Exode (2020)
Text and music by Francis St-Germain
Piano by Carolina Santiago Martínez
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CE QU'ÉTAIT
Ça gonfle.
C’est vapeur qui migre en profondeur,
	se raffermi.
L’excitation est presque tangible, les nerfs sentent, 
les viscères se touchent.
Vision devient enveloppe qui regarde d’haut en bas en haut.

Les mains se touchent, veulent se caresser, n’en restent qu’à toucher.
La peau frémis, se durci.
Sous le voile, la fermeté brumasse de la transparence ; un lac de poindre.
 
Un lieu interdit, gardé par ses propres gardes presqu’armés.
Un lieu sacré pour pêcher, pour prêcher.
Une barrière éphémère jouant la tentation omnipotente, se prenant pour autre que toile flasque entre désir et fébrilité. 

L’ischio de janvier n’est rien de plus rêche que son arme carne.
L’âmoisson se pâme à n’en caller plus profond.
On veut manger.

CE QUE VA
Carence croasse.
Sa carapace craquée ne jute plus.
Son jus est loin, le soin encore plus.
Pénitence fracasse,
son sucre était beau.
Pénitence matraque, 
vapeur n’est plus.

Coulant liquide.
Émietté de venir.

CE QU'EST
Il est venu, chez moi il est venu.
Il est menu, j’aimerais son jus.
Le jus de son âme, juste son jus.
Je ne le connais pas, peut-être est-il 
juteux
					salé 	 
          salide
					acide
					amer… 	sucré.
Il sent sucré, son sucre goûte bon.
Sa pensée est comme un café mielé.

Quand il est venu, c’était pour se faire toucher, pour sentir sur lui la gelée de mon gel, pour que j’étende sa sueur sensuelle.

Quand il est venu, il faisait rouge, et comme il était las.
D’une lassitude languissante qui permit à sa peau, à son doux parfum épicé de s’étaler, gémissant.
Le gémissement de plaisir après le deuxième flotta jusqu’à m’emplir le palais d’un givre glacé.
Un frisson sur sa peau, son âme sucrée.
Un délice à s’en humecter.

Le gel passé, l’hiver fondu, le sucre mou.
La pluie est enfin tombée.

(2018)

Exode

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SOPRANO: Songha Lee (Chrysothemis)
MUSIC and SOUND: Andro Manzoni , Francis St-Germain (Elektra)
SCENOGRAPHY: Marie Bonnemaison, Blandine Granier (Orest), Léa Tilliet
LIGHT: Madhilda Bouddau , Elie Martin
COSTUME: Marnie Langlois, Gabriella Lopez 
PHOTO: Léa Tilliet

Collaboration of ENSATT Lyon and CNSMD Lyon

Special thanks to César Flores (youtube channel Digitaccompanist)

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A place that truly feels like (((home))) 

A room that means so much to many of us and that sparks wonders for those who haven't been yet. A space where we can be free, all together. A spaceship that uses vibrations to bend space and time. A temple where music becomes alive.

It was an honour to have the chance to play in this room for 11 hours to the most amazing group of humans. It's been a dream of mine for so many years to have the chance to play there and it's one of most meaningful moments I ever lived. Stars were aligned, the collective energy was truly beautiful and I am happy to be able to share with you the soundtrack of that night. 

Thanks to all the @stereonightclub team for the incredible work to co-create such a sacred space for music. 

A special thanks to Luc for the cosmic visuals during the night.

And thanks to all of you family and friends who joined the journey.

This is Part One, between 00:00 and 06:08 am.

With love,

Mikael 

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Francis St-Germain is a Montreal-based composer, saxophonist and sound artist. Through his artistic practice, he explores the subjects of transcendence and determinism in contemporary society. Adapting his creative medium to the conceptual needs, he is active in several artistic spheres, mainly navigating between music, poetry and performance art.

His recent work as a sound artist addresses dystopian societies, as well as the feelings of urgency and necessity by combining instrumental, acousmatic and algorithmic composition, improvisation and nostalgic found objects. His music has been performed in Canada, Estonia, Sweden, France, Germany and the Netherlands.

He completes a Master of Music degree in Contemporary Performance and Composition (CoPeCo) from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg in 2023 under the direction of Alexander Schubert and Fredrik Schwenk, and holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Mixed Composition from the Université de Montréal where he studied with Pierre Michaud and Ana Sokolović.

Exode

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