Les Gracies

LOW DOSES (2X12 INCH LP)

Firecracker

FIREC020LP

Info:

• Special Deal • 2xgatefold Lp From Les Graciés • Silkscreened Artwork By Al White & House Of Traps Les Graciés Is A Collaboration In The Truest Sense Between Paris-based Sound Artist Gaël Segalen And Deepblak Co-founder Afrikan Sciences. Segalen’s 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 Concréte Of Parmegiani & Reibel. Segalen’s 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-2000’s, 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 Ra’s Omniverse, Jean Giraud Mœbius And Dogon Cosmology. Together As Le Graciés, 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 ‘low Doses’ For Firecracker Recordings.