catalogue

DALIBERT, MELAINE

EDEN, FALL (ICI D'AILLEURS)

DALIBERT, MELAINE - EDEN, FALL 164888
format:
1 CD
release:
05.07.2024
label:
ICI D'AILLEURS
item ID:
164888
barcode:
3521383489543
Melaine Dalibert is often portrayed as an impassioned advocate of rare and minimalist repertoires. Born in 1979, he is a pianist and composer dedicated to promoting contemporary music.

This dedication is evident in his involvement with Ensemble 0, his role as an educator at the Rennes Conservatory, and his work as a programmer for the Autres Mesures festival.

In addition to his performances, where he fearlessly explores both contemporary and classical piano repertoire - a realm he became familiar with during his studies at the Paris Conservatoire - Dalibert also pursues his own compositional endeavors.

His unique approach blends generative processes rooted in mathematical sequences with a sensitive understanding of instrumental expression.

His music, often daring in its stretching of time, exploits the resonant properties of the piano and challenges our subjective perception of time, akin to the styles of Morton Feldman, Brian Eno, or Ry?ichi Sakamoto.

It allows for both detached listening and invites engaged exploration, as listeners are enveloped in the subtle determinism of algorithmic patterns.

In three pieces with radically asymmetrical durations of Eden, Fall, Melaine Dalibert musically questions our relationship with time.

The album's construction draws a mischievous logic of existence by confronting it with its absurdity.

" Eden" opens the album, like an ecstatic spring, while "Fall" closes it with tension like an implacable autumn.

Between the two, "Jeu de vagues" becomes a solstice at the border of these two opposites.

For in Melaine Dalibert's music lies a sensitive intelligence of hope. So, when the last chord of "Fall" fades away, you immediately wants to plunge back into "Eden," and start all over again, as if this album were but an isolated sequence in an endless algorithm to which the composer returns after his previous album for the Mind Travels Series collection (Shimmering, Ici d'Ailleurs, 2022).

Dalibert has released over a dozen albums on labels such as Another Timbre (UK), Elsewhere Music (USA), Sub Rosa (BG), Flau (JP), and Ici d'Ailleurs (FR).

His compositions are performed by numerous pianists including Stéphane Ginsburgh, Vanessa Wagner, Nicolas Horvath, Ivan Ilic, and Célimène Daudet, and are regularly featured on international radio stations.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. EDEN
  • 1.2. JEU DE VAGUES
  • 1.3. FALL