#benoit pioulard

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Benoît Pioulard's "Lifetime Member" version of Sigourney Weaver Fanclub President by worriedaboutsatan

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Rafael Anton Irisarri – The Unintentional Sea. 2013 : Room40.

! acquire the album ★ attach a coffee !

[natlbag]

Benoît Pioulard: Stone in Focus (2016)

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[olaskoolkitchen]

Ola's Kool Kitchen podcast 496 spectacular sounds from TEKE TEKE, Chatham Rise, Howlin' Jaws, Asha Wells, Purling Hiss, Benoît Pioulard, HighSch00L & Pete International Airport.

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Radial - Benoît Pioulard

[musicdiaries]

Lusine - Long Light (feat. Benoît Pioulard)

[darkarfs]

"300 MG of Freedom Fuel."

I think we can all agree that's too much?

And fuck me, had I read this can a little more closely I would not have purchased this silly mess.

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Songs for Eureka Sessions: Investigation Scenes (tense/creepy) Part 1

Masterpost of Eureka song lists & how to choose good music for any TTRPG session.

Neve (Versione Integrale) - The Hateful Eight

Opening Credits - Prince of Darkness

The Underground Church - Prince of Darkness

The Night Stalker

The Werewolf - Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Ghost - Stealth Music Avery Alexander

Save Room - Resident Evil 2

Shadow - Deadly Premonition

And Hell Followed - Randal Collier Ford

The Lady Circles - Little Nightmares

Shape - The Thing

Darkness - Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Humanity - The Thing

Solitude - The Thing

Main Hall - Resident Evil

Nebula - Lugensa

Dining Room - Resident Evil

The Gramophone - Crimson Peak

A Clockwork Killing - The Sexy Brutale

Vanessa Wants to Play - A Hat in Time

Watchful Eyes from Above - Silent Hill 4

Laudanum – Atrium Carceri

The Underground Laboratory – Resident Evil 2

The Suspense Is Killing – L.A. Noire

Nightmare – Max Payne 2     

Left Alone? – Resident Evil 2

Max Hurt: Danger and Consequences – Max Payne 2

Anomaly – Cities Last Broadcast

Fabiana – Max Payne 3

The Jail – Resident Evil 2 Remake

Clues 05 – L.A. Noire

Fate of the Damned – Blood

Clues 03 – L.A. Noire

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble – Blood

Police Station Basement – Resident Evil 2 Remake

Find a Way Out – Resident Evil 2 Remake

Den – Resident Evil 2 Remake

Jill. You Are Alive! – Resident Evil 1 Remake

Lisa’s Lair – Resident Evil 1 Remake

What’s Going On – Resident Evil 2 Remake

Barry’s Betrayal – Resident Evil 1 Remake

The Marshalling Yard (First Half) – Resident Evil 2

The First Floor – Resident Evil 2

Weapons Don’t Give Us Relief – Resident Evil 2

Lab Entrance – Resident Evil 1 Remake

Contanimated – Resident Evil 1 Remake

Wesker’s Master Plan – Resident Evil 1 Remake

Underground – Resident Evil 1 Remake

A Statue with a Map – Resident Evil 1 Remake

Fourth Floor – Cities Last Broadcast

Guardhouse II – Resident Evil 1 Remake

Neptune Tank – Resident Evil 1 Remake

Macabre Hallway – Resident Evil 1 Remake

Track 1 – Nightmare Creatures

The Bottom of the Well – Parasite Eve II

Lost in Fog – Phonothek

Blood Red – Silent Hill 4

Track 06 – Galerians

A Ruined Village – Resident Evil 4

Moonchild – Silent Hill 1

Disfigured Reality – yatakiya

Inner Most Part of the Shelter – Parasite Eve II

The Sleep Ensemble – Atrium Carceri

the White – Kairo

Twisted Emotions – Silent Hill 4

Fear of Heights – Silent Hill 4

Ghost Room – Martha Is Dead

Stares Back – Cities Last Broadcast

Gloomy View – Silent Hill 3

Wind Chime – Silent Hill 3

Vagues - Benoit Pioulard

Lisa Trevor – Resident Evil 1 Remake

Disembodied – Cities Last Broadcast

Totentanz – Musica Cthulhiana

The Sitting – Cities Last Broadcast

All Things Nocturnal – Atrium Carceri & Cities Last Broadcast

The Death of a Lover – Heroin and Your Veins

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Benoit Pioulard — Eidetic (Morr Music)

