MUSIQUE DE NUIT CD | LP | DIGITAL


LP Thick glossy covers + thick glossy printed inner sleeves, 180g vinyl, free mp3 download code. 150 pieces on black/blue vinyl a/b effect + black haze, 350 pieces on black vinyl. CD thick glossy cardboard covers + thick glossy printed cardboard inner sleeves.


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You can listen to three songs of MUSIQUE DE NUIT below and check out DEMAIN C'ETAIT HIER and MUSIQUE DU CREPUSCULE LP further below!




Les Fragments de la Nuit is a blossoming band created in 2005 by Ombeline Chardes (violin) and Michel Villar (piano), score composers for film. In order to play their pieces on stage, they decided to set up a quintet made up of three violins, a cello and a piano. Their first two albums released in 2008 (Musique Du Crépuscule) and 2010 (Demain C'etait Hier), have been greeted with great fervor, and have fascinated audiences in festivals such as the prestigious Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig (DE), Summer Darkness in Utrecht (NL) or Denovali Swingfest in Essen (DE). With their music, which ranges from tragic to epic and atmospheric, Les Fragments de la Nuit crossed musical borders.

The French ensemble have kept faithful to their trademark style, in which pulsing piano chords set the pace for the string-work woven by the cellist and the three violinists, haunted by female choirs that surface on occasion. MUSIQUE DE NUIT features newly recorded tracks from the early days as well as brand new pieces. Variety is testimony to the band's ability to take Contemporary Classical music beyond its typical standards, by adding to this genre other stylistic references, some common to Post-Rock, Pop or even Metal, and thus bringing together elements that recall the works of composers like STEVE REICH, PHILIPP GLASS or ARVO PÄRT with those of formations such as GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR, BALANESCU QUARTET or even the sinister cult-band MAGMA.

In Fall 2011 Les Fragments De La Nuit's music was chosen for part of the official trailer for the movie WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (feat. TILDA SWINTON).








DEMAIN C'ETAIT HIER LP

Finally available on vinyl! Thick glossy covers and thick glossy printed inner sleeves. Available vinyl colors: yellow/dark blue side a/side b effect (100, no repress!), black (200, no repress!)


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You can listen to three songs of DEMAIN C'ETAIT HIER below. You can also listen to songs of the still available MUSIQUE DU CREPUSCULE LP further below!




Les Fragments de la Nuit return with their new album! "Demain, c'était Hier" perpetuates their timeless musical quest, blending the radiance of the stars with the dark forces that lurk in the Night.

The French ensemble have kept faithful to their trademark style, in which pulsing piano chords set the pace for the string-work woven by the cellist and the three violinists, haunted by female choirs that surface on occasion. Yet, contrary to its predecessor, which mostly gathered pieces composed over the years, "Demain, c'était Hier" was devised as a complete opus, giving way to longer and more elaborate compositions.

Although challenging in its complexity, "Demain, cétait Hier" is nevertheless immediately engaging, building a vibrant soundtrack to a tale of mystery and suspense. The album holds quiet, melancholy-driven moments - such as those found on Teletemps or Cyrius B, emphasized by beautiful violin solos, or the title track's slow motion waltz - that flow into stirring, violent passages on tracks like Lunistice or Des Restes Vivaces. Halfway through the record, Allegra Aeternae offers an epic crescendo, complete with choir, percussion and French horn, immediately preceding the eerie Marche Nocturne with its wickedly ceremonial atmosphere. Such variety is testimony to the band's ability to take Contemporary / Neo-Classical music beyond its typical standards, by adding to this genre other stylistic references, some common to Post-Rock, Pop or even Metal, and thus bringing together elements that recall the works of composers like Steve Reich, Philip Glass or Arvo Pärt with those of formations such as Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Balanescu Quartet or even the sinister cult-band Magma. "Demain, cétait Hier" discloses a unique musical universe that takes form in an overpowering nocturnal masterpiece.








MUSIQUE DU CREPUSCULE LP

OUT NOW! Available vinyl colors: clear yellow w/ brown haze (150, no repress!), black (350)

Heavy covers + heavy printed inner sleeves

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Les Fragments de la Nuit is a blossoming band created in 2005 by Michel Villar (piano) and Ombeline Chardes (violin), score composers for film. In order to play their pieces on stage, they decided to set up a quintet made up of three violins, a cello and a piano. Their music, ranging from tragic to epic and atmospheric was greeted by audiences with unexpected enthusiasm. Some see in it the influence of repetitive music composers such as Philip Glass or Steve Reich, others the melancholic emotion found in the works of Arvö Part or Canadians Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Encouraged by such fervour, Fragments de la Nuit have played their music to a growing number of passionate spectators, keeping in mind their motto: «Our music is poetry in which words are notes, a memory in which images are dreams».


You can listen to five songs of the album below

or download four here!