ROUGE

Noir et Blanc

Spirit Lights

fhae

Succeeding last year’s album 'Wallflower Pedestrian', 'ROUGE' offers a continuation of themes of cyclical motifs and visually invoking titles. The new album continues the visual narration structure of its predecessor, with a slight shift in focus to introspection and inner emotions. Between the swelling peaks of density and melody, the listener is able to feel and breathe through their own emotive state or visual imagery. Such imagery is accompanied by the varying titles of the tracks, which all weave into 'ROUGE'’s theme in different ways.

The overall palette of Noir et Blanc’s (Amber Ramsay) sophomore album is much more thorough and refined compared to previous works. The piano was tracked live at The Barn Recording Studio in Plainland on a 6' Kawai Grand Piano, with improvised piano accompaniment from fhae (Ellena Ramsay) on two tracks. The bareness of the piano is contrasted with layers of Prophet 6 and Minilogue, which solely fill the sonic space on tracks ‘Rythme, Toucher, Tourner’ and ‘Centre de la Terre’. Among the tonal diversity lies modular drones arranged with Spirit Lights (Joshua MacGregor) on many of the more subtle tracks.

“The album came together in a quite quick and seamless way compared to much of my previous work,” says Ramsay. “It feels special having done it with a slightly collaborative approach. To me, the songs feel like they each have their own world inside them but they’re very much open to interpretation.”

Succeeding last year’s album 'Wallflower Pedestrian', 'ROUGE' offers a continuation of themes of cyclical motifs and visually invoking titles. The new album continues the visual narration structure of its predecessor, with a slight shift in focus to introspection and inner emotions. Between the swelling peaks of density and melody, the listener is able to feel and breathe through their own emotive state or visual imagery. Such imagery is accompanied by the varying titles of the tracks, which all weave into 'ROUGE'’s theme in different ways.
The overall palette of Noir et Blanc’s (Amber Ramsay) sophomore album is much more thorough and refined compared to previous works. The piano was tracked live at The Barn Recording Studio in Plainland on a 6' Kawai Grand Piano, with improvised piano accompaniment from fhae (Ellena Ramsay) on two tracks. The bareness of the piano is contrasted with layers of Prophet 6 and Minilogue, which solely fill the sonic space on tracks ‘Rythme, Toucher, Tourner’ and ‘Centre de la Terre’. Among the tonal diversity lies modular drones arranged with Spirit Lights (Joshua MacGregor) on many of the more subtle tracks.
“The album came together in a quite quick and seamless way compared to much of my previous work,” says Ramsay. “It feels special having done it with a slightly collaborative approach. To me, the songs feel like they each have their own world inside them but they’re very much open to interpretation.”

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Cycles (Original Mix)

Cycles

Le Soleil Tourne (Original Mix)

Le Soleil Tourne by Noir et Blanc, Spirit Lights

Le Soleil Tourne

Chaos Intérieur (Original Mix)

Chaos Intérieur

Chrominance (Original Mix)

Chrominance by Noir et Blanc, Spirit Lights

Chrominance

Question (Original Mix)

Question

La Ruée Éternelle (Original Mix)

La Ruée Éternelle

Patience (Original Mix)

Patience

Près du Feu (Original Mix)

Près du Feu by Noir et Blanc, fhae, Spirit Lights

Près du Feu

Avalanche d'Amour (Original Mix)

Avalanche d'Amour by Noir et Blanc, Spirit Lights

Avalanche d'Amour

Rythme, Toucher, Tourner (Original Mix)

Rythme, Toucher, Tourner by Noir et Blanc, Spirit Lights

Rythme, Toucher, Tourner

Joues Roses (Original Mix)

Joues Roses

Centre de la Terre (Original Mix)

Centre de la Terre