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Designed for Disaster

Frédéric L’Epée

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 01:02:00
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Tracks

1. Descendance 05:27 2. Collision Course 07:24 3. Disentropy 06:06 4. Interlude - Golem 01:37 5. Words 04:29 6. Flower You 04:47 7. Unisson 05:18 8. Interlude - Echo 01:31 9. Migrations 10:39 10. La Voie Du Mensonge 06:19 11. Interlude - Décombres 02:16 12. Despite Origins 05:58

Personnel

Frédéric L’Epée

guitar

Laurent James

guitar

Nico Gomez

bass

Volodia Brice

drums

Ayşe Cansu Tanrikulu

vocals

Album Description

The European quartet’s fourth release, Designed For Disaster — their second for Cuneiform — is Yang’s first to feature singing, although the use of words is “meant to communicate an impression and not meaning”, Frédéric points out. A good example of this is the album’s track “Words”. as demonstrated by the new album’s fifth track, “Words”. Over an ominously martial beat, L'Épée and his bandmates shout single-word slogans: “Stark”, “Frei”, “Fight”, “Klang”, “Bruit”, et cetera. These are almost but not quite drowned out by a barrage of distorted electric guitars; the effect is that an unknown and threatening authority figure is issuing enigmatic orders, with consequence for those who don’t obey. It’s eerie, and unsettling. With Designed for Disaster, his compositions primarily have their genesis in Baroque music, minimalism, and of course the progressive rock he gravitated towards as a teenager, with King Crimson’s Robert Fripp as his acknowledged influence, but there are passages on Designed For Disaster that sound very much like what Steve Reich might have arrived at had he been writing for two guitars, electric bass, and drums rather than for percussion ensemble. Music and lyrics by Frédéric L'Epée

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