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karu:9, CD (digipak)
10 audio tracks + 4 video tracks, (p) 2007
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Release date: October 2007
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Far-away sounds, close to the heart...Delicately-played instruments whose sounds, once sampled and digitally treated, seem to permeate our ears from a distant world both strange and strangely familiar. And yet, the resulting music is intimate as can be, full of untold and evocative imagery.
GoGooo is Gabriel Hernandez, born in 1979 in Grenoble, France. Gabriel started making music because he wanted to accompany his guitar-playing cousin. Untrained, he turned to the computer, and thus came to life their duo Simagrée. Other collaborations ensued with Alain Basso (Sol III) and Daisuke Miyatani (Miyagooo).
"Long, lointain" [Long, far] is GoGooo's first professional full-length release, following a number of net releases, CDR EPs and compilation appearances. 2007 is a coming-out year for GoGooo, with additional releases on labels such as (1.8)sec Records (Canada), Magic Book (Japan), EKO (France) and his own netlabel Rain Music.
"Long, lointain" features 10 short pieces exerting a fleeting charm, populated with field recordings, found sounds and skeletons of melodies, all delicately arranged to titillate and soothe your ears. This music can be compared to electroacoustic folk for its instrumentation, but is actually unique in style.
Gabriel Hernandez is also a drawing artist, photographer and video artist, and most of these other facets of his art are represented in "Long, lointain"s packaging, including drawings decorating the digipack cover and four short videos.
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Derrière... |
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05:51 |
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Calme |
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Echappée |
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04:01 |
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Près de L'arbre |
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Je ne te vois plus |
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Affleurement |
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Les Nuages Flottent |
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Lueur |
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Là |
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Partir Loin |
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04:23 |
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Ailleurs 1 |
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Ailleurs 2 |
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00:48 |
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Ailleurs 3 |
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Ailleurs 4 |
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00:48 |
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GoGooo manifeste dès son premier effort une maturité confondante.
RIFRAF, April 2008
Un véritable petit bijou d'orfèvrerie musicale.
KRINEIN, March 2008
"Long, Lointain" est un voyage intimiste à savourer les yeux fermés.
LIABILITY, February 2008
Une expérience intimiste des plus agréables.
OCTOPUS, February 2008
Sound pictures of beautiful simplicity and stillness.
DMC UPDATE, January 2008
Occasionally unsettling but mostly quite wonderful.
MIXMAG, January 2008
This is both an uplifting and a moving experience.
HEATHEN HARVEST, January 2008
Un disque tout en atmosphère et suspension qui offrira un rare moment de quiétude à
tous les stressés du numérique et les overdosés du MP3.
TSUGI, December 2007
Voilà un vrai bel album de musique ambient.
MOUVEMENT, December 2007
Du grand art !
BENZINE MAGAZINE + ONDEFIXE, November 2007
L'un des artistes les plus prometteurs de la nouvelle scène électronique hexagonale.
D-SIDE, November 2007
Un univers intimiste, simple et délicieusement envoutant.
TAPAGE NOCTURNE / FRANCE-MUSIQUE, November 2007
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