tympan's first release, the ‘Indicateur’ EP, features music from Sara Lehad, Charles Wesley and Schloss Mirabell. 

"001" from Sara Lehad is an enveloping, dark resonant space. Its whining momentum rises above a growling, patient soundscape. 

All digital files are now available on our Bandcamp page. Vinyls (25 copies, to buy from bc too) will arrive early 2022.

Photography by Joséphine Michel. 
Graphic design by Léa Auvray.

Indicateur

Sara Lehad - 001

tympan's second effort is from artist and composer Charles Wesley. 'Sculpted air' is made out of vocal samples, digital clips aiming at making intimate spaces resonate. 

"Lung Flutter" is one of the tracks on this EP and wraps it up with pullulating vocals, a light melody and industrial sounding agitation. Even though ambiguous states and shifts occur during the whole track and it is non-stop on the edge of getting out of tune or focus - with perhaps the most intense sense of wonder on the record - it's a sweet song, playful, tainted with melancholy, fluttering enchanted tones in the air.

You can listen to 'Sculpted air' on Bandcamp and pre-order vinyl copies, which hopefully will be available in March 2022.

Sculpted air

Charles Wesley - Lung Flutter

part of the Serotonin Recapture EP, head to full release : https://tympan.bandcamp.com/album/charles-wesley-serotonin-recapture

Keen on dramatic twists, Serotonin Recapture encapsulates a vitality, based on a luminous, digitally produced and altered polyrhythmic palette of sounds.   
The lighthearted, with a dry sense of humor, ’Tention Tu Vas T’Envoler ! (« Careful you’re going to fly away ! ») quotes someone who screamed at Charles from a car while he was walking down a street. Say his steps were not weighty enough for a "boy". In fact, Charles might as well fly away - from gender stiffed norms, and create a poetic and grimacing response to this stranger. Racing to different cadences, rushing through quirky calls, the track travels the stereophonic image with sonic strokes, multicolored synthesized waves sparsely pinching the ears. 

SEROTONIN is a more powerful, high UV take with the same audio sources processed to capture the radiating pleasure of serotonin's activity affecting the brain - and the body - which is also translated by a soft and palpable vocal presence. 

About to Switch concludes the EP with a warmer ambiance, broken beats, and spoken words from Charles himself. High-pitched and volatile, his voice propels hopeful semantics around the theme of continuum and change, over a variety of percussion. 

Through meticulous audio gestures and artefacts - while still letting space for accidents to happen, Serotonin Recapture works on scales that could affect one's perception ; and the spark, bounce or scratch could even by then flash one's smile.

Charles Wesley - About To Switch

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