Belle Chemise, by Mathieu Lamontagne & Emmanuel Toledo

Belle Chemise

by Mathieu Lamontagne & Emmanuel Toledo

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rikm It begins with the sound of waves, the sound of the tide on a lonely shore, and from there Lamontagne and Toledo lead the listener on a musical journey, telling a story along the way.

It's a very delicate release, there's a fragile beauty to it that I truly admire, along with a sense of hope and joy that I greatly appreciate in these stressful times.

Highly recommended...

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about

"Belle Chemise" is the thread of a story.

The story started with the "happy morning feeling of wearing a dress shirt" ("une Belle Chemise"), shortly followed by a share of fresh stems.

The wish to add a new chapter to our collaboration was strong (after "Variations sur tout ce qui pousse (musique pour station orbitale)", and "6 Steps to Red Forest").

The project started as the previous ones, with back and forth exchange of ideas between Canada (where Mathieu lives) and Finland (where Emmanuel lives). Field recordings, compositions based on analog and digital synthesizers layered along the stems shared initially, and new potential tracks were born.

The project continued but slowed down as Emmanuel temporarily moved Hangzhou for a full year.

There were limitations (lacking gear and fuzzy internet on the Chinese side), and long pauses also due to each fellow's busy timetables, but the project was at all time 'alive', and it was concluded few months after the return to Finland.

The project was a first-time for both of us, with plenty of time to reflect on what we want to achieve, and with the emphasis to take the most of the original stems, over and over. The result comes as different tracks fueled by various musical approaches, but as a coherent ensemble.

So the loop is closed now, as we are finally ready to share our story, which we hope you will enjoy as much as we enjoyed creating it. We will wear "une Belle Chemise" the morning after the release for sure.

credits

released May 20, 2016

Mathieu Lamontagne: arbee.bandcamp.com

Emmanuel Toledo: eeem.net

Artwork by Stopmotion

Mastered by Emmanuel

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electronic & ambient music

discography

Secrets within the mountain

Jun 2023
Ourselves & Blue Montain Lullaby

Apr 2023
Lumen

Feb 2023
Rampe de lancement

Feb 2023
Aurora

Jan 2023
One Day & Setting Sail

Oct 2022
Merging Day Into Night

Oct 2022
Perceptible

Jul 2022
Safe Room

Jun 2022
If Ever

May 2022
Midnight Ride

Mar 2022
Life Between The Waves

Feb 2022
Précipité

Jan 2022
Pour une fois

Nov 2021
Bascules

Jun 2021
Comme une chimère

Jun 2021
Soustraction

May 2021
Chinook Wave

May 2021
réflexions automnales

Feb 2021
amble

Jan 2021
Echo of Nature

Nov 2020
Paragraphs

Oct 2020
Petit Pain

Oct 2020
Parcimonie

Sep 2020
Transpaque

Sep 2020
Deux Rien

Sep 2020
Toile de fond

Jul 2020
quatre, digression(s)

Jun 2020
Polysémie III

Mar 2020
Savoureuses Découpes

Feb 2020
Tout en retenu

Jan 2020
prises

Oct 2019
Arborescence

Sep 2019
trois, la tête qui bouge

Feb 2019
Contemplation du Rien

Dec 2018
Atténuation

Nov 2018
Obsolescence Programmée

Sep 2018
à rebours

Aug 2018
deux, tout doucement

Aug 2018
À demi-mot

Jun 2018
lieux communs

Jun 2018
un, certaine assurance

Apr 2018
Polysémie II

Feb 2018
Au beau fixe

Jan 2018
Polysémie

Dec 2017
Au calme

Oct 2017
ces coups-là

Apr 2017
Seul

Jan 2017
Paysages Éclectiques

Jan 2017
halte, dérives

Nov 2016
jusqu'à l'averse

Aug 2016
Belle Chemise

May 2016
tout simplement

May 2016
Side To Side

Oct 2015
dislocations

Oct 2015
Propositions Verdâtres

Jun 2015
désencombrement

Jun 2015
un sur quatre

May 2015
Variations Verdâtres

Jan 2015
Récidives

Oct 2014
sunshinewoods

Aug 2014
rendement possible?

Jun 2014
Elemental Gathering

Mar 2014
Variations sur tout ce qui pousse (musique pour station orbitale)

Jan 2014
mtml 2

Dec 2013
Un Trait

Dec 2013
Persistance

Sep 2013
6 Steps to Red Forest

Sep 2013
tectonique des plaques

Jul 2013
distances inconnues

Jun 2013
mtml

Jan 2013
libre arbitre

Dec 2012
calme relatif

Dec 2012
filtre naturel

Nov 2012
30*3

Jul 2012
faux pas qu'il vente

Feb 2012
morceaux d'ambiances

Feb 2012
motifs

Jan 2012
nous sommes trois

Aug 2011
altérations

Dec 2010
la permanence de l'objet

Sep 2010

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