Duel, by Fiasco

Duel

by Fiasco

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1.	Hold On 04:19	buy track
2.	Soft End 05:28	buy track
3.	The Missing Part 04:16	buy track
4.	Duel 05:25	buy track
5.	Mirage 01:44	buy track
6.	Spring Thorns 03:09	buy track

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composed and recorded by Fiasco
mix & sleeve design by Xavier Ridel
mastered by Baptiste Leroy

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(FR)

2018 : alors que l’hiver bat son plein, Sarah, Xavier, Jean et Thibault louent un endroit pour se réchauffer et jouer de la musique. Ils n’ont absolument aucune idée de ce qui va ressortir de tout ça, et ils se mettent simplement à composer quelques chansons, histoire de tromper le froid et l’ennui.

La première chanson qui naît de ces sessions s’appelle B(l)ack. Au croisement de la cold/new wave, de la bedroom pop et d’une pop quasi mainstream, le morceau est construit à partir d’un simple riff ; et il parle de souvenirs d’enfance, de fêtes tristes et d’amours mortes. Il sort en novembre avec une face B pleine de nostalgie et d’autotune : Dancing Days. Sur la pochette, un canard s’apprête à prendre son envol, « parce que les canards sont beaux et maladroits à la fois ».

Et puis il y aura les six morceaux qui composent Duel. Convoquant un grand nombre d’influences différentes, les chansons oscillent entre la voix de Sarah et celle de Xavier, entre plages ambient, rythmes dansants et guitares qui hésitent entre colère et mélancolie. Composés à partir d’une mélodie à la guitare, de la basse de Thibault ou de morceaux apportés par les deux chanteurs, les titres sont tous assez difficiles à classer, et chacun recèle une profondeur, une ambiance différente.

En été 2018, alors que tout le monde part en vacances, Xavier s’enferme dans son appartement parisien et mixe l’ensemble à partir de son macbook. Il tombera dans le même temps sur la peinture d’un Suédois Carl Fredrik Hill - tristement méconnu selon ses propres mots. L’oeuvre s’intitule The Last Human Beings et elle finira par orner la pochette de Duel.

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During winter 2018, Sarah, Xavier, Jean and Thibault decided to rent a room to stay warm and to overcome their boredom.

The first song which came out of their sessions was B(l)ack. Stuck somewhere between coldwave and pop, this song dealt with childhood, sad parties and dead loves. It was released with Dancing Days in October 2018.

Then came the six tracks which compose Duel. With many different inspirations, this release oscillates between Sarah and Xavier’s voices, ambient waves and dancing rhythms. Sometimes filled with melancholy, sometimes with anger - most of the times with both of these feelings - the 6 tracks which compose "Duel" explore different ambiances.

Mirage may seem to be a simple instrumental songs, but you can actually hear background conversations recorded between two songs during a night session at the studio. It’s actually an argument which happened to be very awkward, especially when Fiasco listened to it.

During summer 2018, while everyone went on vacations, Xavier mixed everything in is Parisian apartment. This is when he discovered a painting made by Carl Fredrik Hill, a Swedish painter that is « sadly unknown ». Untitled The Last Human Beings, it was meant to be the cover of Duel.

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released May 24, 2019

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