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Aurora Polaris

by Antiklimax

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1.
Landing 01:49
2.
Air 05:16
3.
The Lake 02:52
4.
Etaiset Aanet 04:53
5.
Nightlife 05:37
6.
Northbound 09:22
7.
Slow Down 05:06
8.
Derelict Stations 05:34
9.
Away from Her 03:42
10.
Arboretum 46 - feat. Vinc2 (free download) 06:03
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11.
Epilogue 03:26

about

First of all, there are some things that you try to imagine and manifest when composing, and after, there are things that reflect in the outcome.
By things here, I mean musical visualizations, which are definitely an important aspect in making mostly instrumental music like I do.
So at first, I really wanted to make some soft ambient CD, something truly calm and comfortable, but then again, it seems I couldn' t do that (except on "Northbound" perhaps).
At the beginning this album was supposed to be called "Arboretum" (a heaven of peace), but in the end, given the concept of Antiklimax, i just saw it didn' t fit.
Through Internet I found Jaana Palonen, from Tampere / Finland, and proposed to collaborate with her, as I was really touched by her unique voice and the feelings she described there.
We constructed new material, and I reworked some of her songs.
I realized my concept was beginning to drift towards a darker approach, retaining the aspect of purity in Finland' s nature and wilderness, but also adding to the fact that nuclear danger now threatened this area (a new reactor being built for the nuclear power plant in Olkiluoto).
Yes, my debut album also dealt with concepts of nuclear danger, you can think of it as an obsession of sorts.
The songs were constructed slowly and I was an enthusiast.
In the end, the concept was also a "romantic take" on a motionless journey to join a person that you really want to meet...
Music being the only link. (VB)

...Toujours préoccupé par le risque nucléaire, Vincent Bénésy a tenu à mettre une fois encore ce thème au beau milieu d’un ouvrage qui n’en reste pas moins essentiellement dédié à la beauté de la nature finnoise à l’état sauvage et si les teintes deviennent par moments un peu plus sombres, l’ensemble de ce second effort reste avant toute chose dans un registre où l’ambient music est reine !... (Fred Delforge)

credits

released June 7, 2008

LINEUP :

Jaana Palonen : vocals ; Korg Trinity
Vincent Bénésy : VST Instruments & Synthesizers : Kurzweil K2500S -- Novation Nova -- Roland MC505 -- Yamaha DX7 IID -- Ovation Celebrity Deluxe guitar --Yamaha DD-50 electronic drum pads
Margus Mets : sound design ; ambience and mastering

With
Vincent Coudert : keyboards ; guitar ; glockenspiel (10)
And
Annette Garau : vocals (1)

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Antiklimax Antibes, France

French artist (real name: Vincent Bénésy), strongly influenced by the Berlin School of Electronic Music

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