ARCO TRAUMA

MUSIC, LIVE and MASTERING

"A key player in the french underground scene for over 20 years, Arco Trauma is behind numerous projects that have become benchmarks within the industrial electro scene. Year after year, he asserts his bold and innovative artistic vision.”
NOISE MAG

"Arco Trauma is almost comparable to a meteorological phenomenon. Never predictable, its music is an imposing maelstrom where calm often precedes unbridled tumult, where the oppressive darkness is frequently torn apart by epileptic lightning bolts of luminous intensity. It is both calm and violent, like beautiful storms." 

JARRING EFFECT

NOCTO vs. SONIC AREA. like tears in rain - 17.9.24

NOCTO vs. SONIC AREA. like tears in rain vinyl/cassette/digital


tracklist vinyl:
A1. sub drone zone
B1. game of life glider
square 7" lathe cut vinyl / digital ep. ant-zen act470
available on bandcamp:
https://ant-zen.bandcamp.com/album/like-tears-in-rain

square 7" lathe cut clear vinyl. cover: exclusive print on acrylic glass - each piece has a unique design. art
concept by stefan alt. including digital download-code. release date: 17.09.2024

tracklist digital:
01. kokoro
02. sub drone zone
03. abyss squad
04. game of life glider
05. hack back

tracklist tape :
01. kokoro
02. sub drone zone
03. abyss squad
04. game of life glider
05.hack back
C-27 cassette UV printed on both sides in classic norelco with 3 sides J-Card. Dubbed in real time with the Hx Pro technology.
https://bellaursa.bandcamp.com/album/like-tears-in-rain


arco trauma (SONIC AREA) and NOCTO first crossed paths while working in the same studio building. as
a mastering engineer, arco handled the mastering for both of NOCTO's albums, as well as those of
moYan, the band for which NOCTO plays drums. their collaboration began with a remarkable remix for
SONIC AREA’s KI album, released by ant-zen, and led to the creation of a collaborative ep. both artists
are deeply passionate about "immersive art," paying meticulous attention to detail and share a fascination
for cyberpunk aesthetics.
inspired by the labyrinthine 'kowloon walled city', they transport listeners to a dystopian future drenched in
perpetual rain. a fusion of blade runner’s stark realism and vangelis’ ethereal soundscapes, their music is
blending opposing elements: cold, industrial elements with the subtle poetic naïveté of japanese pop
culture, forging a novel genre: 'neo-pop music'.
this dense, imaginary metropolis, fragmented into five tracks, invites immersion into a hyper-dense urban
jungle - a metropolis bathed in vibrant neon lights. the music pulsates with a contradictory energy: both
menacing and alluring. reflecting the resilience of the small and the delicate within a vast, overpowering
structure, the forgotten in the crowd, the grain of sand in the gear, the lowlife in the hightech, the hacker
in his small room, the little black cat in the cybercity.
overwhelmed, but still here... JUST LIKE TEARS IN RAIN.
 

NOCTO
https://nocto.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/nocto.nocto
https://www.discogs.com/artist/4640103-Nocto
SONIC AREA
https://www.facebook.com/sonic-area-55148727462
http://arcotrauma.com
https://www.discogs.com/artist/203126-Sonic-Area

Sonic Area – Ki (remixes) – 17.2.22

sonic area. ki (remixes) - digital

available on bandcamp:
https://ant-zen.bandcamp.com/album/ki-remixes

tracklist:
1.leaves (feat. yoann amnesy) 
2.mountains (remix by mů) 
3.gongwar (remix by chevalien) 
4.lotus (remix by rainh) 
5.blowind (remix by zero gravity)
6.rain chain temple 
7.lotus (remix by nocto) 
8.wata (remix by yoann amnesy) 
9.gardens (remix by meta meat) 
10.the silent way (remix by zenta) 
11.sout spirit (remix by noire antidote) 
12.lotus (remix by dither) 
13.the praying mantis (remix by meanders) 
14.blowind (remix by renaud gabriel pion)

