Les Gracies

LOW DOSES (CD)

Firecracker

FIREC020CD

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Les GraciŽs Is A Collaboration In The Truest Sense Between Paris-based Sound Artist Ga‘l Segalen And Deepblak Co-founder Afrikan Sciences. SegalenÕs Experiments In Electroacoustic Sound Met The Wider World This Year Via A Debut Lp For Erratum, An Arresting Work That Showcases Her Ability To Merge Hypnotic Murk Ala Angus Maclise With The Hard ConcrŽte Of Parmegiani & Reibel. SegalenÕs Ihearu Imprint / Organisation Is A Platform For Her Various Doings, Including Psychogeographical Audio Works And Multi-media Collaborations, As Well As Servicing As A Reference Point For Other Contemporary Female Artists Working Across Various Mediums. Eric Douglas Porter Aka African Sciences Has Been Deconstructing And Re-building Forms Of Contemporary Black Music Since The Mid-2000Õs, Through Releases On Deepblak (the Label He Co-runs With Aybee) And Pan. His Musical Universe Is One Of Warping Cadences And Celestial Melody, Referencing The Bold Work Of Percussionists Like Milford Graves & Art Jenkins, The Dissonant Chords Of Motor City Techno And Stripped Back Essence Of Early Chicago House Matched With Broken Hard Bop Sentiments: All Tied Together With An Aesthetic That Sits Somewhere Between Sun RaÕs Omniverse, Jean Giraud MÏbius And Dogon Cosmology. Together As Le GraciŽs, Segalen And Porter Make A Wholly Unclassifiable Strain Of Music That, While Containing Recognisable Elements Of Each Individual S Work, Also Creates A Third Entity In The Process, Which Can Be Heard To Stunning Effect On Their Forthcoming Debut Lp Ôlow DosesÕ For Firecracker Recordings.