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NOCTURNE - lies within the sphere of so-called industrial musics.
Since 1995 Saphi has been behind the project Nocturne. Its first concerns
have been collective memory, guilt, as well as the notion of choice and
free will.
Those questions and preoccupations have also been raised by the
association Artschock of which Nocturne represents the sonic image.
2003 has been a decisive year for Nocturne with the encounter of Doctor
Mabuse, a short story that was written in the twenties by Norbert
Jacques, and adapted as a movie by Fritz Lang.
A musical illustration of this film is set out with a project untitled "
Terrorize- Manipulate- Convice", released as an album in 2006 by the label
Old Europa Cafe. The reflection goes on and the new way heralds then some
works which are to be more peculiar and intimate.
The end of 2005 marks another encounter, a great encounter, with Cécile.
As a musician with a classical background, she is invited to play, and
then to join the project Nocturne. The acoustic dimension - violin-trumpet
- brings another profoundness. On stage, they form a disconcerting pair.
A concert by Nocturne is at once made of mystery, schemes, and secret. An
impression of underlying hesitation and uncertainty gradually arises.
As the music begins the veil lifts progressively, the sonic elements come
to a form, discretely draw an atmosphere before the whole suddenly appears
and reveals a skillful music. Various emotions travel down the surprised
audience.
The arpeggios and notes combinations rythm those compositions in strange
ways. The texts are tempered chronicles, frames of mind and inner ways
which are delivered uncompromisingly. Those numerous synths and home-made
machines make of those installations a curiosity that contributes to the
show.
This is a TOTAL experience happening. Like Mabuse is the man behind the
curtain, Saphi is the man behind his machines. He slowly gets off them and
the transfer is proceeded before our eyes. He's deeply and personnally
involved, his attitudes evolve and his expressions change and alter. A
genuine performance.
Strongly this set casts on the audience a powerful analogic alchemy, to
thrust the audience into what Saphi calls Brutal Disko Music. A concert by
Nocturne is a real show.
Numerous performances in France and abroad.
Several albums, LP's and CD's released.
The project Nocturne is developed at the Atelier de Création Expérimentale
A.C.E.
http://www.myspace.com/artschockacexp
english translation by M.D.: inertia@no-log.org
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