a soundtrack with huge swathes of field recordings from japan, organic warm real live instruments studio recording sessions, lush ambient soundscapes, an immersive synesthesia design, deep granular basses and complex beats and the famous french romantic. the complementary forces of industrial avantgarde and the atmospherics of japan interact to form a dynamic score in which the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

this remix album can be seen as second part to the original album, where friends and collaborators have been invited to join and share sonic area's aesthetic journey. the diversity and beauty of each performer emerges an additional notion to the very original thought, while the thematic atmosphere is omnipresent in it's fragility. another way for a profound inner peace

websites:
https://www.facebook.com/SONIC-AREA-55148727462
http://arcotrauma.com

Sonic Area – Ki – 1.2.21

sonic area. ki. cd / digital album

available on bandcamp:
https://ant-zen.bandcamp.com/album/ki

tracklist:
01. soot spirit
02. the silent way
03. the praying mantis
04. lotus
05. gongwar feat. les tambours du bronx
06. mountains
07. blowind
08. gardens feat. hint
09. wata
10. street shadows

cover photograpy by yoann amnesy. artwork and layout by stefan alt. cd in matte 4panel digipak. release date: 1.2.21

what does ki mean in our daily lives? joy, sorrow, vigor, courage, cowardice, etc. – these are terms used in our daily life. the japanese see ki as an integral part of all of these. to them, a human being is created from ki of the universe. while he receives ki, he is alive. deprive him of ki and he dies; he loses his human shape. so long as his body is filled with ki and it pours forth with abundance, he is vigorous and filled with courage. (koichi tohei)

the album ki is all about this mysterious force, this cosmic breath, this invisible flow, this magnetic tension, this balance between elements, this metaphysical concept, that surrounds us, crosses us and unites us. it’s a respectful homage to the japanese culture, the spiritual simplicity of zen art, the bushido spirit, asian taoist philosophy, a nostalgic journey into the anime aesthetic poetry, and a search, a way for a profound inner peace. reconnecting with nature, and its fascinating ambivalence between its fragility, its beauty and also its cruelty and its omnipresent power, its perfection in imperfection, both sides, noise and silence, violence and peace exist in us all, it’s all about how you harmonize it all. expect a surprising soundtrack with huge swathes of field recordings from japan, organic warm real live instruments studio recording sessions, lush ambient soundscapes, asmr like with auditory-tactile immersive synesthesia design, deep granular basses and complex beats and the famous french romantic, which we all love so much. it’s theatrical, meditative, purified, naive, airy, steamy, euphoric and melancholic at the same time and enriched with two marvelous songs featuring « les tambours du bronx » and « hint ». the complementary forces of industrial avantgarde and the atmospherics of japan interact to form a dynamic score in which the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

sonic area – lotus (official video)
https://youtu.be/BvvXYRke3LM
animated by arco trauma. visuals by: maëlle cadoret, stefan alt. additional visuals by: sébastien béné le tourain (3d), neal reed (drone)

websites:
https://www.facebook.com/SONIC-AREA-55148727462
http://arcotrauma.com

Sonic Area – Eternalism – 18.6.18

SONIC AREA – Eternalism
trauma051 [LP (limited to 200) / Digital]
Release Date: June 18th 2k18

https://sonicarea.bandcamp.com/album/eternalism

A best of collection [2004-2018] that captures the diversity of this timeless project from Arco Trauma. Forged by the legacy of autechre, aphex twin & scorn. This release is a powerful introduction for a new listener and an essential piece for the hardcore fan.

Eternalism Is The Philosophy Of Time. It States That All Three Of Time: Past, Present And Future Are Equally Real.

