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Écailles De Lune (Album) by Alcest

Artist Biography For Alcest

Alcest /al.Sɛst/ Is A French Blackgaze Act Formed In Bagnols-Sur-Cèze Occitanie In 2000 By Multi-Instrumentalist Neige Stéphane Paut . It Was Originally Conceived As A Solo Project Though It Would Eventually Take On The Form Of A Full Band As Aegnor Now Known As La Sale Famine De Valfunde And Argoth With Whom Neige Played In Peste Noire Joined The Fray And Released A Four-Track Demo Entitled Tristesse Hivernale In 2001. This Demo Was A More Straightforward Black Metal Affair Much Different From What Would Happen Next. After That Released Alcest Returned To A One-Member Format With Neige Moving Away From The Metal Overtones Of The Three-Piece And Embracing A More Atmospheric Approach To His Work. The 2005 EP Release Le Secret Was More In Tune With The Project’s Ultimate Goal Which Was To Put To Ear As It Were Neige’s Fascination With An “otherworld”—of Sorts—that Had Held A Fascination For Him Beginning In His Childhood. In 2007 Neige Released The First Full-Length Alcest Recording Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde Which Was Released On Prophecy Productions And Was A Critical Success. Écailles De Lune Released In 2010 Continues In The Otherwordly Vein Evoking Images Of An Underwater Realm. The Band’s Third Album Les Voyages De L'âme Was Released On January 6 2012. Alcest’s Fourth Effort Entitled Shelter Was Released On January 17 2014 Via Prophecy Productions. It Features Birgir Jón Birgisson As Producer Amiina For The String Sections And A Guest Appearance By Neil Halstead. This Album Is Completely Different To Any Previous Alcest Works And Can Be Described As Shoegaze/dream Pop. In 2016 With Kodama They’re Back With Their Heavier Sound While Taking On A Concept About “the Confrontation Of The Natural World And The Human World”. 2019 Brings Spritual Instinct Released This Time By Nuclear Blast Records. As Neige Said “It Is A Very Cathartic Record—something Needed To Get Out Of Me. It’s Darker Than Usual And Heavier.” ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀs
Neige Stéphane Paut — Vocals Guitars Bass Keyboards 2000–present Drums 2000–2009 Winterhalter Jean Deflandre — Drums 2009–present Zero Pierre Corson — Guitars Backing Vocals 2010–present Live Only Indria Saray — Bass 2010–present Live Only ᴍᴀᴊᴏʀ Ʀᴇʟᴇᴀsᴇs
Tristesse Hivernale Demo EP 2001 Drakkar Productions Le Secret EP 2005 Drakkar Productions Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde LP 2007 Prophecy Productions Écailles De Lune LP 2010 Prophecy Productions Les Voyages De L'âme LP 2012 Prophecy Productions Shelter LP 2014 Prophecy Productions Kodama LP 2016 Prophecy Productions Spiritual Instinct LP 2019 Nuclear Blast

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