Eidetic by Benoît Pioulard

Thomas Meluch has such a specific and distinctive aesthetic that subtle variations within his sound catch the ear. His default setting is an amorphous wash of warbling, nostalgia-drenched tones, punctuated by muffled percussion, plucked nylon-string guitar and his hushed, multi-tracked voice. Patterns begin to emerge in his songwriting methods the more you listen, such as his fondness for introducing tambourine into the right channel to inject energy into a song, or fading a gentle rush of soft-focus bells into a glimmering instrumental. Just as you begin to tune out, the next song might shift a little, introducing a steel-string acoustic or electric guitar to allow the instrumental timbres to brighten in the mix. The sounds themselves are gorgeous, but it’s the ebb and flow of Eidetic that maintains interest.

Meluch has been working in this vein under his Benoit Pioulard moniker for the last 15 years or so, and he drifts back and forth between instrumental and vocal-led releases. Eidetic offers a pleasing balance of both styles. Though they’re kept to a few minutes each, immersive instrumentals such as “Margaret Murie” and “Where To” feel like they could drift on indefinitely. In contrast, galloping guitar-led tracks such as “Thursday Night” inject a slightly manic early-Animal Collective energy, like being shaken from staring listless at a campfire and swept into a stirring, clapping sing-along. The true outlier is “The Void,” a breezy, beachy sway that momentarily puts one in mind of the retro British summertime sounds of Cliff Richards and the Shadows. Quite a shift from the shadowy, mossy, forest vibes of the rest of the record, but it works. 

After 45 minutes, when Eidetic draws to a close in a blur of tape hiss and bird song, it feels like waking from a dream. Though the album title refers to being able to recall specific mental images in detail, the hazy ambiguity of Benoit Pioulard’s music leaves the listener in a pleasingly disoriented daze. 

Tim Clarke

[theam-cjsw]

The AM: March 6, 2023

This week’s AM features a few happy returns, with new music from AM favourites Nabihah Iqbal, Mega Bog, and Benoit Pioulard (to name a few). Plus a throwback to classic mid-2000s chamber pop, violins played in the LA river, a David Axelrod track that’s technically credited to someone else, Morabeza Tobacco getting as close to the "Good Times" bassline as is legally allowed, and a healthy mix of atmospheric sounds, post-punk raves, experimental compositions and other offbeat easy listening for a Monday morning.

Listen on Soundcloud

Hear it at CJSW.com

Other listening links

Ongoing Spotify playlist (to avoid my commentary)

Tracklist after the break.

Hour One:

réfraction Onur Tarçin • Single

Ellipses Andrew Bird • Echolocations: River

A Constant Source of Joy and Fascination waivestate • Sprout Sessions

Vivid Elskavon • Origins

Bruises Earth Trax • Closer Now

Sweltering Drive Masahiro Takahashi • Humid Sun

Our Future Salad Days Dreamsploitation • The Soft Focus Sound of Today

Synchronized Swimmers Contagious Yawns • Dream of Consciousness

Bolan Muppets Glissandro 70 • Glissandro 70

Hour Two:

Les Points Cardineaux YouYourself&i • L'Amour des Anoures

Betwixt & Between Spencer Cullum, featuring Erin Rae • Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection 2

Walking Through Morning Dew Shana Cleveland • Manzanita

Synesthetics L.T.Leif • Come Back To Me, But Lightly

O Torto Santo Bike • Arte Bruta

Tonight’s Episode Yo La Tengo • This Stupid World

Elementary Particles The Hylozoists • La Fin du Monde

Warning Against Judging a Christian Brother The Hylozoists • La Fin du Monde

The Edge David McCallum • Music: A Bit More of Me

I Have Been Alone The Common People • Of The People / By The People / For The People

