departure in affection and new noise
written and produced by jean-sébastien roux
„deluge“ is yet another project of the virtous montréal electronic act jean-sébastien roux, whose album „acoustic lazy dolls“ was released on autoplate in december 2003. that album was promptly awarded “netaudio of the month” download by the german mag de:bug. and with jean-sébastien roux presenting his new album he impressively proves that his idea of music fits into the thinner concept to modern house between dub and ambient very well.
within the longplayer „departure in affection and new noise“ roux moves along conceptionally and praises the works of one of the most considered modernist poets, jean arthur rimbaud.
rimbaud was just 19 years of age when he already had his effort in literature done – poems with whom he wanted to change the world which made him in the longterm an ultimative cult figure after his early
death of cancer. a lyrical revolt against all conventions of society, morality and religion. synesthesis, introducing slacking verse-constructions and the development of the vers libre in his rhythmic prose poems made rimbaud one of the most important keyplayer of the symbolist, surrealist and existencialist movements.
rimbaud’s work was continously crosslinked with music. while studying rimbaud’s poems jean-sébastien roux realised this, so he started with a musical approach of carefully selected rimbaud poetry. while composing roux always had the intention in mind to cross a bridge between the lyric and contemporary electronic music - every songtitle carries the title of the interpreted poem from rimbaud and tries to reflect the emotions – encrypted, but catching most likely and unique, which is made audible in the mixture of self-esteem and resignation.
silky, yet wrapped up in cotton wool carpets of sound - tricky minimalhouse with reverbed vocals, circulating basslines and fragile expeditions in faraway ambient dub worlds leave attractive feelings somewhere between
daydreaming and elevation.
text written by sebastian redenz
reviews
bleed | germany | 03/2004
ungebrochen releasen thinner eine ausserordentliche platte nach der anderen. das album von deluge, aka jean-sébastien roux, der schon auf autoplate releast hat, ist so soft und dennoch groovend, baut sich seine beats stellenweise aus vocalresten, oder sanften kleinen bauschigen clickernd clonkenden percussionsounds, die dem rest der sounds und ihren dubs sehr viel raum geben, sicher aber dennoch nicht darauf ausruhen, sondern in einem sehr sweeten harmonischen flow auf und ab bouncen, als wäre das ganze album ein traum von einem pool aus kleinen weichen kugeln, in denen man den rest seiner tage verbringen möchte. wie das ganze mit rimbaud zusammenhängt weiss ich nicht, ist aber wohl auch nicht unbedingt nötig. sehr sehr schöne extrem ruhige platte.click here for more reviews