Tracks 1 & 2 appears on « (Insensé) » Album – 2004
Track 3 appears on « Explore » Album – 2007
Track 4 appears on « Music For Ghosts » Album – 2012
Tracks 5 & 6 appears on « Eyes In The Sky » Album – 2016
Track 7 is Exclusive
Track 8 is an Exclusive Live Version

Thanx For Existing: Léonard, Anita, Syco, Yoann, Chris, Stefan, Audiotrauma, Ant-Zen, Family, Friends And You…

« Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. » – Oscar Wilde

Arco Trauma is now an official member of LES TAMBOURS DU BRONX

+++NEWS+++

Arco Trauma (Sonic Area, Chrysalide) is now an official member (keyboards, sample, dj) of the legendary industrial french band Les Tambours Du Bronx.

« Dom : Arnaud a fait notre première partie à Strasbourg à la Laiterie avec SONIC AREA. On a découvert et moi ça m’a scotché ! Je suis resté devant, j’ai trouvé ça super. Il avait un univers très simple, esthétique, et ce qu’il envoyait aux machines était top. On a discuté un petit peu, on s’est retrouvés après le show, bu une absinthe ensemble… Et puis voilà, notre clavier est parti alors il a fallu en trouver un. Quelqu’un de disponible rapidement et qui colle à l’esprit du groupe, ce qui n’est pas toujours évident. J’ai pensé à lui et il était chaud. Il aime LES TAMBOURS, il connaissait bien et on s’était bien entendus. Il a répondu présent tout de suite. »

www.tamboursdubronx.com

sonic area. eyes in the sky - 12.04.16

sonic area. eyes in the sky. cd. ant-zen act347

https://ant-zen.bandcamp.com/album/eyes-in-the-sky

tracklist:

  1. neon tunnel drive
  2. loneliness of the phycisist
  3. dancing with clouds
  4. my stellar boat
  5. the dark secret night
  6. pale blue dot
  7. it’s about time
  8. chasing horizons
  9. the soul of a robot
  10. spooky action at a distance
  11. spacewalk incident

 

upc 821272217527

releasedate: 12.04.2016

created, performed, mixed and mastered by sonic area @ kawati studio (strasbourg)

artwork by yoann amnesy. front cover light painting photography by pierrot lemon

inlay card spaceship drawing by jean baptiste leduc. layout by stefan alt

‘it is good to renew one’s wonder, said the philosopher. space travel has again made children of us all.’ (ray bradbury)

4 years after the haunted and epic ‘music for ghosts’ album, sonic area returns with ‘eyes in the sky’, a release which astoundingly combines the unmistakable with the unexpected. inspired by the mysteries secretly hidden within dark nights and by classical sci-fi culture, this oeuvre is about a nostalgic cosmic space and time travel in an imaginary spherical spaceship. a metaphor of the phantasmagoric biosphere/technosphere all autists and mind explorers nowadays survive in, locked in their own imagination while drifting into the unknown. but it is also about rediscovering our inner child and simply looking up, being amazed and living a humbling experience.

‘eyes in the sky’ features eleven fully electronic vintage modular synth compositions for a stellar ride into a retro sci fi universe, passing the legacy of electronic, repetitive and minimal music originators like kraftwerk, brian eno, steve reich, terry riley, wendy carlos, tangerine dream and early autechre combined with atmospheric film scores and a dash of detroit techno. all these influences were carefully blended and processed into the distinct aural trademark sonic area is well-known for. a wide ranging space journey including calm, hypnotic and exciting phases between strict minimalism, opulent synthesized modern classical interpretations and pushing beat strokes.

theatrical, naive, airy, steamy, euphoric and melancholic at the same time, ‘eyes in the sky’ is another step and another mutation of this multi-faceted enigmatic french project. this album will be released exactly 55 years after yuri gagarin started his journey as the first human into space. be invited to discover the eyes in the sky!

