A leading figure in French contemporary music since the late 80s, "Le Salon Noir" marks Jean-Philippe Goude's return to the forefront of the music scene, fifteen years after "Aux solitudes".

Jean-Philippe Goude's ninth album will be released on october 13th, fifteen years after Aux Solitudes, also released on the Ici d'ailleurs label.

Goude's music, which has long been purely instrumental, is familiar to many ears to have been the source of credits for numerous productions or to have constituted, especially on radio a sort of musical signature for many directors wishing to convey a discreetly dreamy or a restless mood in the dead of night.

Whether as a breath of fresh air or a simple transition between two soundscapes, these somewhat wild borrowings from the programmes in the course of a program do not do justice to their author.

Such is the fate of much instrumental music- known without being recognized, and classified in the latest record shops as unclassifiable.Also Le Salon noir marks a new stage in the work of Jean-Philippe Goude This album marks the culmination of an encounter with a voice, that of countertenor Paulin Bündgen.

The countertenor's tessitura has long interested the composer, who once worked with Gérard Lesne and Le Salon noir follows a commission by Paulin Bündgen for his own ensemble seven years ago - a work premiered at the Musée de Cluny in 2017, the album Hieros (Greek for " Sacred ") by Ensemble Céladon was released at the end of 2020 on the Fuga Libera label.

- Jean-Philippe Goude is a French composer and artistic director born in 1951. - He has won several awards during his career, including the SACEM prize in 1991 and the film music prize in 2003.

- Artistic Director of Renaud, with whom he worked on five albums, writing the instrumental theme for the song "Mistral Gagnant".

- Member of the groups Weidorje and Magma (Zeuhl - Prog Rock) during the 70s - As well as film music, Jean-Philippe Goude is also known for his many commercials scores: SFR, Société Générale, Chanel n°5, France inter, Yves Saint Laurent, Citroën, La poste...

2CD in 6-panel digipak with 8-page booklet!