"First cdr ever released by Maxime Primault, alias Enfer Boreal, runner of the french label Crier dans les musées!

Improvised and recorded at home in Rennes, mid august 2007, using various instruments such as guitar, electronics, turntables, bass, radio, keyboards, voice...Then the multilayered impros have been put together to make two long tracks. Both tracks is around 20 min long, mostly due to chance, no particular meaning or will about it. It has been sent to Jani Hirvonen, known as drone master Uton, who quickly helped to make an Ikuisuus release with the recordings and who made the cover art too.

The result is a mix of quiet moments, electronic meditations, drones and dreamlike wave of sounds; ambiance alternating between melancholic darkness and grace of beautiful peace of the mind, with some fire coming up at some points."

Price: 6.00 EUR http://www.ikuisuus.net/index1.htm
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"Maxime Primault is the head of the fledging French Crier dans les musées imprint, but he's also a sound sculptor under the Enfer Boreal moniker. L´espace Des Éternités Possibles (Ikuisuus) is his debut and judging from the glacially moving improvisations presented here Primault is definitely a name to remember. Guitar, electronics, turntables, bass, radio, keyboards and voice are used to create a dense drone fog, which from a distance might seem static and minimalistic but on closer examination will reveal plenty of details and sonic development. It's a somewhat dark sonic endeavor but at the same time it manages to be graceful, transcendent and quite successful." (Mats Gustafsson, broken face blogspot)

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"On this debut release from Enfer Boreal, Maxime Primault has established himself as a sensitive sound sculptor rivaling many of the best deep listening drone composers working today. The two long-form sonic meditations on "L´espace Des Éternités Possibles" will appeal to the more space-minded drone fans out there as they seem to emulate an isolated deep space journey with slowly evolving loops of white noise and machine hum perfectly. It works great both in a passive setting at a lower volume, and also in a more active listening environment. With greater attention comes greater rewards, as the layers of the pieces shift in subtle patterns that are barely discernable.

Primault has captured a strange life in these tracks -like the purring of a cat made entirely out of static. The loops are what really draws me in, and they are done so nicely with a high degree of attention paid to their layering and blending. It's worth noting that there is some guitar used here as well among the more expected electronics and tape manipulation, and it's actually pretty tasteful for most of the disc. This still isn't all perfect, but it's definitely a step in the right direction. If future releases continue to hone this sound, then Enfer Boreal will definitely be an artist to follow. 8/10 -- Charles Franklin / www.digitalisindustries.com (19 February, 2008)
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