[𝔼́ℂℍ𝕆𝕊𝕐𝕊𝕋𝔼̀𝕄𝔼] 𝕄𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒𝕤 𝔻𝕖𝕝𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕢𝕦𝕖, 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕥 𝕃'𝔸𝕣𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕡𝕖𝕝 𝟙𝟟.𝟘𝟛.𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟛
@mathiasdelplanque 


Mathias Delplanque  has released some thirty albums since 2002, both solo and with his group Lena. He is a sound artist and composer for contemporary dance, navigating between ambient, electronica and electroacoustic music. He performed,  in March 2023 during an Échosystème event  at l’Archipel, a live set inspired by his albums 'Ô Seuil' (2022) and 'Drachen' (2015, released on the label called Ici d'ailleurs, using a series of instruments sampled live (electric bass played with a bow, chimes, drums  and synthesizers), from which he constructs rich acoustic materials creating immersive soundscapes.


𝔸 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖

This live performance is the latest stage of a solo live project that I've been developing for over twenty years. It's a great laboratory, a lifelong project... It has obviously taken many different forms and colors. But the questions always remain more or less the same. How do you do a 'real' live performance with live machines? What tools should you use, what principles should you follow to get yourself into a real musical game on stage? I'm working on the relationship between machines and acoustic instruments, the link between improvisation and interpretation... This solo is a personal creative space that is constantly evolving.

This latest live show, imagined to accompany the release of my album 'Ô Seuil' on Ici d'Ailleurs label, is the most constructed and composed piece I've ever done. In the end, there's very little improvisation. On the other hand, I let myself go with the instrumentarium... There are pre-recorded elements (rhythms, bass, etc.), which I mix live using a bunch of MIDI controllers. I play the bass with a bow, the metallophone, I use three synthesizers, I transform my voice into a microphone... I systematically sample and transform all these sounds in real time. In fact, the tracks are written, I know where I'm going in terms of structure, but the sound part (mixing, sound processing) is totally improvised. I guess that's because of my dub roots.



ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕓𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕞𝕓𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔 ?

I've always listened to a lot of ambient music. And I have a deep affection for 'space music'. These kinds of music dilute traditional musical structures and are more akin to environments. I did a lot of painting before I started making music, and I feel that I'm still approaching musical composition from a painter's point of view.

Personally, I don't use the term 'ambient' to describe my music. I'm not sure it fits. I might prefer the term 'immersive music'. I find that term a bit more dynamic. My music is built on tensions and contrasts. It's deeply narrative, moving, playing with extremes. While I'm a fervent advocate of slowness and sonic immersion, I approach music as a game of tensions.



𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 & 𝔽𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 :
https://mathiasdelplanque.bandcamp.com/ 
https://soundcloud.com/mathias-delplanque 
https://www.instagram.com/mathias_delplanque/ 

𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 & 𝔽𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 #𝔼𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖̀𝕞𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 :  
 www.instagram.com/echo.systeme

[𝔼́ℂℍ𝕆𝕊𝕐𝕊𝕋𝔼̀𝕄𝔼] Mathias Delplanque, live at L'Archipel

Founded in 2022, Échosystème promotes ambient music and the various musical aesthetics associated with it, such as electronica and experimental music.

Created under the impulse of Jean-Yves Leloup (journalist, author of books on music), Christine Samandel (electronic music programmer), and Luc Bydon (musician, founder of the label Planisphère), the crew offers concerts, conferences and open discussions with artists, in order to federate a French electronic and ambient scene that is still emerging, in spite of an already long history.