sonic area discography 04.2k16:

eyes in the sky. cd. ant-zen act347. 2016
we are the alchemists (w/ architect & hologram_). cd. ant-zen act335 / audiotrauma trauma028. 2015
madness & miracles. digital ep. jfx lab jfxlab003. 2013
rarities (2003-2012). digital album. ant-zen dig030. 2013
oldies (1999-2003). digital album. arcotrauma. 2012
music for ghosts. cd. ant-zen act277 / audiotrauma trauma023. 2012
phenomedia (w/ punish yourself). cd. audiotrauma trauma019 / geisha machine. 2010
[u4] (w/ muckrackers). 7′. les forces alliées lfa_003. 2008
explore. cd. audiotrauma trauma010 / les forces alliées lfa_002. 2007
(insensé). cd. audiotrauma trauma002. 2004
receptor. cd-r. audiotrauma. 2002
les crises labyrintiques. cd-r. audiotrauma. 2001
numerik. cd-r. audiotrauma. 2000
sunchase. cd-r. audiotrauma. 1998

www.arcotrauma.com
sonic area full discography: www.discogs.com/artist/203126-sonic-area
ant-zen. audio & visual arts · p.o. box 1257 · 93135 lappersdorf · germany
info@ant-zen.com · www.ant-zen.com · www.mailorder.ant-zen.com · www.facebook.com/antzen.official

architect · sonic area · hologram_. we are the alchemists. cd/digital

https://ant-zen.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-the-alchemists

architect · sonic area · hologram_. we are the alchemists. cd

ant-zen act335 / audiotrauma trauma028

tracklist:

01. steaming the lab
02. spark the coil
03. flying books in the desert
04. solaris splendor
05. primordial soup,
06. opening the matter
07. find the light
08. talking with birds
09. a small glimpse into eternity
10. the black stone
11. solve et coagula
12. the great voyager

all music written and produced by daniel myer, arnaud coëffic (aka arco trauma) ; martin delisle. recorded in leipzig, strasbourg and tours. mastered by arco trauma at kawati studio, strasbourg. all pictures by fabien delisle. graphic postproduction and layout by stefan alt.

upc 821272216223,

release date: 25.09.2015

released in collaboration with audiotrauma. www.audiotrauma.org

‘listen, listen again, separate, join and then, beyond silence, beyond sight, beyond shadows, beyond nights, open the matter and also, break the egg of the ego, more than gold, more than pride, still amazed like a child, in every noise, in every beat, we all are the alchemists’alchemy is an influential tradition whose practitioners have, from antiquity, claimed it to be the precursor to profound powers. these powers can transform physical energies, but besides that, a true alchemist also has the ability to perceive the world’s essence behind its superficial appearance, and it is his challenge to use this ability for showing untaught and open-minded persons what is beyond the daily grind. three prominent and significant projects decided to discharge these powers by bundling their distinct creativity into the fascinating collaboration ‘we are the alchemists’. the title is well-considered and it conveys a certain meaning: we all could be the alchemists if we really want to. gold is all around us and it’s inside everything – let’s release our hidden capacity to stay amazed. each band’s characteristics and strengths realize their full potential in this amalgam: architect (daniel myer), sonic area (arnaud coëffic aka arco trauma) and hologram_ (martin delisle) splice a propellant multitude of powerful grooves, impulsive sequencer
lines, atmospheric soundscapes, experimental synth layers and abstract bits and pieces while adding uncommon melodies and detached piano dots. an amplitude of styles between technoid breakbeats, idm, downtempo, modern classical and ambient merge into an ambitious work of contemporary electronica suitable for both listening and dancing – truly an alchemistic hybrid fusing three individuals into one.

architect websites: www.architect-music.com & www.facebook.com/architectband
architect full discography: www.discogs.com/artist/6471-architect
sonic area website: www.arcotrauma.com
sonic area full discography: www.discogs.com/artist/203126-sonic-area
hologram_ website: www.facebook.com/abstracthologram
hologram_ full discography: www.discogs.com/artist/3766568-hologram_
ant-zen. audio & visual arts · p.o. box 1257 · 93135 lappersdorf · germany
info@ant-zen.com · www.ant-zen.com · www.mailorder.ant-zen.com · www.facebook.com/antzen.official