Way Far High Season • The Call

Anniversary Dawn to Dawn • Postcards from the Sun to the Moon

Hour Three:

Line in the Sand Brian Eno, Hot Chip, goddess • Single

The Void Benoit Pioulard • Eidetic

Manitou (Single Edit) Zoon • Bekka Ma'iingan

The Clown Mega Bog • End of Everything

The World Couldn’t See Us Nabihah Iqbal • DREAMER

Mariana's Web Uncanny Valley • Fevering Stare

Saturnus Morabeza Tobacco • Shadow of the Cherry

Destiny Decisive Pink • Ticket to Fame

NST Gnoomes • Ax Ox

High and Low Shirley & The Pyramids • Maid of Time

Medicine Road Fog Lake • Dragonchaser

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Memorize by Benoît Pioulard & offthesky from the album Sunder

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Benoît Pioulard – Temper. 2008 : Kranky.

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Interview with Ant'lrd (October 2015)

1. What are some recent inspirations?

Musically, I’ve been really inspired by Ariel Kalma, Gardener, Sachdev, Palmbomen II, Strategy, Laraaji, Benoit Pioulard, Sam Prekop, Joni Mitchell, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Deuter, Blondes, and that Anugama tape you showed me. I’ve been really interested in extremely repetitive trance inducing rhythms. I was biking around recently, and came across this group of folks in a park playing a gigantic calf-skin drum. You could hear it from several blocks away, so massive. They would keep the same rhythm for up to 15 minutes before stopping. It was so hypnotic and booming. That’s been sticking with me pretty heavily. Non-musically I’ve been really inspired by staring at the ocean for long periods of time, trees of the Pacific Northwest, and hiking.

2. What is something that you sometimes pretend is real?

Speaking with my cat via telepathy.

3. A favorite meal to cook?

My grandmother gave me a really killer recipe for her squash and zucchini pie. I haven’t made that dish in a while, but once fall is in full swing it’ll be back in rotation. My partner and I have also been making really delicious veggie burgers out of kidney beans with tons of other delicious veggies thrown in.

4. What can make skateboarding so captivating?

I love the fluidity, the creativity, the sound of wheels on smooth concrete, and how much the sport has evolved over the past few years. The PostTony Hawk Pro Skater generation are doing the most insanely creative tricks now.

5. Why do you need music in your life?

I think if I didn’t have music in my life, I would be a very tense person. It’s my means of expression, and I use it as therapy as well as a creative outlet. It’s also an important form of communication for me. I’m better at expressing myself through sound rather than words.

6. What drove you to start the Ant’lrd project?

I was playing drums in a bunch of bands, and just got sort of burnt out on dealing with other people’s schedules & relying on other folks in order to make music. It started as sort of an experiment, messing around with keyboards & pedals. I got a 404 sampler, and that was when I got fully hooked on pursuing the collection & manipulation of sounds.

7. What non-musical or non-intentionally-musical drones are you attracted to?

Refrigerators & cicadas. Oh yeah also while I was in Canada, I went hiking at this mountain called “The Chief”, and there’s this massive Gondola that you can take to the top. I was sitting at a clearing for a while watching it move up and down, and it created a really beautiful drone as the car passed over the cables. I tried to record it, but I don’t think it translated.

8. Do you have any memories that you’re not sure whether they were dreams or waking life?

All of it haha.

9. Under what circumstances do you feel most comfortable playing music?

Usually in calm atmospheres where I’ve got room to breathe.

10. Words of wisdom you like to recall in times of need?

Take your time & be kind to yourself.

Ant'lrd is the work of Colin Blanton, who has a new album, Clouding Indefinitely, currently available at the Inner Islands Bandcamp page.

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Lusine feat. Benoit Pioulard - Long Light