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For his maturity album, René Danger merges his voice singing in Breton and French with chiptune arpeggios, dub bass and syncopated rhythms. 
Entirely composed on two trackers (LSDJ on Gameboy and Dirtywave M8), Gwerz Boy could be summed up with the portmanteau words gwerz-dub or chip-trad. 
Since the Gameboy was hugely influential for the making of this album and for René Danger's music in general, he entirely developed a Gameboy game accompanying this release, as well as a little fanzine illustrated by Maître Selecto.

Release : May 12

ED010 René Danger - Gwerz Boy SNIPPETS

René Danger is back with his "Gwerz Boy" EP and transversal project mixing music (indeed), but also a fanzine and a video game on an actual Game Boy cartridge!
With "Enez Eusa", René Danger tells a traditional Breton gwerz (lament) about the loss of loved ones at sea, readapted over minimalist gameboy arpeggios. 
Plot twist and spoilers: it ends in a cathartic gabber apotheosis.

To illiustrate this crazy project which will be released on May 12 on Editentés, here's a videoclip based on the Gwerzboy videogame, developed by René Danger too:
https://youtu.be/oWztqwEF860

All infos on Editentités' Bandcamp:
https://editentites.bandcamp.com/album/gwerz-boy

℘ཞɛɱıɛཞɛ ≈ René Danger - Enez Eusa [Éditentités]

If you’ve ever seen René Danger play live in the past four years, then you’ve already listened to this three bars, six notes melody : he played it as an intro for all his sets, with various arrangements and instruments involved over time.
The first version of this « emoringtone » (as coined by Juna XXL) single, « Forest Mix », was recorded in 2020 using René’s favorite eurorack modules : Mutable Instrument’s Rings and Beads, but never released. So while recording a new album, René took a few sessions to record two alternative versions and finally publish it.
The « Desert Mix », made of FM bells, pads, and slappy bass, was entirely produced using the M8 tracker. Finally the « City Mix » is the more energetic of the three, and mainly features René’s trusty Gameboy running LSDJ. 

Queue d'Aronde (City Mix)

Queue d'Aronde (Forest Mix)

Queue d'Aronde (Desert Mix)

Looking for past and future paths.

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