Mayol by Hifiklub & Scanner
This is Hifiklub's 7th album and comes as a collaboration with Robin Rimbaud - Scanner. The 44-minute piece is a collage of field recordings made during a rugby game at France's Toulon stadium, mixed with warped, droning guitars and electronics.
This recording features Hifiklub members Pascal Abbatucci Julien, Régis Laugier, Arnaud Maguet and Nico Morcillo. Describing the project as “on the borders of field recording and experimental music,” they detail the three phases of the project:
“March 1st 2014: Sounds...at Mayol stadium (Toulon) during a game of Top 14 Toulon vs Oyonnax (64-10), includes: breaths, noise spikes, echoing corridor, singing supporters, drafts, silent changing rooms, entrance melee, shocks between players, racing, crowd shouts or referee's instructions.
“April 2015: Seizing the noisy mass of the game’s second half, [Hifiklub & Scanner] superimpose a musical improvisation, free and indivisible.
“An alternative sound edit was done by Scanner from the initial field recordings.”
A second CD accompanies the album which features readings by Eric Mangion (artistic director), Jacques Serena (writer), Rudy Ricciotti (architect), Frank Micheletti (choreographer), Jean-Michel Bossini (composer) and André Herrero (rugby player), with montage, sound design and treatments by Scanner.
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Collaboration is an essential ingredient to this open band’s creative approach, forming a recurring theme in Hifiklub’s extensive discography and filmography. Based in Toulon, the hyperactive experimental rock collective offer a diverse ever-evolving catalogue that now boasts over 200 artist collaborations since they started in 2006.
Some of the artists that feature in Hifiklub’s kaleidoscopic discography: Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Alain Johannes (Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures), Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden), Iggor Cavalera (Sepultura), The Legendary Tigerman, Jad Fair, R. Stevie Moore, André Jaume, Mike Watt (Minutemen, The Stooges), Mike Cooper, Eugene Chadbourne, Charles Berling, Duke Garwood ou encore Roddy Bottum (Faith No More)…
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Tracklist
| 1. | Mayol (Exclusive edit) | 5:52 |
| 2. | Mayol | 44:16 |
| 3. | Eric Mangion | 4:52 |
| 4. | Jacques Serena | 5:16 |
| 5. | Frank Micheletti | 6:57 |
| 6. | Rudy Ricciotti | 3:39 |
| 7. | Jean-Michel Bossini | 7:31 |
| 8. | André Herrero | 2:15 |
Credits
Pascal Abbatucci Julien - drums & field recordings
Régis Laugier - bass & field recordings
Arnaud Maguet - field recordings
Nico Morcillo - guitar & field recordings
Scanner - electronics and keyboards
Luc Benito Nicolas & Faou - field recordings
Produced by Hifiklub & Scanner
Mixed by Scanner
Mastered by Sarah Register
Published by Editions Dargent
Music recorded by Olivier Cancellieri
Released in 2016 on Parallel Factory, France
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Robin Rimbaud - Scanner is an artist and composer working in London. Since 1991 he has been intensely active in sonic art, producing concerts, installations and recordings. His work has been presented throughout the United States, South America, Asia, Australia and Europe.