cube >> La martipontine
Le Gros Cube >> LE PAX, Le Gros Cube VS Katerine
Le Gros Cube >> Polar mood
Le Cube >> Autorité Culinaire
Quartethno >> quartethno
OLH Acoustic >> une vie sans lune
Jazzophone quartet >> blues for geo
Jazzophone cie + Tim Berne >> mosaiques
Qüntêt >> on the road enfin...
OLH Acoustic >> G. meets K.
Jazzophone >> yellow suite
Alban Darche trio >> trickster
Qüntêt >> vents dominants
Alban Darche trio >> brut ou demi sec?
D. Casimir & Yolk en cuisine >> Phonotaxis ou le génome de la vache
Quartethno >> tawada
Le Cube >> Frelon Rouge
Le Gros Cube >> Queen bishop
JASS >> JASS
Orphicube >> perception instantanée
Le Gros Cube #2 >> Histoire sans paroles
Alban Darche hyprcub >> Crooked House
Qüntêt featuring Desdamona >> Mots croisés/ Crosswords
JASS >> mix of sun and clouds
Jean-Christophe Cholet - Alban Darche - Mathias Ruëgg >> Le tombeau de Poulenc
Clover >> Vert Emeraude
PACIFIC >> PACIFIC
Longboard >> Being wild
Le Gros Cube #2 >>
Clover >> Paradigme
Dandy Dandie >> Hypnos & Morphée
Alban Darche et Loïs Le Van >> Les mots bleus
Alban Darche et Loïs Le Van >> Lazy Afternoon
other works with Nathalie Darche
Le Gros Cube >> Queen bishopOrphicube >> perception instantanée
Jean-Christophe Cholet - Alban Darche - Mathias Ruëgg >> Le tombeau de Poulenc
Nathalie Darche joue Geoffroy Tamisier >> 15 berceuses
Dandy Dandie >> Hypnos & Morphée
other works with Didier Ithursarry
Orphicube >> perception instantanéeBrass danse orchestra >> La danse du souffle
Jazzarium >> Megapolis
other works with Olivier Laisney
Jean-Christophe Cholet - Alban Darche - Mathias Ruëgg >> Le tombeau de PoulencLe Gros Cube #2 >>
Le Gros Cube #2 >> Histoire sans paroles
other works with Christophe Lavergne
Le Gros Cube >> La martipontineLe Cube >> Le Thé
Le Gros Cube >> LE PAX, Le Gros Cube VS Katerine
Le Gros Cube >> Polar mood
Le Cube >> Autorité Culinaire
Francis et ses peintres >> la paloma
Qüntêt >> vents dominants
LPT3 >> deja 7h!?...
Le Cube >> Frelon Rouge
Le Gros Cube >> Queen bishop
Orphicube >> perception instantanée
Alban Darche hyprcub >> Crooked House
Jazzarium >> Megapolis
Qüntêt featuring Desdamona >> Mots croisés/ Crosswords
LPT3 >> Vents Divers
Jean-Christophe Cholet - Alban Darche - Mathias Ruëgg >> Le tombeau de Poulenc
Le Gros Cube #2 >>
Le Gros Cube #2 >> Histoire sans paroles
David Chevallier quartet >> Curiosity
other works with Stéphane Payen
Print >> [a.ka] dreamsJazzophone >> yellow suite
Print >> baltic dance
Print & friends >> around k
Daniel Erdmann & Stéphane Payen >> Bricabracomaniacs
Photos : Laurent Touzeau & Annabelle Tiaffay