| Alcest / Kodama |
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| Album: | Kodama | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Alcest | Added: | 06/2017 | |
| Label: | Prophecy Productions | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2017-07-05 | Pull Date: | 2017-09-05 | Charts: | Loud |
| Week Ending: | 3 Sep | 20 Aug | 13 Aug | 6 Aug | 23 Jul | 16 Jul | 9 Jul |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 02, 2019: | Being as an ocean Eclosion | 4. | Aug 12, 2017: | Music Casserole Eclosion | |
| 2. | Sep 02, 2017: | Narnia Kodama | 5. | Aug 05, 2017: | Narnia Kodama | |
| 3. | Aug 19, 2017: | Narnia Kodama | 6. | Jul 31, 2017: | deep storage Onyx |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Aporia Reviewed 2017-06-27 | ||
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From France, Alcest & founding member Neige are the pioneers of a certain black metal/shoegaze hybrid that the music world has termed “blackgaze.” They’re really great, and on this record they go in a more post-rock direction, often trading in black metal blast-beats/screams for pretty atmospheric guitars. The record also takes inspiration from Japanese art and culture and deals with compositional ideas of duality and liminality. A relentlessly moving and beautiful listen—enjoy! Related: Amesoeurs, Les Discrets, Botanist, Deafheaven Favorites: 1, 2, 4, 5 1. (9:07) * Kodama—Grinding guitar opening leads into a melodic guitar journey through both heavy and atmospheric passages. 2. (8:54) * Eclosion—Intense, skyward, post-rock guitars build into total angst. Screaming as well as actual singing. Last 1.5 mins are melancholic solo guitar. 3. (7:20) Je Suis d’ailleurs—Crushing guitars, screams. Really cool jazzy guitar thing at one point. Killer blast-beats to close. 4. (5:12) * Untouched—Gorgeous solo guitar and clarion singing opens. Soaring guitars, percussive breakdown. The drums make this one. 5. (7:48) * Oiseaux de Proie—Frantic arpeggiated guitars and slowly cascading drums. Really outsized and passionate. 6. (3:52) Onyx—Extremely distorted guitar dissolving into an elevated wall of noise. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Kodama | 4. | Untouched | |||
| 2. | Eclosion | 5. | Oiseaux De Proie | |||
| 3. | Je Suis D'ailleurs | 6. | Onyx |