New album : «Metaswing»
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    « An unconventional electronica, ingenious and enlightened, alternatly frenetic and fearless; an end of the world music with an insane rythmic : the Metaswing ! »
    Dmute.

    « Breaks follow each other endlessly and ryhtmics superimpose in countless layers. It’s beautiful, rich and never conventional. »
    Forces Parallèles.

    « Avant-garde LP that deserves to be included in the Warp Records catalog. »
    M-la-music.



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    My track La voix de l’empereur has been selected over more than 600 submissions by Electronic Musician and Indaba Music for their second mixtape. Thanks to them for their craze and to their respective community for all their nice comments !

    « Mixtapes are produced everyday, but there are none quite like the Indaba Music sourced, Prime Loops furnished, Electronic Musician Mixtape Volume 2. Indaba Music and Electronic Musician launched an effort last year to crowd-source several compilations of high quality music. Now in its second installment, the talent behind these works of art continues to astonish. Over 650 musicians submitted samples of their music, 10 of whom made the cut. The result is a compilation of home-brewed music that spans a range of influence and breaks genre barriers. » EM


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    ” Quand j’ai appris la sortie du nouvel album de SYL KOUGAÏ, j’ai chanté « Saint Stephen » en dansant la mazurka (ce qui est un peu acrobatique). Pensez donc, celui que mon cœur a élu meilleur rookie de l’année 2007 qui refait surface après un silence radio de trois ans, ça vaut bien quelques claquements de sandalettes. Le nouveau venu s’appelle Metaswing, et le moins que l’on puisse dire, c’est que le papa peut être fier de son beau bébé.

    Ceux qui suivent l’artiste depuis La Fille verte seront peut-être surpris de sa nouvelle orientation. Metaswing est un disque ardu, exigeant, aussi rétif au dressage qu’un furet mal luné (métaphore assumée). Mais une fois l’animal dompté, quel plaisir pour les oreilles ! SYL KOUGAÏ nous offre un tour d’horizon des derniers développements de l’électro expérimentale en cinquante minutes bien pesées ; il faut admirer l’exploit.

    Ça démarre sur les chapeaux de roue avec « Atoll Mécanique Swing », sur lequel plane l’ombre de Monsieur JAMES. Les breaks se succèdent à n’en plus finir et les rythmiques se superposent dans des couches innombrables. C’est beau, riche et jamais convenu. SYL KOUGAÏ se rêve artisan horloger plutôt que grand capitaine d’industrie : Metaswing recèle une finesse de composition remarquable et se plaît dans l’évocation de l’infiniment petit.

    On ne peut que regretter les longueurs de « Speaking with Metamachine », qui s’étire sur treize minutes foisonnantes bien qu’un peu indigestes. Rien à voir avec « Ghost in the Metamachine », l’autre mastodonte de l’album. Ici, quelques petites touches d’Ambient viennent aérer l’enchaînement des boucles synthétiques ; le chaos technologique est relevé d’une nuance d’émotion.

    Les morceaux plus courts ne sont pas en reste. « Cocolyte Mécanique » (titre génial !) joue avec les résonnances et les accélérations brusques ; on croirait entendre une myriade d’insectes enfermée dans un bocal. « Le Vol de l’écorcheur » est un chef-d’œuvre de travail sur les basses, entre autre chose. Les rythmiques résonnent comme la pluie sur de la tôle ondulée. Le temps est à l’orage, l’atmosphère à la menace.

    Après un album pareil, je me demande comment SYL KOUGAÏ peut rester sans label fixe. Si le Montpelliérain semble très bien se débrouiller tout seul, je suis convaincu que la plupart des labels d’électro gagnerait à collaborer avec lui. A noter qu’une édition CD est sortie au début du mois de décembre, et que Metaswing sur une bonne chaîne hifi, ça tue tout. ”

    Reviewed by SASKATCHEWAN for Forces Parallèles.

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    This is Christmas and this is the time to give presents !
    So, I offer my digital EP Green Live Tracks to those of you who buy a limited CD edition of my album Metaswing.
    This gift is available until 9th january.

    I wish you a merry Christmas !

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    Included in this release:
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    • Immediate download of 6 tracks album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or any other format you like.
    • A PDF booklet with the album artworks.
    • A code to download «Green Live Tracks» 4 tracks EP available until 9th january.

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    The limited CD edition of my new album Metaswing has just arrived, however all the copies have been pre-ordered !
    A big thank you for your enthusiasm !

    So that nobody is outdone, 100 new copies should arrive this weekend. You can order your copy today.
    The digital version in the format of your choice (mp3, FLAC, …) is included and immediately available with purchase of this edition.



    ” An unconventional electronica, ingenious and enlightened, alternatly frenetic and fearless; an end of the world music with an insane rythmic : the Metaswing ! “
    Dmute.

