"Battles" is the new album by French independent artist Demians. It's available for pre-order now on Double CD Digipack and Digital, exclusively at demiansmusic@gmail.com

CREDITS: 
Music and lyrics composed, written, performed, mixed and mastered by Nicolas Chapel

USEFUL LINKS:
+++ demiansmusic@gmail.com
+++ facebook.com/demiansmusic
+++ twitter.com/demiansmusic
+++ @soundcloud.com/demiansmusic
+++ www.olivierjung.com

BIOGRAPHY:
“Mercury“ is the new album by Nicolas Chapel under the moniker of Demians, and his first 100% independent release.
And from its very first second, it obviously feels and sounds like a brand new start.

From the thumping drums opening the title track, to the intense delicacy of “Swan Song“ 's last notes, “Mercury“ takes you on a ride, leaving no corners unexplored. With the punch of the epileptic “White Chalk“, the sexy grooves of the infectious “Little Invisible“, the fat, throbbing tremolos of “Spellbound Lily“, contrasting with the slow-motion echoes of the aptly named “Water and a Sigh“, Chapel's intention was to make the most panoramic collection of songs he could. "The albums I love the most are like that, constantly shifting gears and directions, with no consideration for genres, like Neil Young's "Harvest" or Jeff Buckley's "Grace" ". 

Nicolas Chapel recorded the album entirely at home during the summer of 2014, capturing a vibe instead of surgically building up a record. "For the first time, I've been able to record in this big magical sounding room, in the middle of nowhere, with the whole summer dedicated to playing music and nothing else in the plans. I'd play and feel the songs, rather than endlessly tweaking stuff". And when it came time to mixing the album, everything breathed and sounded natural, logically falling into place. 

On being always asked why he chose to record and perform all the instruments when people usually put a band together first, he says: "Well the only answer to that is I love doing it. I've been working with other artists in the past few years, I produce their records, play on their music, I love collaborating and sharing. But at the same time it's like… I know thousands of people who, when they heard “Are You Experienced?“ for the first time, wanted to be Jimi Hendrix. When I was a kid and I heard “Are You Experienced?“ for the first time, I wanted to be Jimi Hendrix, and I wanted to be Mitch Mitchell, and Noel Redding, and I wanted to be Eddie Kramer. I love playing the drums as much as I enjoy playing the guitar, singing, putting microphones in front of stuff, and Demians is my outlet for not thinking about what I'm allowed or not allowed to do".

Guitarist on here looking to share some demos and maybe meet up with like-minded musicians. The songs I put up here are rough cuts. Currently in ATX looking for a heavy funk, rock, blues fusion type act. Heavy on the improvisation

"As prophets as the one and only, we now bestow on thee: The Sacred Prophecy" --The Zealots of The Grandmaster

Debut album out now!
https://vyd.co/Grandmaster

Sounds like jazzy folk-rock for an early seventies renaissance faire.

Steve Jansen’s next release is a reinterpretation of the more ambient and orchestral elements of ‘Tender Extinction’. Not a remix by any means, some familiar passages are woven together with additional pieces to create a suite of instrumentals lasting over 55 minutes as one single track. - follow here to be notified when it comes out.

Jansen contributed to albums by Annie Lennox, Perry Blake, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Anja Garbarek, and numerous other artists. In 2005, Jansen, Sylvian, and Burnt Friedman formed a collaborative project called Nine Horses, which released two albums and an EP on Sylvian's Samadhisound label between 2005 and 2007. The same label also released Jansen's debut solo album, Slope, in 2007. Jansen collaborated with Steve D'Agostino and John Foxx for an ambient album called A Secret Life, released by Foxx's Metamatic label in 2009. Jansen has released several instrumental pieces (often composed as soundtracks to visual exhibitions and installations) as digital singles, with plans for a second solo album. In 2015, Kscope Records began reissuing long out of print Jansen/Barbieri titles, starting with Lumen (a recording of the duo's only live performance, from 1996) and the 1995 studio album Stone to Flesh. In 2016, Jansen released his second solo LP, Tender Extinction, followed in 2017 by an ambient and orchestral reinterpretation of the release, titled Extinct Suite.

Songs, riffs, collaborations, and some covers. 

Most of the artwork is not mine. I just think it looks cool.

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