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What an amazing creation! Puts me in the mind of Massive Attack in the way this record does things I could never have imagined were in the audio spectrum. Gorgeous bass heavy vibes but also somehow subtle and delicate. Listen in a quiet room or on good headphones and you will not notice where the time goes.
Blind Delon livre un premier album chargé d’une énergie sombre et d’un lyrisme profond, audacieux. Happée par la noirceur du monde actuel, cette matière sonore rigide mais vivante, révèle définitivement une hybridation puissante entre sons organiques et synthétiques. Les textes et voix, assurés par Mathis Kolkoz le fondateur et chanteur du groupe, mais également les artistes invités sur cet enregistrement (Kris Baha, Lapse Of Reason, DJ Varsovie), scandent une plainte mystique et dansante, comme une incantation. D’autres amis du groupe sont également présents sur certains morceaux, comme I Hate Models ou Arabian Panther.
Les nombreuses respirations ambient, chimiquement sensorielles, agissent comme des rêveries analogiques, artefact d’une humanité corrompue et révolue. En travaillant les détails de leurs sons, parfois à la limite de l’habillage et du design sonore, le groupe parvient à nous communiquer un univers qui lui est propre, parfois dérangeant, toujours puissant. Il y a autant de synthwave dans ce Blind Delon que de références aux musiques amplifiées des années 70 et début 80. C’est grâce à cette base saine que l’album parvient à se tailler une identité tout particulière.
Pour apprécier « Discipline » on doit s’installer confortablement, se munir d’un casque d’écoute et se plonger les yeux clos dans cette odyssée. On en ressort bousculé, avec l’envie de secouer son corps, l’envie d’extérioriser sa fureur, sa révolte, sa jouissance. Un album mature, très riche, qui innove et rompt de manière heureuse avec les précédentes productions du groupe.
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Founded in 2016 by the french artist Mathis Kolkoz, Blind Delon draws his energy from the cold and synthwave references: ancient synthesizers, icy bass lines and black romanticism, the ingredients of a recipe that combines raw elegance and pure melancholy. In the line of Boy Harsher, Poison Point or The Soft Moon, they immortalize the Post-Punk ideal and elevate it to an invulnerable absolute.
We are very proud today to announce this real masterpiece DISCIPLINE!
Blind Delon’s first album is laced with a dark energy and a daring and deep lyricism. In the darkness of today’s world, the sound material, at the same time rigid and alive, reveals a powerful encounter between organic and synthetic sounds.Mathis Kolkoz, the founder and singer of the group, as well as the invited artists (Kris Baha, Lapse of reason, DJ Varsovie) carry the lyrics and voices. Like chants, the dance and mystical music are close to incantation. Friends of the group, I Hate Models and Arabian Panther, are also guests on a couple of the tunes.The band builds a sensory atmosphere, an analogical reverie, an artefact for a corrupt and aging humanity. By working all the details, sometimes at the edge of sound design and sound decor, the group invites us in a world at once personal, sometimes disturbing but always powerful. This album carries references to amplified music from the 70’s and early 80’s as well as synthwave. These references carve the album’s strong identity.
To fully appreciate « Discipline », make yourself comfortable, slip on your headphones, close your eyes to start the voyage. One might emerge shaken, filled with the desire to move, to externalize anger, revolt, and pleasure. Blind Delon explores a new direction in this rich and mature album."
All songs written & produced by Blind Delon
Mastered by Joel Grind
Front Artwork by Will Patridge
Global Artwork by Léo Farronato
Photography by Tristan Haddad
Vidéo Clip by Timothée Gainet
Additional staff on « Rule III »
Lyrics & Vocals by Kris Baha
Lyrics & Vocals by Lapse Of Reason
Guitars by Incendie
Synths by I Hate Models
Additional staff on « Rule V »
Lyrics & Vocals by DJ Varsovie
Mandolin & Flute by Arabian Panther
Clarinet by Florent Méry
Trumpet by Pierre Bienaimé
We are a label / mail order shop based in the South of France, specializing in forms of dark music influenced by the sound
of the late 70s and early 80s. We produce high quality bands of Post-Punk / Minimal wave / Synthpop / EBM / Dark Techno / Industrial / Cold Wave / Noise Experimental / Dark Folk / Indie Rock
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