Chrysalide – New Album 
« This album sounds pretty visionary! » (side-line)

Chrysalide – Personal Revolution (CD Album – Dependent) OCT 2014

Genre/Influences: Industrial-electro & cross-over.

http://www.side-line.com/reviews_comments.php?id=51638_0_17_0_C

« Content: The French Chrysalide trio strikes back with a new album released by Dependent. The sound of Chrysalide always has been rather complex and hard to describe. The band from Strasbourg claims to produce ‘21th Century Industrial Music’. It’s an interesting definition, which for sure reveals one of their most noticeable influences: industrial music!

The debut part of “Personal Revolution” directly reveals an impressive production work revealing a powerful and overwhelming sound. The global sound production gives you a real vertiginous impression like the resonating sound in a cathedral! Musically Chrysalide mixes complex electro-industrial arrangements with some kind of bombast. The shadow of Skinny Puppy still traces through the work of this band, but I also have to mention the electro-industrial and distorted style of Dive plus cold sequences reminding me of The Klinik and even a kind of industrial-punkish touch à la Suicide. A few sequences also remind me of early Frontline Assembly, but in the end Chrysalide meticulously assembled all their influences to get a very own industrial-inspired sound.

Complexity doesn’t always match with accessibility and that’s probably why Chrysalide will only appeal to lovers of well-crafted and intelligent music. This production is not carried by monotonous verse – chorus patterns, but seems to focus on a kind of anarchistic sound production. The tracks have been composed by a real arsenal of sounds featuring several guitar (samples) like sounds. I can’t say that the first tracks are a bit hesitant, but the 2nd part of “Personal Evolution” definitely reveals the best cuts. “It Gets In the Blood”’ makes things really interesting. This is the kind of song that will appeal to all Skinny Puppy fans. There’s a great twist between all different sound input and a kind of tormenting atmosphere recovering this piece. The track “All demons” is one of the absolute pearls featured on the album. It sounds a bit like The Klinik meeting Skinny Puppy, but mainly symbolizes the high-tech industrial sound dimension of this opus. The last part of the album reveals other essential cuts, which sometimes feature a kind of vintage electro-industrial sound (cf. “Beside The Impossible”). “Substance Over Style” is another noticeable track for its outstanding sound treatments while here again you get the feeling it’s really hard to define Chrysalide’s sound. A last essential item about this work consists of the vocals’ production. There’s a huge diversity in the vocal lines, which sometimes are truly enraged, sometimes half sung – half spoken and sometimes a bit more into a soft approach revealing a delicious French accent.

Notice by the way that this album is also available as a DCD featuring a disc with previously unreleased tracks and mainly remixes.

Conclusion: “Personal Evolution” reveals a noticeable evolution in sound and global production. This is not the most accessible release, but definitely one I highly recommend for industrial lovers in search of something different. This album sounds pretty visionary!

Best songs: “All Demons”, “It Gets In The Blood”, “Substance Over Style”, “Keep Calm”, “Beside The Impossible”.

Rate: (DP: 8½)DP. « 

Band: www.noize-guerilla.org / www.facebook.com/chrysalide.audiotrauma

Label: www.dependent.de / www.facebook.com/dependent.records

Kawati Studios – Strasbourg

Arco Trauma « plastic studio » has moved. Now i’m woking into the amazing KAWATI STUDIOS . REPETITION in Strasbourg !! Fuck yeah !!
http://www.kawatistudios.com/

Nils Frahm – Sonic Area remix (« Said And Done »)

« I really like your music Nils. Especially this song. I really enjoyed to work on this remix/tribute. »

Today Nils Frahm works as an accomplished composer and producer from his Berlin-based Durton Studio. His unconventional approach to an age-old instrument, played contemplatively and intimately, has won him many fans around the world. For a musician this early in his career, Frahm displays an incredibly developed sense of control and restraint in his work, catching the ear of many fans.

