A story about a mysterious craftsman who created music with fragments from the music of others. A roaming shadow, haunting the streets of Lyon, amongst other cities, its bags packed with vinyls, to embody its dreams. It’s also a story about love between the artist and music sampling, of which one may say they were made for one another.
Halfway between DJ Shadow and the score from a 50s film noir, Elestre’s music demonstrates impressive technique and a strong emotional quality. A hypnotic spell for urban melancholy and self-contemplation.
When Elestre decided to imprint his first compositions with his nocturnal peregrinations, between psychedelic heartbeats and riotous drums, it was to deliver a unique vision of beat-making, both innovative and cast from the very soul of Hip Hop.
To capture the rhythm of his future projects, there’s only one thing left for you to do: follow Elestre in his ravings.
Elestre presents « Souffle Lunaire », the second part of his tryptic: “La Montagne Sacrée”.
Distilling the peculiarity and brilliance of the world into hypnotic sound waves, he draws inspiration everywhere his curiosity leads him: Spiritual Jazz, Psychedelic Rock, Deep Funk, Electronic 70’s music...
Elestre generates a living and composite instrumental artwork, in the continuity of hazy Bristol Trip Hop or American Abstract Hip Hop. Both carnal and mental, melancholy and bright, this cinematographic music unfurls into sweet hallucinations.
“Souffle Lunaire” invites you on a cosmic voyage at the crossroads between genres: psychedelic modulations, spasmodic hip hop beats, soul incantations, oriental exile and experimental music intertwine with grace to better haunt your mind.