Album Review
Tourette – “Jardin Du Sommeil Chant D’Amour Sur La Nuit Grandissante” – [Troniks]
lexi glass 8/14/2020 A Library, CD
From this album’s opening moments – a mournful piano repeating in a hypnotic loop as scrap metal thunder rumbles overhead – I was struck by its severe beauty. Tourette is Benjamin Clément of Montreuil, France. On these three longform pieces, he contrasts graceful sounds – piano, strings, otherworldly voices, brilliant ambience – with punishing storms of harsh noise. Artists who use pleasing sounds in noise have their naysayers, but Tourette proves that in the hands of a skillful composer, the lighter moments make the impact of the noise assault that much more powerful. This is one of the best records I’ve heard in some time, and a new favorite that I’ll continue to revisit.
you heard it 20 times on kfjc! most recently:
- 953 days ago, Teachers AIDS played Jardin Du Sommeil
- 962 days ago, Whinger played Sur La Nuit Grandissante
- 962 days ago, Jersey Girl played Jardin Du Sommeil
- 964 days ago, Betsy from home played Sur La Nuit Grandissante
- 970 days ago, Avakhov played Sur La Nuit Grandissante
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