As the recognition continues to grow for his previous solo piano works ‘Wintermusik’ (2009) and ‘The Bells’ (2009), 2011 saw the release of his critically acclaimed record ‘Felt’. The album was followed by the solo synthesiser EP ‘Juno’ and ‘Screws’ (2012) – a birthday gift to his fans he recorded while recovering from a thumb injury. Nils released his follow up to Juno titled ‘Juno Reworked’ (2013) with guest reworks by Luke Abbott and Clark.

Now Nils returns with his new album ‘Spaces’ expressing Frahm’s love for experimentation and answering the call from his fans for a record that truly reflects what they have witnessed during his concerts.

www.nilsfrahm.com/
www.facebook.com/pages/Nils-Frahm…=109913832366992

youtube link : www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qoY0kmuw…;feature=youtu.be

Bring Me The Horizon – Sonic Area Remix

Bring Me The Horizon – Remix Competition – by Sonic Area + HD free download

Bring Me the Horizon are a British band from Sheffield, Yorkshire. Formed in 2004.
They are currently signed to RCA worldwide and Epitaph Records in the US.

Sonic Area - Madness & Mircacles EP

https://slabnote.bandcamp.com/album/madness-miracles

1.The Moonlight Express 
2.Sacrifice For Sun
3.The Abandoned Nautilus 
4.Sirens in The Sky (2.0) 

« A bien des égards, Arnaud Coëffic a.k.a. Arco Trauma est un « personnage ».
La notion de « personnage » est d’ailleurs au centre de son processus créatif, comme nous allons le voir un peu plus bas ; mais j’aimerais d’abord revenir brièvement sur ses précédentes productions. En effet, l’EP dont je vous parle aujourd’hui vient s’ajouter à une œuvre particulièrement complète, qui ne cesse de s’étoffer depuis 1997.

Avec Explore (2007), Arco surprenait déjà par la variété et la richesses de ses différents morceaux. Le titre d’ouverture « Que les larmes me viennent » évoquait le meilleur du Dark Hip-hop atmosphérique façon Dälek alors qu’un morceau comme « les caresses du serpent » développait une trame plus expérimentale aux sonorités ethniques.

Mais cette agréable hétérogénéité n’empêchait pas l’album d’être parfaitement cohérent dans son ensemble, et il subsistait après écoute, comme son titre le laissait supposer, la sensation d’avoir accompli un véritable voyage sonore.

A coté de ça, Arco multipliait les prestations scéniques remarqués, en concert ou dans des festivals, enchantant les auditeurs. J’ai moi-même connu un moment bouleversant avec son morceau « Nous n’avons pas d’autres choix » qui encore aujourd’hui me fait « venir les larmes » tant il incarne tout ce que j’ai toujours aimé, et que je ne cesserais d’aimer dans cette musique. Les vagues de sons qu’envoie Arco en live sont tétanisantes, violentes et elles sont à l’image de la puissance d’Audiotrauma, le label co-fondé avec Syco Trauma.

Plus qu’un virage, c’est plutôt une lente métamorphose que le projet va subir alors peu à peu. Au travers des lives et de l’album Phénomédia avec Punish Yourself (2010) et de son récent Music for ghost (2012), musicalement, Sonic Area se fait moins expérimental mais va vers une théatralisation de ses ambiances .

A l’image de cette dernière, on retrouve l’idée de personnage dans ses lives récent, où il incarne une forme de chimérique incarnation cauchemardesque (si, si) masquée qui vient littéralement faire corps avec les sons qui accompagnent son sinistre ballet.

