Puce Moment
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2-LP / Desire Records / 2013
Limited edition of 500 copies gatefold sleeve – 24’’ x 12’’ professionally printed poster – white vinyl - download card.
Kenneth Anger may not necessarily be the name that will come to mind
when listening for the first time - distracted, confused, disoriented -
to Puce Moment’s debut album. Yet it is the only one that will seem
relevant upon second listen -narcotic, infernal, fascinating. Puce
Moment does not only borrow a title (of his eighth short film, made in
1949) from the baron noir of experi¬mental cinema . Ghostly wanderings,
satanic Masses, mystical romances, mechanical hell : eve¬rything in the
duo from Lille (France) and their album in form of an invocation to
ancient Sybarites authorities refers to the Californian filmmaker’s
obsessions.
Launched in 2006 by Nicolas Devos and Penelope Michel , along with
their project Cercueil (responsible for three albums particularly
noteworthy), Puce Moment has so far existed mainly on stage, diluted
over time (a handful of concerts only) and image ( projections,
performances or contemporary dance pieces). Ice, dust and blinding
flashes of white light: Puce Moment had the scene, the soul and backbone
were only missing. This will be achieved in 2012. Isolated in a cabin,
the duo composed and recorded nine songs that make up their first album,
between spectral marauding («Moonoom») and drone wizards («Legacy»),
resurrecting old ghosts («Video Dada» single title survivor of their
invisible past) , revealing the first images of a future draped in
chrome («L’ombre», composed for choreographer Christian Rizzo’s new
project ).
Mastered by Joe Lambert (Animal Collective, Young Magic, Dirty
Projectors), Puce Moment is both the sum of a singular journey, fueled
by forays into dance and cinema - a confirmation of their simply unreal
abilities - and the beginning of a long and disturbing procession. Their
next step will be the stage for which the group is preparing a set
modeled after their music: blazing, poisonous, untouchable, but always
human.
Lelo J. Batista
