Un voyage instrumental qui n'a peu d'égal, mis à part les compositions d'une profonde tristesse de l'arménien Levon Minassian avec Armand Amar, qui se juxtapose à une sonorité un peu plus avant-gardiste, à la manière des œuvres davantage axées du côté néoclassique, dignes de Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds, en passant par Colin Stetson et par Max Richter, pour ne nommer que ces derniers. Une pièce tout simplement époustouflante !

A beautiful performance Francois, great emotion in the opening section.

fantastic emotional involvement! Love the cello!!

Incredible feeling on this track. Great work!

François Simitchiev, a double bassist trained at the classical school, explores the pathways between neoclassical, minimalist, ambient and electronic music. He composes pieces in which he experiments with the sound of the double bass, the fusion of technology and the organic.

Between January and May 2020, he self-produced, composed, recorded and released the first 4 pieces of his solo project. His work of neoclassical and minimalist inspiration is brought to life through certain effects (reverb, distortion). However, François Simitchiev crafted his music so it can be played without the use of a looper. His approach is to get the most out of the instrument live, and to strip down his music, allowing great freedom of interpretation and improvisation with each performance.

This series of pieces for solo double bass includes « About Life, Time and Emergency » (self-production, January 2020), « New Beginnings » (self-production, April 2020) and « Inner Storm » (self-production, May 2020).

More singles are expected for 2020, as well as a series of concerts for 2021.

François Simitchiev is also half of ambient electroacoustic duet
@atransientstate, who will release their first album « Journey » in 2020 in a limited audio K7 edition on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Record Store Day, as well as on CD (self-produced) and digital at Splinter Records.

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Independant double bassist & composer - Navigating between neoclassical, minimalist, ambient & electronic music.

For general inquiries: please email me at hi [at] fsimitchiev [dot] com

François Simitchiev, a double bassist trained at the classical school, explores the pathways between neoclassical, minimalist, ambient and electronic music. He composes pieces in which he experiments with the sound of the double bass, the fusion of technology and the organic.

Between January and May 2020, he self-produced, composed, recorded and released the first 4 pieces of his solo project. His work of neoclassical and minimalist inspiration is brought to life through certain effects (reverb, distortion). However, François Simitchiev crafted his music so it can be played without the use of a looper. His approach is to get the most out of the instrument live, and to strip down his music, allowing great freedom of interpretation and improvisation with each performance.

This series of pieces for solo double bass includes « About Life, Time and Emergency » (self-production, January 2020), « New Beginnings » (self-production, April 2020) and « Inner Storm » (self-production, May 2020).

More singles are expected for 2020, as well as a series of concerts for 2021.

François Simitchiev is also half of ambient electroacoustic duet
A Transient State (@atransientstate), who will release their first album « Journey » in 2020 in a limited audio K7 edition on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Record Store Day, as well as on CD (self-produced) and digital at Splinter Records.

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