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Ether by Autrenoir from their self titled EP

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A short introduction to a new PODCAST upload on my Hearthis.at channel. Featuring the obscure dark ambient/drone sounds from french duo Romain Barbot and Gregory Buffier a.k.a Saåad. Check out the complete upload @ https://hearthis.at/hgypg4zt/spotlight-on-28-special-saaad/

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Saad 

Deep / Float

@2014 EU Pressing - Clear Vinyl

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Following a number of quality drone/dark ambient releases on cassette including last year’s HITD release Orbs & Channels, as well as digital EPs, CDs and with some quality experimental collaborations and splits under their belts, it was high time that Romain Barbot and Greg Buffier got their 5 year evolution onto wax. And it has been worth the wait. Deep/Float is arguably Saåad’s most crafted and coherent work to date. The record is broadly inspired by their week-long auditory experiments at the Faï farm in 2013 where, in a valley at the foot of the Alps, they improvised music in a completely natural atmosphere using three giant horns reverberating against a cliffside to amplify their sounds. Over the following six months, the duo decided to carry on reinventing their writing. They have stripped their rig right down to its bare skin, exploring the essence of their work and coming up with an extremely minimal, almost carnal approach to their music. The final outcome is a luminous album, a 40 minutes musical healing cure made up of a complex mix of field recordings, ambient improv and abstract drone. And, of course, the record wouldn’t be complete without a tremendous artwork by Romain Barbot to visually complete and complement the album’s themes of sexuality and elemental forces.

01. Valley Of Quartz (05:33) 02. Alone In The Light (05:51) 03. Giant Mouth (06:54) 04. I Will Always Disappoint You (06:07) 05. New Helicon (06:58) 06. After Love (06:20) Released April 17, 2014

Music written & recorded by Romain Barbot & Gregory Buffier / Nov 13th, 2013 ~ Jan 13th, 2014, Toulouse - France Mixed by Romain Barbot / Jan. 2014, Toulouse - France Mastered by Byron Christodoulou / Jan. 2014, Athens - Greece 21912fe.co.uk Artwork & photographies by Romain Barbot iamsailor.com

Field recordings captured during the residency at Echos Festival 2013

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Dédale by Autrenoir from their self titled EP - Video by Grégoire Orio from @ashumanpattern - Text from La barque, le soir by Tarjei Vesaas

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Terpsichore by Autrenoir - Video by Grégoire Orio from @ashumanpattern