Le Refuge, by Jean Ray

Le Refuge

by Jean Ray

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1.	Nacre 06:50	buy track
2.	Frank Slide 07:32	buy track
3.	Berg Lake 05:38	buy track
4.	Grand Corbeau 09:28	buy track
5.	Ursus Arctos Horribilis 03:36	buy track

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Jean Ray is the sound project of multidisciplinary artist Romain Arnette, based in Paris and initially formed in London in 2009.

Experimentation is at the heart of his creative process. He uses different instruments such as guitar, harmonica, percussions, also fields recordings to create a bank of textures and sounds that he transforms and manipulates. The superposition of these fragments combined with electronic sound sources and some software such as pool creates minimalist compositions, an enveloping sound mass where repetitive structures meet sometimes abstract rhythms.

"Le Refuge" album was composed at the end of a two-years stay in Canada, from 2017 to 2019. This album is marked by several isolation experiments in various natural environments, during his crossing of Canada from east to the west by the road.

It also reflects the gradual slowing down of time that allowed him to observe more precisely the environment in which he has evolved, and brought him to moments of deeper introspections.

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released April 29, 2020

All tracks recorded and mixed by Jean Ray.
Mastering by Jan Vysocky at Studio Cairos.

Released as at100 on Audiotalaia Nov. 2019

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Cairos is a collective working in architecture, visual art, film, sound and music. Cairos edition is it's platform publishing works in the field of sound art, electroacoustic and improvisational music, featuring international artists and crossover collaborations into audiovisual, performing and installation arts. ... more

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