Philippe Blache – The Ever Sounding Sea Of Grief

Philippe Blache – The Ever Sounding Sea Of Grief
Label: Triple Moon Records
Format: CDR, Album
Country: France
Released: 2023
Style: Dark Ambient, Darkwave, Electroacoustic, Industrial

Come in ecopack 2 panels with photos by Natalie Ina

« The ever sounding sea of grief » is a cathartic and spiritually uplifting musical journey. Partly abandonning the lyrical component which was central in previous releases of his musical project "Day Before Us" Philippe Blache introduces here a slight new stylistic turn. This album makes incursions within the world of avant gardism, noise ambient and modern classical minimalism with a subtle cinematic edge. It can be appreciated as a purging ritual mainly built around harrowing reverb piano key, blackened skies of droney textures, then majestic organ patterns within a foreboding sonic spectrum. Those lengthy tracks feature additional arrangements as spoken words. As for the last "Day Before Us" album to date the striking visual imagery is provided by forward-thinking artistic collaborator and multi-talented Natalie Ina. "The ever sounding sea of grief" is a thrilling and colossal poetical/musical drama of overwhelming expressive intensity.