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MMXXII

by nebulo

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Finn of Tomland
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Finn of Tomland I first heard nebulo when he released his "Parallaxes" album on Le Cabanon and directly fell in love with his sound.
Everything from the askew melodies to the glitch and the perfectly honed production makes his musical experimentalism one of the highest order in my book.
So, there was no chance that i was going to miss this release because a gap like that in my little record collection would have been like a black hole.
A must have release from lovely 3OP.
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1.
talk 02:29
2.
divaa 03:36
3.
sfumato 02:40
4.
alumina 02:10
5.
faketrumpet 01:50
6.
zt 03:06
7.
escaliers 04:32
8.
lutherie 01:56
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10.
coward 01:09
11.
maillage 01:53
12.
XXI 02:04
13.
hammer 03:15
14.
love is 03:17

about

ENG
nebulo is a French electronic musician based in Dordogne. He's released on labels such as Hymen, Orange Milk, Conditional, Le Cabanon (immense Parallaxes !)... and 3OP, for an essential LP with Horla, Pace Serpente (3OP008), as Othello Aubern.

The process here is experimental, the result immediate. MMXXII transcends the hyper-consumable towards a true piece of art. Indeed, the whole sonic palette derives from vocal sample sound-banks. One-shots recordings are altered, recontextualized, sublimized to the point of forgetting their origin. Raw materials with astonishing plasticity, conducive to countless melodic, micro-tonal, autotuned, rhythmic and timbral experiments.

One might dread some prevailing gimmicky concept within the music : it's quite the opposite. I've listened to this record dozens of times, from nebulo's early snippets he shared on Instagram to document his process to the masters : the marvelous, luxuriant, nuanced and overall breathtaking tunes instantly and repeatedly won me over. A total success.

Rather than dissecting each track (I could do that eh), let’s focus on MMXXII's 2 singles. zt is an unstoppable euphoric and visceral banger. sfumato, while being a formidable ear-worm, gives me goosebumps each and every time I listen to it. The rest of the LP is equally as decisive and adventurous.

MMXXII is a fabulous - pop - record.

FR
nebulo est Thomas Pujols, musicien électronique français vivant en Dordogne. Ses disques sont sortis sur Hymen, Orange Milk, Conditional, Le Cabanon (immense Parallaxes !)… et chez 3OP le temps d’un LP essentiel avec Horla, Pace Serpente (3OP008), en tant qu’Othello Aubern.

La démarche ici est expérimentale, le résultat immédiat. MMXXII transcende l’hyper-consommable vers une oeuvre d’art à part entière. Ainsi, l’intégralité de la palette sonore provient de banques de samples vocaux. Des one-shots altérés, re-contextualisés, sublimés au point de très vite en oublier l’origine. De la matière première étonnamment plastique, propice à toutes les expérimentations mélodiques, micro-tonales, autotunées, rythmiques et timbrales.

On pourrait redouter le gimmick, la prévalence du concept sur la musique : il n’en est rien. J’ai écouté le disque des dizaines de fois, depuis les premiers teasers sur Instagram pendant lesquels nebulo partageait l’avancé de ses recherches jusqu’aux masters : je me suis simplement fait emporter par des morceaux incroyables, riches, nuancés, beaux au possible. La réussite est totale.

Au lieu de disséquer chaque morceau (je pourrais le faire eh), focus sur les 2 singles de MMXXII. zt est un imparable banger euphorique et visceral. sfumato, en plus d’être un redoutable vers d’oreille, me fout la chair de poule à chaque écoute. Le reste de l’album est tout aussi décisif et aventureux.

MMXXII est un fabuleux disque, pop.

credits

released May 12, 2023

Written and produced by Thomas Pujols
Mastered by Nil Hartman
Artwork by Thomas Pujols

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nebulo France

nebulomusic (at) gmail.com

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Phinery
Seagrave
Orange Milk
Le Cabanon
Hymen
Stomoxine

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