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Five years after the release of Je Vous Dis in 2018 (MTS 001CD/LP), Geins't Naït and L.Petitgand's second album from the Mind Travel series (MTS 005CD/LP) and Make Dogs Sing collection on the German label Offen (OFFEN 009LP), the duo are now writing a new chapter in their story with this fascinating poetic tale. The same mysterious and heady atmosphere which characterizes the two musicians is present in this new work, but clearly, they have never ceased refining and polishing their sounds to give their compositions even more power and depth. Geins't Naït and L.Petitgand here offer twelve new tracks with names as enigmatic as the title Like This Maybe Or This itself and the record's whole universe. In reality, these mysterious names lead you to let yourself be taken to the deep meaning of their creation. The subject matter is certainly difficult to grasp and invites you on an inner journey while leading you to doubt and question ourselves incessantly. There is a perfect alchemy between these two artists though this was far from self-evident as they come from two very different schools. Thierry Merigout, who is now the only representative left from the late '80s experimental project Geins't Naït in Nancy, comes from the post-industrial scene. As for Laurent Petitgand, he is a pure melodist who is best known for his work as a composer of music for films and live shows and has collaborated with Wim Wenders and Paul Auster, in particular. Like This Maybe Or This is a fully accomplished symbiosis between Geinst Nait's industrial and experimental tonalities and the celestial melodies of Laurent Petitgand. "Shape Of The Storie" starts the album with a bewildering atmosphere which mixes a sample of a guttural voice with cavernous resonances thus prefiguring the album's general atmosphere. However, while some tracks like "HAC" you're your existential anguish, other tracks have a poetic and melancholic tonality which touches your deepest humanity. This is the case of "Dustil" whose subtle piano notes combined with the melancholy violin show us a sublimated world. This fascinating blend of violence and gentleness makes this record an atypical work which enables listeners to lose themselves in an emotional nebula where they can perceive the turbulence and also the intensity of inner life. LP version includes download.
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MTS 012LP
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LP version. Includes download. Five years after the release of Je Vous Dis in 2018 (MTS 001CD/LP), Geins't Naït and L.Petitgand's second album from the Mind Travel series (MTS 005CD/LP) and Make Dogs Sing collection on the German label Offen (OFFEN 009LP), the duo are now writing a new chapter in their story with this fascinating poetic tale. The same mysterious and heady atmosphere which characterizes the two musicians is present in this new work, but clearly, they have never ceased refining and polishing their sounds to give their compositions even more power and depth. Geins't Naït and L.Petitgand here offer twelve new tracks with names as enigmatic as the title Like This Maybe Or This itself and the record's whole universe. In reality, these mysterious names lead you to let yourself be taken to the deep meaning of their creation. The subject matter is certainly difficult to grasp and invites you on an inner journey while leading you to doubt and question ourselves incessantly. There is a perfect alchemy between these two artists though this was far from self-evident as they come from two very different schools. Thierry Merigout, who is now the only representative left from the late '80s experimental project Geins't Naït in Nancy, comes from the post-industrial scene. As for Laurent Petitgand, he is a pure melodist who is best known for his work as a composer of music for films and live shows and has collaborated with Wim Wenders and Paul Auster, in particular. Like This Maybe Or This is a fully accomplished symbiosis between Geinst Nait's industrial and experimental tonalities and the celestial melodies of Laurent Petitgand. "Shape Of The Storie" starts the album with a bewildering atmosphere which mixes a sample of a guttural voice with cavernous resonances thus prefiguring the album's general atmosphere. However, while some tracks like "HAC" you're your existential anguish, other tracks have a poetic and melancholic tonality which touches your deepest humanity. This is the case of "Dustil" whose subtle piano notes combined with the melancholy violin show us a sublimated world. This fascinating blend of violence and gentleness makes this record an atypical work which enables listeners to lose themselves in an emotional nebula where they can perceive the turbulence and also the intensity of inner life.
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OFFEN 009LP
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Geins't Naït is considered legendary at Offen Music. Releasing music since 1986, their last three albums have featured Laurent Petitgand: Si J'avais Su, J'aurais Rien Dit (2011), Je Vous Dis (MTS 001CD/LP, 2014), and Oublier (MTS 005CD/LP, 2015). Now Offen Music present Make Dogs Sings, a collection of new unreleased tracks that will plunge you deep into the special world of Geins't Naït and Laurent Petitgand. Includes download code.