Fort de ces expériences visuelles et sonores, Arco revient aujourd’hui, donc peu de temps après, avec cet EP nommé Madness and Miracles.
A l’image de la richesse de son parcours, cette nouvelle oeuvre propose quatres titres complètement differents, quatre ambiances uniques dont je vais vous parler un peu.

La plage d’ouverture, « The Moonlight Express », épouse complètement l’idée de « mise en scène », les sons se dessinent au cœur d’une fresque progressive particulièrement cinématographique. Une tension palpable en émane, entrecoupée d’accalmies du plus bel effet. On imaginerait presque ce morceau composé par un Hans Zimmer « Audiotraumatisé » tant le tout fait furieusement penser à la mémorable bande original de The Dark Knight. Je ne serais pas étonné de retrouver ce premier morceau en introduction d’un futur concert.

Le second morceau est pour le moins surprenant. On trouve ici un savant mélange de percussions tribales et d’ambiances ethniques sur fond d’implacables rythmiques, qui évoquent autant Twinkle (à quand un nouvel album, bordel !) que le This Morn’ Omina de la belle époque Le Serpent Blanc – Le Serpent Rouge. On retrouve la dimension épique du précédent morceau, la puissance du synth-lead venant gorger ce « Sacrifice for Sun» d’une essence mélodique formidable, emportant l’auditeur dans un rituel « substance » jouissif. Pour le coup, ce morceau en est, du coup, beaucoup trop court ; même si il est préférable de terminer sur une bonne frustration que sur une mauvaise lassitude, on aimerait que l’expérience se prolonge un peu.

« The Abandoned Nautilus » tranche à nouveau complètement avec ce qui précède en délaissant rythmiques et épiques élancés au profit d’une plage « ambient » qui embarque l’auditeur dans un voyage vers les profondeurs aquatiques. Si l’on suit les thématiques de Sonic Area et que l’on tend l’oreille, ce morceau évoque plus à mon sens le claustrophique « Bioshock », œuvre vidéoludique marquante qui présentait une cité « distopique » en ruine, au fin fond des mers, que le film de Richard Fleischer (encore que la vision chimérique et effrayante du Nautilus dans ce dernier rejoindrait le thème de « l’apparition » que l’on retrouve dans le précédent album).

Le voyage est donc encore une fois au cœur du sujet ici, mais qu’en est-il du dernier morceau ?

Depuis que j’écoute les productions Audiotrauma (cela commence à faire un petit bout de temps, mine de rien) j’ai une exigence à chaque parution.
Il me faut, sur chacun de leurs albums, au moins un morceau qui se présente comme le traumatisme auditif (dans le bon sens du terme) justifiant l’appellation du label.

Des morceaux dans la veine de « Nous n’avons pas d’autres choix » ou encore de l’incroyable « Once more unto the breach dear friends » présent sur Music for Ghosts.

« Sirens in the sky » est de cette trempe là.

Il est ce genre de « trip » sonore qui grille les neurones et aromatise l’esprit, un vrai « fix de son », qui ne péchera, encore une fois, que par sa courte durée.

Que l’on connaisse ou pas Sonic Area, on a toutes les raisons de se pencher sur cet EP. Le Néophyte y découvrira une très bonne synthèse de l’oeuvre d’Arco, variée et riche, démontrant très clairement toutes les possibilités de ce projet, là où le fan invétéré retrouvera avec plaisir les ambiances qui lui sont chères, les puissantes envolées lyriques et les thématiques profondes de ce grand musicien. »

par Ferdinand Legendre

madness & miracles EP is available here : http://jfxlab.net/

Sonic Area - rarities (2003-2012)

https://ant-zen.bandcamp.com/album/rarities-2003-2012

tracklist:

