BONNET, FRANCOIS J. & STEPHEN O'MALLEY / Cylene
Album: Cylene   Collection:General
Artist:BONNET, FRANCOIS J. & STEPHEN O'MALLEY   Added:Jan 2020
Label:Editions Mego  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2020-01-29 Pull Date: 2020-05-13 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Mar 15 Mar 8 Mar 1 Feb 23 Feb 16 Feb 9 Feb 2
Airplays: 2 2 1 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Sep 22, 2021: On The Warpath (rebroadcast from Feb 1, 2020)
Des Pas Dans Les Cendres
4. Mar 07, 2020: On The Warpath
Erosion Always Wins
2. Mar 12, 2020: The Run-Away Radio show
Erosion Always Wins
5. Mar 04, 2020: Brownian Motion
Erosion Always Wins
3. Mar 11, 2020: Brownian Motion
Des Pas Dans Les Cendres
6. Feb 27, 2020: Old Fart At Play
Erosion Always Wins

Album Review
DeVoss
Reviewed 2020-01-16
– General Description: Very dark, ambient soundscape with lots of sustained reverb. If you like to spend your time dwelling on sad thoughts and images, this is for you. First collaboration by François J. Bonnet (Kassel Jaeger) and Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O) using guitar with studio manipulation.


– FCC Compliant: YES
– Recommended Tracks:
– Track Reviews:

1. (3:17) Première Noire - First Black; dark and hollow sounding
2. (8:00) Erosion Always Wins - lots of sustained reverb, gets aurally painful
3. (13:08) Pāhoehoe - Pāhoehoe is basaltic lava forming smooth undulating or ropy masses; not as dark but long and drawn out
4. (5:04) Deuxième Noire - Second Black; undulating waves
5. (3:13) Tephras - Tephra is rock fragments and particles ejected by a volcanic eruption; some tremolo and feeling of dropping
6. (7:00) Dernières Teintes Noires - Latest Black Shades; grinding sounds that later waft and become echoey
7. (15:11) Des Pas Dans Les Cendres - Footsteps in the Ashes; melancholy with no words

Track Listing
1. Première Noire   4. Deuxième Noire
2. Erosion Always Wins   5. Tephras
3. Pāhoehoe   6. Dernières Teintes Noires
  7. Des Pas Dans Les Cendres