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Neige (musician)
Stéphane Hugues Norbert Paut, known professionally as Neige ( French: "Snow") (born 16 April 1985), is a French songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist musician, and record producer from Bagnols-sur-Cèze, now relocated to Paris. He is the primary songwriter, guitarist, lead vocalist, and the only continuous member of the post-black metal band Alcest and is the former guitarist, bass guitarist, and drummer of the post-punk/ post-black metal band Amesoeurs. Career Neige quickly started to gain public recognition for his involvement as a vocalist, drummer and live rhythm guitarist for French black metal band Peste Noire at the beginning of the 2000s. At the same time, Peste Noire bandleader Famine was also the lead guitarist on the first Alcest demo, ''Tristesse hivernale''. Neige has since condemned his tenure with Peste Noire, citing his disagreements with the band's far-right views and racist imagery. He also became involved with black metal band Mortifera in 2003 up to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagnols-sur-Cèze
Bagnols-sur-Cèze (, "Bagnols-on-Cèze"; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Gard Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania Regions of France, region in Southern France. History A small regional centre, Bagnols-sur-Cèze was quite certainly a Roman town (the name of the town comes from the Latin meaning "related to baths, bathing-place") before the main part was built in the 13th century around a central arcaded square that is still preserved today. At the same period, the regional market was installed here, undoubtedly contributing to its expansion. Demographics Bagnols-sur-Ceze expanded steadily after the Marcoule Nuclear Site, Marcoule nuclear centre was established in 1956. Sights The old center of Bagnols-sur-Cèze retains its historic feel, with small streets and largely preserved architecture. Several façades are remarkable. The towns contains a notable museum of contemporary art, the Musée Albert-André, founded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhythm Guitar
In music performances, rhythm guitar is a guitar technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse (music), pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drumkit, drum kit, bass guitar); and to provide all or part of the harmony, i.e. the guitar chord, chords from a song's chord progression, where a chord is a group of notes played together. The basic technique of rhythm guitar is to hold down a chord sequence, series of chords with the fretting hand while strumming or fingerpicking rhythmically with the other hand. More developed rhythm techniques include arpeggios, Damping (music)#Guitar, damping, riffs, chord solos, and complex strums. In ensembles or bands playing within the Acoustic music, acoustic, country music, country, blues, rock music, rock or Heavy metal music, metal genres (among others), a guitarist playing the rhythm part of a composition plays the role of supporting the melod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcest / Les Discrets
''Alcest / Les Discrets'' (or ''Les Discrets / Alcest'') is a split EP by French shoegazing bands Alcest and Les Discrets, released on November 30, 2009, by Prophecy Productions. This is the release debut of Les Discrets; its leader Fursy Teyssier have previously worked with Alcest leader Neige numerous times, either as musician or cover artist. It is the first Alcest work of to feature drummer Winterhalter, although he only performed on Les Discrets' songs; he would join Alcest later the same year. Track listing Personnel ; Alcest * Neige – lead vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer, drums ; Les Discrets * Fursy Teyssier – lead vocals, guitar, bass * Audrey Hadorn – vocals * Winterhalter – drums ; Production * Fursy Teyssier – cover art Cover art is a type of artwork presented as an illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product, such as a book (often on a dust jacket), magazine, newspaper ( tabloid), comic book, video game ( box art), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Chants De L'aurore
''Les Chants de l'aurore'' () is the seventh studio album by French post-black metal band Alcest, released on 21 June 2024 by Nuclear Blast. The album was supported by the singles "L'Envol" and "Flamme jumelle". The album received generally positive reviews from critics, and debuted at number 77 in France. Singles "L'Envol" was released as the lead single from ''Les Chants de l'aurore'' on 23 February 2024. "Flamme jumelle" followed on 18 April 2024, as the album's second single. Critical reception Track listing Personnel Alcest * Neige – clean and harsh vocals, guitars, bass, synthesizers, piano, glockenspiel, mixing, recording, arrangements * Winterhalter – drums, percussion, sound engineering, recording Additional contributors * Elise Aranguren – additional vocals * Chris Edrich – mixing * Førtifem – layout * Gregory Hoepffner – arrangements * France Lafumat – additional vocals * Gisli Gunnarsson – additional vocals, arrangements * Mika Jussila – m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiritual Instinct
