DELPHINE DORA - HYMNES APOPHATIQUES
morc 86 - cd

track listing:
 1. L'espace transcendant
 2. La plénitude des signes
 3. S'extraire de l'abîme
 4. Ritournelle scolastique #1
 5. Athanor
 6. Mystère indicible
 7. Ritournelle scolastisque #2
 8. Allégresse
 9. L'immuable sous-jacent
10. La table d'émeraude
11. L'abîme qui les sépare
12. Kaïros
13. Eon
14. L'esprit vide
15. Opus Divinum
16. Immobilité
17. Saisir l'éternité dans le temps

released may 4th 2022
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During the summer of 2021, Delphine was invited for a residency at the church of St Saphorin (Switzerland), on the occasion of the Jolie Vue Festival. Having the opportunity  to fully explore the organ the days before the actual festival, Delphine improvised a long, long series of tracks, of which you’ll find a small selection on ‘hymnes apophatiques’.

She’s definitely full of respect for the organ, at some moments diving deep in the sound traditionally associated with this rich instrument – the one you’ll recognize from the hours spent in church as a kid. However, at many moments throughout the album the sound is more playful than we’re used to. It’s a fearless approach. The fact that she dares to intervene with her voice quite often really makes her recordings stand out from those of many other artists who have been experimenting with a church organ lately: she definitely has a high regards for the tradition of the organ, but refuses to bow. She’s in charge, not the instrument itself. This way, Delphine manages to bend the sound completely her way.
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It’s an enthralling listen, that not only takes you along all the possibilities of the instrument, but also through Delphine’s entire musical path. And that’s quite a journey.

The album comes in a full colour, mini-lp style sleeve, with screenprinted inners.