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Akamatsu : Seminky (to be released on 26th September, 2024)
Breathtakingly beautiful work by the fusion of musicians from France and The Czech Republic.
On September 26th, 2024, we will release ‘Seminky’, the third album from Akamatsu, a music project by Rémi Quéron, a French music composer and multi-instrumentalist who plays a piano, synthesizer, harmonium, and xylophone.
Akamatsu debuted as one of the participants of a compilation album 'Erik Satie et les Nouveaux Jeunes' with internationally renowned neoclassical artists Nils Frahm, Rachel Grimes, Julia Kent, and Sylvain Chauveau. After releasing two electronica albums featuring finely calculated fantastic sounds, Rémi Quéron created this album 'Seminky’, which means 'seeds' in the Czech language, based on acoustic instruments together with some instrument players from France and The Czech Republic such as Suzanne Fischer on cello, Fabrice Bony on drums, Petr Tichý on double-bass, and Jono Heyes on guitar.
The album consists of some experimentally but catchy masterpieces featuring his borderless musicality such as 'Saint Loup', a human powered electronica song featuring little retro sounds taken the lead by speedy drums which is also the lead single from the album, 'Cuisine-Chimie', a post-rock song featuring a tight and jazzy rhythm section and a symphonic synthesizer which is reminiscent of Tortoise and Jaga Jazzist, beautiful neo-classical songs such as 'Novembre' played by a piano and guitar and 'Volyně' played as a band with string instruments, and 'Schneider Swing' which has an atmosphere that makes you feel the early days of techno music's groove such as Underworld and Orbital.
Also, three of the album songs, 'Nantes', 'Longeville, and 'Là' feature lovely poems written by Annaïck Domergue, and you can listen to the album as you would read a story thanks to them.
This is a masterpiece of electronica, jazz, neo-classical, and psychedelic pops which we recommend with confidence to all fans of Human Pyramids and Haiku Salut who have released their works on our Ricco Label.
'Seminky' will be released on a number-limited 15cm square-sized box version featuring the illustration drawn by Héloïse Robin. It includes three cards of print photos which Rémi Quéro took himself on the front and the poems of Annaïck Domergu, which feature on the album on the back, and one card which describes the handwritten album credit and self-liner notes for the album written by Rémi Quéro together with a copy of CD.
| 1. Rusalki | feat. Fabrice Bony, Suzanne Fischer, Benoist Foulonneau, Pauline Frémeau | |
| 2. Saint Loup | feat. Fabrice Bony | |
| 3. Cuisine-Chimie | feat. Fabrice Bony, Petr Tichý, Anna Štěpánová | |
| 4. Nantes | feat. Anna Štěpánová, Annaïck Domergue | |
| 5. Novembre | feat. Suzanne Fischer, Jono Heyes | |
| 6. Cordata | feat. Fabrice Bony, Suzanne Ficher, Petr Tichý, Anna Štěpánová | |
| 7. Longeville | feat. Fabrice Bony, Petr Tichý, Suzanne Fischer, Pauline Frémeau, Annaïck Domergue | |
| 8. Volyně | feat. Fabrice Bony, Petr Tichý, Suzanne Ficher | |
| 9. Schneider Swing | feat. Fabrice Bony, Anna Romanovská | |
| 10. Là | feat. Fabrice Bony, Suzanne Fischer, Anna Štěpánová, Annaïck Domergue |
| Fabrice Bony: Drums |
| Petr Tichý: Double-Bass |
| Jono Heyes: Acoustic Guitar |
| Suzanne Fischer: Cello |
| Anna Romanovská: Violin |
| Anna Štěpánová: Violin |
| Benoist Foulonneau: Trombone, Flugelhorn, Alto Sax |
| Pauline Frémeau: Voice, Clarinet |
| Annaïck Domergue: Words and Voice |
| Rémi Quéron: Piano, Synths, Electronics, Harmonium, Utensils, Field Recordings |
| Composed by Rémi Quéron |
| Recorded by Rémi Quéron in France and The Czech Republic / Piano Recorded by Cédric Le Guillerm except 'Nantes' |
| Mixed by Rémi Quéron |
| Mastered by Thomas Lafon |
| Illustration by Héloïse Robin |
| Art Direction and Design by Rémi Quéron, Takahiro Kido |
| Produced by Rémi Quéron |
Free Download / Name Your Price
| Saint Loup |
| https://riccolabel.bandcamp.com/track/saint-loup-feat-fabrice-bony |
BandCamp
| https://riccolabel.bandcamp.com/album/seminky |
