My triple ' Collab ' album, w/ Anja Kreysing and Petrolio - is Out Now from Attenuation Circuit ( !! ) ( . . . ) . . .

It's dedicated to Julia Kristeva !! Please check here : - https://emerge.bandcamp.com/album/soleil-noir Plus a review about it, from Vital Weekly, follows below . . .

KREYSING & PETROLIO & RISTEVSKI - SOLEIL NOIR (CDR by Attenuation Circuit) I didn't know before, but now I do, that literary influences are important for Boban Ristevski, the electro-acoustic composer (words from the label). For his collaboration with Anja Kreysing (accordion, electronics) and Petrolio (synth, noises, machines), the title comes from a book by Julia Kristeva, "Bulgarian born French psychoanalyst". The book's subtitle is possibly very illuminating, and I don't need to translate it; "dépression et mélancolie". I heard from Kreysing before, also in collaborative spirit (Vital Weekly 1137), but not of Petrolio (not to be confused with the trio of the same name from Vital Weekly 743). I understand that the machines of Petrolio are computers. Still, he prefers them to be machines because he wants a more or less industrial sound. They want to "invoke the idea of the alienating grind of the machinery of everyday life under capitalism that gives ample reason for depression and melancholy". The cover has no clue how the music was made, but I would think (and actually for no good reason) that Kreysing and Petrolo deliver sound material for further use by Ristevski. In his recent work, he brought some extended ambient sound patterns, droning and humming. Still, he opts for a more traditional musique concrète sound for the five pieces here, with granular synthesis playing an important role. They are not exactly rolling down scales, like heavy glissandi, but indeed there is a mechanical repetition; crushed by the wheels of industry. And yet, the music isn't noise based, so in that respect, it is not easily put in the industrial corner. The music is dark and sad throughout, which fits the title, I guess. While the music holds no surprises, nothing new in many ways, I enjoyed it. It's moody and atmospheric yet also with a hint of light. This is precisely the dark ambience with a noise twist that I like. (FdW) - http://www.vitalweekly.net/1330.html ( . . . ) . . .