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MTS 001CD
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2014 release. French composer Laurent Petitgand joined the Geins't Naït project in 1987, one year after its inception in 1986. Petitgand has since been recognized for his compositional work for the late French singer Alain Bashung and his original soundtracks for Wim Wenders (including Tokyo-Ga (1985), Wings of Desire (1987), and The Salt of the Earth (2014)) and Paul Auster (The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2007)), as well as ballet music for Angelin Preljocaj (Liqueurs de Chair (1990), Amer America (1990)). While Geins't Naït offers rough pieces of music as an extension of its punk attitude, Petitgand refines them to create some musicality within the post-industrial collages, adding guitars, piano, and classical instruments. Geins't Naït and Laurent Petitgand sharpen sounds, giving them a kind of balance and density and ensuring that the musical language evokes a deep experience. Their collaboration is something of a French counterpart to the experimental scenes of the UK (Coil, Current 93, Test Dept) and Germany (Einstürzende Neubauten, Sprung Aus Den Wolken). Je vous dis mixes ambient, industrial, and minimalist musics, giving life to its smallest elements, be it be a sample, a piano melody, or a voice. Melancholic, with a fearsome yet restrained violence, the disturbing nocturnal mood and unsettling humanity of Je vous dis surprise and captivate. The difficulty is not in getting into this world, but in getting out of it.
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LP version. 2014 release. French composer Laurent Petitgand joined the Geins't Naït project in 1987, one year after its inception in 1986. Petitgand has since been recognized for his compositional work for the late French singer Alain Bashung and his original soundtracks for Wim Wenders (including Tokyo-Ga (1985), Wings of Desire (1987), and The Salt of the Earth (2014)) and Paul Auster (The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2007)), as well as ballet music for Angelin Preljocaj (Liqueurs de Chair (1990), Amer America (1990)). While Geins't Naït offers rough pieces of music as an extension of its punk attitude, Petitgand refines them to create some musicality within the post-industrial collages, adding guitars, piano, and classical instruments. Geins't Naït and Laurent Petitgand sharpen sounds, giving them a kind of balance and density and ensuring that the musical language evokes a deep experience. Their collaboration is something of a French counterpart to the experimental scenes of the UK (Coil, Current 93, Test Dept) and Germany (Einstürzende Neubauten, Sprung Aus Den Wolken). Je vous dis mixes ambient, industrial, and minimalist musics, giving life to its smallest elements, be it be a sample, a piano melody, or a voice. Melancholic, with a fearsome yet restrained violence, the disturbing nocturnal mood and unsettling humanity of Je vous dis surprise and captivate. The difficulty is not in getting into this world, but in getting out of it.
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MTS 005CD
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2015 release. Geins't Naït and Laurent Petitgand's Oublier follows their 2014 Je vous dis album, which inaugurated the Mind Travels series on Ici d'Ailleurs -- a collection dedicated to ambient, industrial, and classical-influenced music. Geins't Naït and Laurent Petitgand exemplify the particular vision of the series, with a backroads music that's often unusual, always poignant, and underappreciated. Oublier is the finest illustration of that vision to date. Geins't Naït creates industrial collages in a similar vein to the early work of Einstürzende Neubauten or Throbbing Gristle, while Laurent Petitgand is best known for his many contributions to the films of Wim Wenders, including 2014's The Salt of the Earth, which won three awards at the 2014 Cannes film festival. These two seemingly disparate artists are united here by their desire to escape from all generally accepted standards of creativity. Regarding Oublier, one could pick out Laurent Petitgand's magnificent melodies or Geins't Naït's haunting, hypnotic dynamics of loops and manipulated samples, but it is ultimately up the listeners to find their own meaning and experience -- because one of Oublier's central qualities is that it situates listeners at the center of its universe so effectively and to such an extent that they actually become participants. Some will perceive a heightened melancholy, even a form of despair. Others will be seduced by the work's evident beauty and warmth. Whatever the case, its non-linearity favors total immersion and sometimes -- in the more intense moments -- totally letting go. CD includes four extra tracks.
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MTS 005LP
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LP version. Includes CD. 2015 release. Geins't Naït and Laurent Petitgand's Oublier follows their 2014 Je vous dis album, which inaugurated the Mind Travels series on Ici d'Ailleurs -- a collection dedicated to ambient, industrial, and classical-influenced music. Geins't Naït and Laurent Petitgand exemplify the particular vision of the series, with a backroads music that's often unusual, always poignant, and underappreciated. Oublier is the finest illustration of that vision to date. Geins't Naït creates industrial collages in a similar vein to the early work of Einstürzende Neubauten or Throbbing Gristle, while Laurent Petitgand is best known for his many contributions to the films of Wim Wenders, including 2014's The Salt of the Earth, which won three awards at the 2014 Cannes film festival. These two seemingly disparate artists are united here by their desire to escape from all generally accepted standards of creativity. Regarding Oublier, one could pick out Laurent Petitgand's magnificent melodies or Geins't Naït's haunting, hypnotic dynamics of loops and manipulated samples, but it is ultimately up the listeners to find their own meaning and experience -- because one of Oublier's central qualities is that it situates listeners at the center of its universe so effectively and to such an extent that they actually become participants. Some will perceive a heightened melancholy, even a form of despair. Others will be seduced by the work's evident beauty and warmth. Whatever the case, its non-linearity favors total immersion and sometimes -- in the more intense moments -- totally letting go.
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