Discover The Electric Phantom. Fantasy worlds, different genres, I’ve created this universe and I mix music, design, French poetry, and video.
Being a phantom implies a privileged relationship with sleep and death, the “Twin Disasters”. According to Greek mythology, Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death) were twin brothers and children of Night and Erebus (darkness). Thanatos was the personification of death, and he was often portrayed carrying a dead soul to the underworld. Hypnos’s role was to …
12 different poems, 12 poets. Magical atmospheres, sometimes dark, bright, powerful, or soft. Poetic art (l’Art poétique) is fantastical. Baudelaire acknowledges that poetry can “ennoble manners” and raises “man above the level of vulgar interests.” I started to work on this album in 2020. The idea was to revive 12 poets and create 12 universes …
The Poets, Compilation of 12 Famous French Poems Read More »
One of the most thrilling poets of the 19th century, Charles Baudelaire was a fun phantom to be around, and relevant to listen to in our society. Although he’s still looking for alcohol and has melancholic thoughts. Baudelaire was deeply repelled by commercialism and stated that man is “naturally depraved.” Santé! (Cheers!) Baudelaire and the …
Baudelaire’s Phantom, And The Seduction Of Solitude Read More »
I met Gérard De Nerval’s phantom right before recording the video. Profound darkness, gothic style, I was shocked by his attitude, hat on the head, heavy clockwork sound. Was he Nerval or the reaper, the timekeeper? He told me how poverty-stricken and disoriented he was before committing suicide. He hung himself from the bar of …
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