01 the portrait room
02 nevermore
03 candle danger
04 dark ride (bass version).
05 le mur des sons (live @ paris – naf fest 2009)
06 par amour. 07 my ghost (live @ praha – 2011).
08 the queen. 09 les voix transpercees (live @ oberhausen – mf fest 2010)
10 les jardins suspendus (live @ strasbourg – 2007).
11 requiem for salaryman (live @ altenburg – ea fest 2007)
12 cruelle
13 why should everything be raped
14 u4
15 nous n’avons pas d’autres choix (live @ oberhausen – mf fest 2010)
16 time is unreal
17 the path of resilience

release date: 22.03.2013
created in 1997, sonic area (aka arco trauma) is a french electronic monocephalic project, influenced by dither, scorn, 2nd gen, hint, enio moricone and all suicide lullabies which mixes electro hybrid experimental, cinematic orchestral atmospheres, dirty abstract hip-hop, tribal industrial techno-punk, brutal wall of sounds, hard-glitch breaks and lush ambient soundscapes. disturbing, unexpectable and sometimes hard to describe,
it’s darkly intoxicating. imagine yourself sleeping in a lost factory built over sacred indian burial grounds…
‘rarities (2003-2012)’ includes 17 re-mastered b-sides, singles, live versions and rare tracks which were previously released on several label compilations. on this release you are about to discover the full spectrum of sonic area’s aural self-conception – impulsive, haunting, cinematic and demanding at the same time. let yourself go, and enjoy!

 

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Sonic Area - Music For Ghosts

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SONIC AREA  « music for ghosts » cd. ant-zen act277 / audiotrauma trauma023 is available here :
 

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tracklist:

01 never ever more
02 manifest yourself
03 the living carousel
04 the infernal clockwork
05 the endless staircase
06 eureka
07 dead muse
08 inframonde
09 haunted hall motel ballade
10 those eternal seconds
11 the magic storytellers
12 once more unto the breach dear friends
13 middle night ballet
14 funeral march of an empire

upc 821272305927. release date: 07sept2012. released in collaboration with audiotrauma. www.audiotrauma.org

« Due to my strong personnal convictions, I wish to stress that this album in no way endorses a belief in any religion or any cult.I believe in the truth i live and in the love i share. Do I believe in ghosts ? It depends of what you mean by ghosts. But if the question is : Am I haunted ? I definitely say yes. Whatever you might call it. The more one sees the world dying, the more one feels alive. Do not fear what it takes to get you there. Manifest yourself. »
Arco Trauma

sonic area is a quest to enlarge the doors of a living and therefore unpredictable sound universe. this project, which has been alive itself since 1997, is the alter ego of arnaud coëffic aka arco trauma (chrysalide, f.y.d.), co-founder of the french audiotrauma collective where he has published most of his releases. he has more than 100 live performances all over europe under his belt, and has collaborated with artists like punish yourself, hint, morbid angel, twinkle, ambassador 21 and muckrackers. disturbing, unexpectable and sometimes hard to describe, he admixes electro hybrid experimental, cinematic orchestral atmospheres, tribal industrial, hard-glitch breaks and lush ambient soundscapes carved with sampler, groove box and computer modifications.
what if you could travel in a musical h.g. wells-esque time machine driven by steam? what if danny elfman made a ‘blade runner’ soundtrack directed by david lynch? inspired by classical and experimental american sci-fi / horror / phantastic movie themes, by german
epic composers and by the aesthetic of french romantic melancholia, the incantations of ‘music for ghosts’ invite us into an imaginary ballroom / seance / circus / cabaret / theater / motel full of dancing shadows. performed with orchestral string samples, haunted organs,
deep granular basses, suggestive vintage sounds, triple time harsh broken beats, melancholic piano lines and even post rock electric guitars, this album creates an elegant alchemy between modern classical and industrial ‘avant garde’. mixing waltz, ballade, parade, ritualistic beats, progressive, heavy and conceptual atmspheres, it proposes an original and complex vision of our 20th century lost illusions. ghosts might even dance better than us, but they need the music for it. this is your invitation to join them, and to decide whether this is a danse macabre or a dance of resurrection. « so now for the living let the dead come alive and shake your bed… »

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