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For principal songwriter and frontman Neige, Alcest has always been a gateway to the otherworldly, a means of exploring his spirituality. An elemental two-piece, completed by long-serving drummer and creative confidante Winterhalter, their forthcoming sixth album Spiritual Instinct finds Neige at his most personal. “This time I had something urgent to put on the table,” he explains. “It is a very cathartic record- something needed to get out of me. It’s darker than usual, and heavier.”
Spiritual Instinct was recorded with producer Benoît Roux at France’s Drudenhaus studios, the same studio used for Kodama, between January and May of 2019. Ironically, the most immediate record in their catalogue born of the lengthiest, most arduous recording process. “We went crazy”” Neige laughs, “I think we put too much pressure on ourselves to create a worthy successor to Kodama. We also recorded on analogue tape, and it’s a much longer process, but there is something about the warmth of the sound when you record that way.”
Spiritual Instinct was recorded with producer Benoît Roux at France’s Drudenhaus studios, the same studio used for Kodama, between January and May of 2019. Ironically, the most immediate record in their catalogue born of the lengthiest, most arduous recording process. “We went crazy”” Neige laughs, “I think we put too much pressure on ourselves to create a worthy successor to Kodama. We also recorded on analogue tape, and it’s a much longer process, but there is something about the warmth of the sound when you record that way.”
Tracklist
1. Les jardins de minuit
2. Protection
3. Sapphire
4. L'Île des Morts
5. Le Miroir
6. Spiritual Instinct
Soundwave
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