''Spiritual Instinct'' is the sixth studio album by French post-black metal band Alcest. The album was released on 25 October 2019 through Nuclear Blast and garnered positive reviews from critics. ''Spiritual Instinct'' features Alcest live bassist Indria Saray performing on bass in the studio for the second time in the history of the band after ''Kodama''. Background and release After the release of the band's fifth studio album '' Kodama'' (2016), Alcest departed from Prophecy Productions and signed with Nuclear Blast on 10 April 2019 in anticipation for the release of their sixth studio album. On 23 August 2019, "Protection" was released as the album's lead single. "Sapphire", the second single, followed on 27 September 2019. Critical reception ''Spiritual Instinct'' was released to a positive critical reception, with Metacritic, a review aggregation website that assigns normalised ratings out of 100, determined a score of 82 based on four critics, indicating "Universal Accla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodama (album)
''Kodama'' (Japanese for "tree spirit" or "echo") is the fifth studio album by French post-black metal band Alcest. It was released on September 30, 2016 via Prophecy Productions. It is a concept album about "the confrontation of the natural world and the human world", inspired by Hayao Miyazaki's film ''Princess Mononoke.'' Musically the album is a return to the band's earlier blackgaze style, due to Neige's feeling that he "needed to go for something more punchy, darker, and more personal." ''Kodama'' is also the first Alcest album to feature bassist Indria Saray, though he has performed live with the band since 2010. Production and recording According to Neige, the band spent "many months" in the studio recording the album, from January to April 2016. The drums were first recorded in the band's own rehearsal space to an old tape recorded, "using only the natural reverb of the big attic room there, to give the sensation of a real, vast space." Having finished recording the drum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelter (Alcest Album)
''Shelter'' is the fourth studio album by French post-black metal band Alcest. It was released on 17 January 2014 via Prophecy Productions. The album's title is related to its overall concept of shelter, "a safe place to escape, this secret thing we all have when life is going too fast and you are full of anxiety." ''Shelter'' marks a significant stylistic shift for the band, fully embracing the band's shoegaze and dream pop influences while departing from their previous black metal influences, with ''Rolling Stone'' writing that the album has "more in common genetically with Sigur Rós than Satyricon." Musical style, recording and writing ''Shelter''s style sees the band delving deeper into their shoegaze influences and "leaving metal behind" entirely. ''Rolling Stone'' compared the album to "If the Cocteau Twins discovered a long-lost triplet who had slugged it out in space-pop groups and post-rock bands", comparing the style to Slowdive, Mogwai, and Sigur Rós. According to Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Voyages De L'âme
''Les Voyages de l'âme'' () is the third studio album by French blackgaze band Alcest, released on January 6, 2012, by Prophecy Productions. An edited version of the song "Autre temps" was released as a single alongside an accompanying music video. The album was described as a musical synthesis of the previous two albums, blending shoegaze, post-rock, and black metal influences. Writing and musical style ''The New York Times'' described the album's sound as "a kind of slow, pretty, gauzy metal, with highly managed guitar distortion, cathedral reverb and high, clear voices, except for when Neige sings in a barbed scream." AllMusic's Thom Jurek described the album as combining "black metal's buzz, gorgeous shoegaze melodies, ambient soundscapes, and post rock feedback", and as a synthesis of the styles of the previous two albums. He also notes that the aggressive elements are employed in a "celebratory manner", and that with the use of harsh, screamed vocals, "the melodic beauty of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tristesse Hivernale
''Tristesse hivernale'' (English: "Wintry Sadness") is a demo and release debut of French band Alcest, released in 2001 on Drakkar Productions. It is their only release with guitarist Aegnor and bass guitarist Argoth, both from Peste Noire (in which Aegnor later changed his alias to Famine), as the band's creator, Neige, would continue Alcest as a one-man project after the release. It remains the band's only release as a trio. Unlike the following albums which would be influenced by shoegaze and post-metal, ''Tristesse hivernale'' is oriented towards traditional black metal with a raw sound and harsh vocals. It was later re-released by Northern Silence Productions in August 2007 as a split release with another French black metal band, Angmar, under the name ''Aux funérailles du monde... / Tristesse hivernale''. Track listing Personnel * Neige – vocals, guitars, keyboards, drums * Aegnor – lead guitar * Argoth – bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Discrets
Les Discrets is a French post-rock project created and led by Fursy Teyssier as a "platform gathering music and art." Teyssier was the sole member of the band until 2009, when he was joined by Audrey Hadorn and Winterhalter. Les Discrets released ''Septembre et Ses Dernières Pensées'' in March 2010, '' Ariettes oubliées...'' in February 2012. Winterhalter left the band in 2013 to focus on his duties for Alcest. The band's third album '' Prédateurs'', was released in April 2017, which saw a transition towards an indie rock and trip hop-oriented sound. The band considers its name to mean "Those who keep silent", although "The Discreet Ones" would be more an accurate translation. History Les Discrets was formed in 2003 as a musical side-project alongside Fursy's other band Phest. Fursy, who is also an illustrator and film director, wanted to express concepts in music similar to those found within his art. Fellow French musicians, Winterhalter and Audrey Hadorn, soon joined the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
