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Mixtape #139
A seasoned musician with a background in drumming, and membership in rock and pop groups, Antoine Pasqualini began releasing music under his Monolithe Noir moniker in 2013, coinciding with his love for modular synths. The project gives him freedom to push himsef further into uncharted territory and bridge his influences across prog, ambient, electronica, folk, and Italian library music. Later this month he is releasing his third full-length studio album, Rin, a cosmically entrancing and groovy record brought to life as trio. We couldn’t be more stoked to kick off the month with a rad mixtape put together by Antoine. Tune in and zone out.
- Slowdive – Rutti
[Creation Records] - Roxane Métayer – Mille Pics
[Morc Records] - s t a r g a z e*, Greg Saunier – Returning the Screw
[Transgressive Records] - Ka Baird – Teaching Lodge of the Arrows
[Rvng Intl.] - Rémy Couvez – Dans le Désert
- Accident du Travail – La Boule
[bruit direct disques] - Roxane Métayer – Plus Brume, Que Lune
[Morc Records] - Green Ribbons – The Well Below The Valley
[Matière Mémoire] - Thomas De Pourquery & Supersonic – Love in Outer Space
[Quark Records] - Monolithe Noir – Balafenn
[Capitane Records] - June Chikuma – Broadcast Profanity Delay
[Freedom To Spend] - Roméo Poirier – Sarakiniko
[Kit Records]
Monolithe Noir set to release third album, Rin, this summer
Photo: Victor Pattyn
There’s a new album on the way from Monolithe Noir, the project of Antoine Pasqualini. Entitled Rin, the album came to life as trio, with the Breton musician and producer joined by Yannick Dupont on keyboards and bass and Christophe Claeys on drums.
Rin means “secret” in Breton and was inspired by the different landscapes in Brittany. “Sunken paths, gnarled trees, chiseled coasts, moor, Brest, lonely villages, peri-urban areas, a nuclear power station in the heart of Monts d´Arrée”, describes the press release. “The rain rain and sun throughout the day.”
We’ll have to wait until August 26th for Rin to be out through Capitane Records but they have already let loose two cuts from it, the explosive and entrancing ‘Balafenn’ and the driving and groovy ‘Finvus’. ‘Balafenn’ comes paired with a stunning video filmed and edited by Monolithe Noir, and shot in Cap Blanc Nez. Here’s both.