{"product_id":"hypno5e-trame-noire-falmer-edition-12","title":"Hypno5e \"Trame Noire\" Falmer Edition 12\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSince forming in the south of France in 2003, Hypno5e have made a distinct, indelible mark on the progressive scene. Their self-styled ‘cinematic metal’ mixes heavy music, the avant-garde, post-rock, immersive samples and Latin American influences across widescreen songs. On their much-anticipated seventh album, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrame Noire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, they continue their unique journey, while also throwing in new ideas ready to excite longtime fans and newcomers alike.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe follow-up to the immense conceptual duology of \u003cem\u003eA Distant (Dark) Source\u003c\/em\u003e (2019) and \u003cem\u003eSheol\u003c\/em\u003e (2023), \u003cem\u003eTrame Noire\u003c\/em\u003e is named after the French term for ‘dark infrastructure’: urban architecture designed to preserve the blackness of the night for nocturnal species. It tells the story of a protagonist who confronts his trauma over the course of one night, as every insect, every flap of a wing and every change in temperature brings back long-buried memories.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The main concept of this album is something I discovered on the island of La Réunion,”\u003c\/em\u003e explains singer, guitarist, conceptual mastermind and visual director Emmanuel Jessua. \u003cem\u003e“At an observatory, I met this scientist who was studying trame noire. The story is almost a detail; what I like about trame noire is how you have this constant metamorphosis, so small things like a change in light or a pulse or the movement of a leaf tell something to the character.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAfter debuting with 2007’s \u003cem\u003eDes deux l’une est l’autre\u003c\/em\u003e, Hypno5e won widespread acclaim with 2012’s \u003cem\u003eAcid Mist Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e and 2016’s \u003cem\u003eShores of the Abstract Line\u003c\/em\u003e, which perfected their vast and textured approach. The soundtrack to 2018’s \u003cem\u003eAlba – Les ombre errantes\u003c\/em\u003e exposed their acoustic side, before \u003cem\u003eA Distant (Dark) Source\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSheol\u003c\/em\u003e carried their vision even further, the latter even featuring a sweeping string section.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn contrast to almost every other one of their albums, which last for more than an hour, \u003cem\u003eTrame Noire\u003c\/em\u003e clocks in at a svelte 39 minutes. But, it’s no less cinematic for it. The songs run like an uncut thread, seamlessly shifting between atmospheric wonder and ferocious payoffs.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eOpener ‘Lost Fires’ rises from lonely keys to a section driven by Jessua’s lush vocals, followed by hulking guitars. ‘Falmer’ offers some of the sweetest and hardest moments of Hypno5e’s career: a hypnotic detour evokes the prime of Pink Floyd, then crashes into a metallic thunder that sounds like Gojira gone black metal. ‘Molecular Angel’ channels old-school prog, drums clamouring beneath gorgeous singing and ambient instruments, and ‘Bare Bones’ is a guitar-powered attack, incorporating wild leads and hammering thuds. The 10-minute title track is a suitably dynamic finale, but it remains consistent in its utter, bittersweet beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs well as condensing their grandeur into their shortest run-time to date, the band limited their use of samples (reflecting the lyrics’ focus on one voice and one character) and employed a warmer style of production, influenced by the masterpieces of 70s psychedelic rock. Even the artwork – painted by Emmanuel’s father, co-lyricist and frequent collaborator Thierry Jessua – is a decades-old, unrefined sketch, unlike the meticulously honed pieces seen on past covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“This album, I told myself, ‘Let’s try new things!’”\u003c\/em\u003e says Emmanuel. \u003cem\u003e“We did it with \u003c\/em\u003eAlba\u003cem\u003e, the acoustic album, and that’s one of the albums that people like the most. I want to have a new language, a new way of telling the story, to tell it differently on each album.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe evolution also reflects the fact that \u003cem\u003eTrame Noire\u003c\/em\u003e was the first album to be made from start to finish with Hypno5e’s current lineup, rounded out by co-guitarist Jonathan Maurois, bassist Charles Villanueva and drummer Pierre Rettien.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The new lineup brings different atmospheres,”\u003c\/em\u003e Emmanuel continues. \u003cem\u003e“It doesn’t mean that Hypno5e is going to be this way forever now, but I think there was a more direct and free way of composing. Everybody had more of a say on the decisions and the structures we put on the album.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrame Noire\u003c\/em\u003e is another bold statement in a career defined by non-conformity. Shorter, warmer and presented in a totally different way to previous works, it ensures that Hypno5e remain one of one, even after more than two decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFOR FANS OF\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eGojira, Opeth, Periphery, Between The Buried And Me, Ihsahn, Karnivool, Vola, Agalloch, Steven Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hypno5e","offers":[{"title":"Falmer edition","offer_id":67965077422140,"sku":"788246","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White","offer_id":67965077454908,"sku":"788253","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0267\/8122\/0924\/files\/1d3149206c39b46697774e04dcea9c28.png?v=1794402188","url":"https:\/\/www.indiemerchstore.com\/products\/hypno5e-trame-noire-falmer-edition-12","provider":"IndieMerchstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}