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Somewhere In That Water

somewhere in that water

Gather

когато нещо не е както трябва, нарисувай кръгове със пръсти

sled tova

Kansai Bruises

Silhouette

Cross the threshold into the nether. fatalism unveils a new chapter of his sonic explorations through the Stegi Radio residency series nether. The Bangkok & Tokyo-based artist, known for his post-industrial, uncanny soundscapes, now delves deeper into the elemental forces of nature and existence with each episode symbolizing a distinct layer of reality: earth, water, fire, wind, and void.

nether • Layer 5 • Current w/ fatalism (30.06.2025)

my mix was fixed by the @ballisticrosemary

LIVE AT ANGEWANDTE FESTIVAL 2025

»La Traversée« (»The Crossing«) is Matthias Puech’s second album for Hallow Ground and follows up on 2023’s »Mt. Hadamard National Park.« Profoundly inspired by re-reading »The Odyssey,« the French composer, instrument designer, and scholar used a Eurorack modular synthesizer to create four pieces that are by far the most intuitive and emotionally charged in his ever-expanding catalogue. Puech’s masterful command of sound comes to the forefront with even more urgency on this record. A wandering meditation on the human condition, »La Traversée« is an album that is constantly in motion—complex electronic music at its most gripping and evocative.

The foundation for »La Traversée« was laid when Puech prepared a live set for a tour organised in collaboration with Hallow Ground in support of »Mt. Hadamard National Park.« Before writing the first three pieces—»Ennosigaios,« »Polyphármakos,« »Nekuia«—the 18½-minute-long »Ithâké« was composed in near-total isolation in the South of France at the end of 2023. Puech performed the material live several times before taking a step black from it for a while. He revisited the pieces when preparing them for a release. »I was struck by how the technical process and the intention behind the music had completely vanished from my memory,« he says.

What remained intact, however, was Puech’s association of the material with one of the most influential texts of Western literature. Reading a graphic novel adaptation of »The Odyssey« with his two four-year-olds, he noticed the effect that it had on them and himself. »Its themes of longing, fear of and attraction to the unknown, unresolved quests, and the struggle for control felt topical,« he says. »I was completely taken. Every story ever told seemed contained in this ancient tale; every story I have ever tried to tell as a composer seemed inscribed in this framework.« This also extended to formal motifs such as the repetition of incidents, narrative developments, or dramatic effects that also mark »La Traversée.«

Puech says that he perceived Homer’s writing as musical, »like an old Delta blues or a Renaissance counterpoint,« which inspired his writing process. »With a couple of knobs on my Eurorack system, I could control the unfolding of a story,« he notes. »This made me pass through different emotional states and led to moments in which everything made sudden sense—when you as an artist get a glimpse at something essential, can touch upon something universal.« This shines through »La Traversée,« a wildly imaginative album that is deeply personal while also telling a story far more wide-reaching than that of its creator.

Composed, recorded and mixed by Matthias Puech
Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi
Cover: excerpt from J. M. W. Turner, Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth (1842)
Drawing by Matthias Puech

La Traversée

Ennosigaios

Latvian Radio Choir Chamber Singers, cond. Kaspars Putniņš

Words: 'Square Poem' by Lewis Carroll

Art: Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Plane Chants (2025)

Written for Norbert Rodenkirchen. Early flutes, electronics. To be presented in 8-channel sound at the ZKM Karlsruhe on November 20th, 2025

The Days Pass Quickly Immersed in the Shadow of Eternity (Excerpt)

The First Noel

Autechre - Tac Lacora (Pittsburgh Q remix)

Souvenirs cachés / Innermost

Souvenirs cachés

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