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Mixtape #137
Mathieu Charbonneau and Pietro Amato are both incredible musicians, each with an impressive body of work across genres and formats – albums, collaborations, film scores and live shows. The two have worked together in various bands and projects for several years, including The Luyas, Bell Orchestre, Amon Tobin and Plants and Animals, amongst many others. As a synth duo, they released recently their second album, Synth Works Vol. 2, a sublime, spacious and immersive record incorporating elements of 70s kosmische and environmental music. We’re thrilled to start May with a beautiful mix of tracks picked by Charbonneau and Amato that explores the influences that have shaped their own exquisite work.
Watch Charbonneau / Amato’s video for third single ‘As Fragile Ghosts’; new album out next week
One of the albums slated for release this year that we’ve been eagerly anticipating comes from Charbonneau / Amato, the duo synth project of Montreal accomplished musicians Mathieu Charbonneau and Pietro Amato. Entitled Synth Works Vol. 2, their upcoming album finally arrives on March 4th through Forward Music Group’s experimental sublabel Backward Music.
Charbonneau / Amato had already previewed the album with two singles, the transportive ‘Évaporations’ and the beautiful, soothing and wholly absorbing ‘Light Memoir’. As if we needed any more reasons to be excited for this release, they have shared a third and final single called ‘As Fragile Ghosts’. It comes with an accompanying video by Joël Vaudreuil. Watch it below.
Charbonneau / Amato offer glimpse into forthcoming record with new single ‘Évaporations’
Photo: Chloé Charbonnier
Back in September, Charbonneau / Amato enticed us with the beautiful, soothing and wholly absorbing ‘Light Memoir’, the first single from their upcoming album Synth Works Vol. 2. More details have now emerged about the album, which is set for release on March 4th through Forward Music Group’s experimental sublabel Backward Music. Unbeknownst to Charbonneau and Amato then, the album came together just before a lockdown brought the world to a halt in March 2020. Over the course of a week, after setting up their synths, organs and pedals, the pair “worked at expanding their shared musical language through exploration”, as the press release explains, “carving out sumptuous worlds of modular melody recalling 70s komische and environmental musics.”
The transportive new single ‘Évaporations’ offers us a glimpse into the upcoming Synth Works Vol. 2. and we can’t wait for March to come. Take a listen below.
Charbonneau / Amato tease upcoming album with first single ‘Light Memoir’
Montreal accomplished musicians Mathieu Charbonneau and Pietro Amato have worked together on a plethora of bands and projects for many years, including The Luyas, Bell Orchestre, Amon Tobin and Plants and Animals amongst others. Synth Works Vol.1, released in 2018, marked their first album as a duo. Three years on, Charbonneau / Amato are gearing up to release its follow-up, Synth Works Vol. 2, later this year. Whilst we still have to wait for further details to emerge, we can already hear the album’s first single, ‘Light Memoir’, out now through Forward Music Group’s experimental sublabel Backward Music. ‘Light Memoir’ is beautiful, soothing and wholly absorbing. The track comes paired with an accompanying video and you can watch it below.