Gems Album

This album is my first one. It is a bundle of the songs made before I leaved my parent`s house in Montpellier. It has been created in my room, with only a 4 track or a double tape deck, and a couple of synths. My setup was very basic and even is some songs are using PRO-24 with an Atari ST it was the first sequenced songs I`ve made. ESQ-1, S-330 were my main gears…

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The Genesis - 5:51

Description :This song starts with a classical style intro and then changes to an arcade video game music style. This piece was one of the first I created on PC with the PRO24 software. Some `bugs` were in this software and that`s why some tracks (the drums) are not playing correctly. Why `The Genesis`? Listen the bridge in this song and you`ll certainly find something from a very known and popular Internationnal Band!

The long walk - 5:39

Description : This song has been totally improvised. I connected a dozen of analog synths, with samplers, and that`s the result. The amazing part is the violin solo playing together with the final piano melody. Most of the work has been done by a Roland S330 sampler with some rare gated city drums.

Traveling - 5:24

Description : Like Chinamotion, this music was inspired by Ryuichi Sakamoto. But in this one, I add some European style (the piano and the Trumpet evocation of France and Spain).

Chinamotion - 3:50

Description : I was thruly inspired by Ryuichi Sakamoto and the album `Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia`. Created almost at the same time as Traveling, these two songs have in comon a japonese feeling. Note that the weird trumpets and the hi-percussion passage are clearly taken from this great Ryuichi`s album!

Bolero - 6:55

Description : This song has a very special place in my memories. First is was the first orchestral like piece I`ve made. Second it is also the first song I`ve fully improvised while it was recording. There is something special in this song, something natural and impossible to reproduce even with my latest modern studio. This strange alchemy mixed with something magic, coming from nowhere? How I did improvised this song with only an ESQ1, a S330 and a tape recorder? I choosed this name because the song evolves until the final explosion, like the Ravel`s Bolero.

Necro - 3:02

Description : Necro is a song I`ve improvised when recording live. It is one of the best Themes in this record. Both dark and emotionally powerfull, it sounds close to what Vangelis was doing at the same period. The themes is very classical. The overall was composed with the same setup as Travelling and Chinamotion.

Big Blue - 3:33

Description : Inspired by the music of the French version of the movie of Luc Besson `The Big Blue`, this song is nothing else than a quite exploration in the deep water. Short evolving with a classical harmony in the middle just to remain that it is a Nikko song…

Ubi Song - 4:53 

Description : was working at Ubi soft a game company as a game author. When they asked for a music for using in their video. They asked to Jerund Tell a past video game music star to create a track. The result was really bad and I decided to challenge him and I made this track. it starts with a piano part inspired by Toccata and Fugue from J.S Bach! But it changes quickly to a typical demo maker music style from the 80`! I like specially the saxophone theme in the middle.

Astaskaroth - 4:58 

Description : Astaskaroth what does it means. Well it is more or less what the robotic voice say. This music was created after having seen a J.M Jarre convert live at the TV. I was upset by the bad quality and I`ve decided to create my own J.M Jarre style! This music was improvised, then the voice has been added over the first recording. this is a very progressive song in the same style of Bolero for example but with a better recording quality.

Adobogéhémaha - 5:54

Description : Ahah what a name!!! That`s a funny song (quite rarein newage). Imagine that you are an insect in a forest and you are singing `Don`t go breaking my hear` from Elton John. But because you don`t have a mouth, here what you get : Adobogéhémaha. This song is cool, no braining no message, jungle noise, some rain, and insects singing!