    ” Avant-garde LP that deserves to be included in the Warp Records catalog. “
    M-la-music.


    Listen
    BUY limited CD edition

    Included in this release:
    • A 6 tracks CD album with cardboard sleeve.
    • Immediate download of 6 tracks album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or any other format you like.
    • A PDF booklet with the album artworks.


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    A CD edition limited to 50 copies of my new album Metaswing will be released on December 6th !
    The digital version in the format of your choice (mp3, FLAC…) is included and immediately available with the purchase of this edition.
    You can pre-order a copy from now on.


    ” An unconventional electronica, ingenious and enlightened, alternatly frenetic and fearless; an end of the world music with an insane rythmic : the Metaswing ! “
    Dmute.

    ” Avant-garde LP that deserves to be included in the Warp Records catalog. “
    M-la-music.


    Listen
    BUY limited CD edition

    Included in this release:
    • A 6 tracks CD album, shipping around 06 December 2010, edition of 50.
    • Immediate download of 6 tracks album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or any other format you like.
    • A PDF booklet with the album artworks.


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    I have just made a remix for Gonjasufi from Warp records to take part in their remix competition. The track is called ‘Candilane’ from the album ‘A Sufi and A Killer’.
    My remix is indeed a complete new composition with some samples from the original a-cappella and inspired from the music of Gonjasufi.

    Competition closes 1st November 2010 – Gonjasufi and Warp Records will pick the winner shortly after.

    So I’m pleased to call for YOUR VOTE !!!

    Vote for Syl Kougaï’s Gonjasufi Remix

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    Machine is a unique compilation album and collaborative effort, produced by the Elektron-Users community.

    Machine – a single word and concept that has guided the imagination of electronic musicians for decades: one word that has captured the attention of electronic music makers, from the early pioneers to the electronic luminaries of today. As relevant as ever, we have chosen this concept to provide a starting point for the Machine compilation album. The compilation seeks to investigate various aspects of this term, and bring some new interpretations to the table.

    The album consists of 15 magical tracks of contemporary electronic music, crafted by artists from all corners of the world. The tracks and artists are united by the Machine concept, and the loud and proud use of Elektron musical instruments. The love of Elektron instruments has been a primary inspiration behind the album, and what united us in the first place.

    All proceeds from the album will go to the World Wildlife Foundation.

    The Machine Project

    Machine compilation

    ” Montpellier, scorcher. While in the heat of the day, the golden youth is cooing and having an easy time of it, the impetuous Syl Kougaï is defying the elements in his laboratory and giving the «power» to his machines. Frankly impossible to know where the human is on this disc. What we hear comes from elsewhere : growlings of a tortured processor, moanings of a mutilated laptop, panting bleeps and groanings of an oscillator in distress.
    An unconventional electronica, ingenious and enlightened, alternatly frenetic and fearless; an end of the world music with an insane rythmic : the Metaswing !

    Here is a special disc, pressurized and disorientating, which is visited like Dr. Frankenstein’s library – huge volumes and yet no empty space. During this turbulent ride, between chilling hallucinations and fits of claustrophobia poorly contained, we have, every minute of listening that goes by, the strange sensation of losing bits of reason. Even so it is not disturbing, as if under a spell or a highly concentraded synthetic drug.
    Clearly, this composite and haunted album could easily make you freak out, and yet it looks like one of those old friends returning from a long journey, the mind badly cleared, fogged with a bunch of tall tales that we listen to anxious but captivated.

    Still as uncompromising in his artistic choices, this lover of complex harmonies and wild sonorities has developped an amazing sense of space and movement. A virtuouso quality already foreshadowed on La fille verte, his previous album, he has pushed much further.

    It is, by the way, in this very technical approach that one could find the limits of a project, indeed upscale, but which by its experimental and erudite nature, might well dump on the way some unprepared listeners. Let’s say that to appreciate the true value of this record, we must see, more than a IDM lecture, the celebration of a succesful experiment, even a won battle : the final fusion of a man with his machines. With, under the sonic explosion of this Metaswing, true act of a glitch tamer, this filigreed question : Who really controlled who in there?
    Him? Them? The mystery remains… ”


    Reviewed by Yvan for Dmute.

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    • A PDF booklet with the album artworks.


    Machine is a unique compilation album and collaborative effort, produced in its entirety by the elektron-users.com community.
    Coming soon !


    ” This compilation was initiated by the love for Elektron music machines: the Machinedrum, the Monomachine and the Sidstation. These electronic instruments have built up a following of avid users that value their abilities. We think these machines are unique vehicles for carrying the culture and heritage of electronic music through their use of grid- based sequencers, creative qualities and man-machine potential and we regard them as cross-cultural, genre-defying machines for generating motion and emotion. These machines inspire us. “

    www.machine-project.com


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