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French 79
In the organizer's words:
A few days ago, "Life Is Like", the new single by French 79, wasreleased . There it is again, that contemplative sound that makes the music of the electropop pioneer so distinctive.Simon Henner has been making music solo since 2014 and conquered the scenewithin a few months back then .The single "Between The Buttons" from thedebut EP"Angel", a synth-heavy gem underpinnedby a beautiful arpeggiator , immediately made him one of today'smost importantproducers, and the subsequent hit album "Olympic" quicklyfound a worldwide audience and paved the way for the Frenchman to play over 150 concerts around the globe.
The follow-up "Joshua" plays with his own musical past, andthe memories of film music and the projects that each shaped an era such as Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Soft Machine, Daft Punk or Apparat. The timeless pioneers of synthetic music form the sonic references that mix with theatmosphere of science fictionblockbusters and typical "French Touch" film soundtrackswithout a fixed chronological timeline , long before the term was even coined.
In doing so, French 79 prefers to work with the old synths, which with their special and relatively warm sound and the diverse effect variations result in a very characteristic sound .By the way, the title "Joshua" connects two formative phenomena: On the one hand the password joshua ,whichplays a decisiverole inthe movie "Wargames", and on the other hand theyacht of the legendary sailor Bernard Moitessier .In fact, one can always hear the endless expanse of the sea and the eternal play of the waves fromHenner's music : "I need the escape to be able to be creative .A two- or three-day sailing trip gives me enough inspiration to lock myself in the studio for a week when I'm back on land."Without this second world off the coast, the sound of the man from Marseille would never sound the way he twiddles it along. In his finely developed sound aesthetic, everything meshes perfectly.
Thelisteners in the club are supposed to sink into their own fantasies, just as French 79 hears the sources of his pleasure in his tracks, a gust of wind, a ride on a sailboat, a skateboard trick, the smell of freshly fallen snow or the muffled roar of an impatient audience, which will get the opportunity to experiencethe Frenchman liveagain in December.
All info about French 79 's concert on January 27, 2024 at STROM can be found HERE.
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