| Les Halles / Zephyr |
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| Album: | Zephyr | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Les Halles | Added: | Jul 2018 | |
| Label: | Not Not Fun | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2018-08-26 | Pull Date: | 2018-10-28 |
| Week Ending: | Oct 28 | Oct 14 | Sep 30 | Sep 23 | Sep 16 | Sep 9 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 30, 2021: | w/e (rebroadcast from Oct 10, 2018) Final Horizon | 4. | Oct 27, 2018: | Music Casserole Final Mirage | |
| 2. | Jun 10, 2021: | Rebroadcast: Stranded at Settembrini's Second Distance | 5. | Oct 25, 2018: | Butter and Jams First Distance | |
| 3. | Nov 05, 2020: | Stranded at Settembrini's Second Distance | 6. | Oct 12, 2018: | treehouse with Internet side A |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Away Reviewed 2018-07-31 | ||
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Electro-acoustic ambient music from France: subtle compositions made from sampled and manipulated wind instruments. This feels almost proto-New-Age or like it could have been made in the ‘70s, a little grainy and a little psychedelic, with a constrained set of sounds and a narrow range of frequencies and dynamics. It moves toward a desolate and neutral space, amplifying silence, framing the intense weight of true calm. It feels like ideal New Age music while avoiding all the pitfalls of New Age kitsch: it’s consoling but not sappy, it suggests ritual and meditation but isn’t cheaply or offensively “exotic,” it sounds old but not dated. This is a standout record, understatedly powerful, and the music rewards increased attention. All pieces are similar, so very brief descriptions below. Play alone or on continuous. No words, no FCCs. 1. (3:05)–Trippy start. Thin, quivering sounds. 2. (1:53)—Soft, subtle, playful tones. 3. *(6:50)—Peaceful, dreamy harmonies. Like a chant without voices. 4. (2:04)–Bells, droning background. 5. (4:18)—A little more shadowy. 6. (3:32)—The thin flute sounds from the start, but more sedate. 7. *(4:25)—Everything sounds distant, like it’s disappearing. 8. (5:08)—Trippier again. The sounds flicker and forbode. 9. *(5:13)—High whistling, a requiem. The flutes say farewell and leave you alone. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | First Horizon | 5. | Second Distance | |||
| 2. | Second Horizon | 6. | Third Horizon | |||
| 3. | First Distance | 7. | Final Horizon | |||
| 4. | First Mirage | 8. | Final Distance | |||
| 9. | Final Mirage | |||||