Drowned Mermaids by æƒv

In March 2017, the night Anne Gillis was performing live at Sonic Protest, Éliane Blaise (æƒv) was introduced to me by Jac Berrocal who said that he loved her art. Éliane and I had been in touch the year before as she submitted a track for the "Rien Ni Personne" compilation. It was very close to silence and after discussion, she decided to mix it at a higher level. When I finally met her at Sonic Protest, she proposed to make me listen more of her soundwork, which I gladly accepted. We kept in touch, talked about a release on Nostalgie De La Boue, but it took a long time before she finally sent me the tracks of that debut album. Since her "Rien Ni Personne" contribution, her style has evolved in a more assertive way, she is now using a cello and electronics, recorded at a quite audible level, but is still working with details and subtleties. Long time in the making but well worth waiting for, "Drowned Mermaids" is the first æƒv (Éliane Blaise) full length release.
~ Tristan Koreya

All tracks by æƒv (cello and electronics).
Additional voices on track 2 : æƒv & EdH.
Original painting by Pierre Michelot, 2001.
Artwork by Emmanuelle de Héricourt & Éliane Blaise.

Tracks 2 and 4 were originally composed to score some parts of the movie "Le Géographe manuel" by Michel Zumpf in 2019 and were adapted in this release.

Éliane Blaise
elianeaefv.net
aefv.bandcamp.com

Emmanuelle de Héricourt
edhandco.org

Pierre Michelot
michelot.net

Nostalgie de la Boue is a free download / "name your price (no minimum)" net-label run by Tristan Koreya, dedicated to well-established as well as lesser known and younger artists in post-industrial, experimental and unconventional music.