Label: K-RAA-K

日本ツアーも果たした注目作家の2025年作!!2021年3月にリリースしたデビュー作[Eclipse Des Ocelles]は2回再プレスされる程の超話題/人気作となり、その後50部限定で発表した傑作2nd[Paroles Cavernicoles]、3rd[Adage Vestige]、4th[Perl​ee De Seve]と、現在まで秀逸な個人録音を残しているフランスのヴァイオリニストRoxane Metayer。彼女の新たな試みである"歌"を軸とした2025年5月の発表LP作[Chenes]。約2~3年を掛けて作曲、森や街で繰り広げられる情景、また山を一人で歩く物語を歌い、架空の生物を模倣したというベルや笛、フルート、口琴、ハーモニカの浮遊演奏を重ねた、今までで最も不思議な感触の内容。ジャケットには彼女の友人フェンによるコラージュ画を使用。







Roxane Métayer's ode to nature in waxed form, with collage'd magical artforms by Fen Touchemoulin!

TOTEMIC MODULATIONS, UNEARTHED FROM WIND AND WORDS
"The album Chênes mainly brings together songs. These songs are narratives of scenes that unfold in the forest, or in the city but with animal and plant protagonists. One song also tells the story of a solitary walk in the mountains. They are like zoomed-in snapshots of the world of insects, amphibians, birds, and mammals. They are also celebrations of growing life, and the pleasure and joy it brings.

Composed over the course of about two or three years, it was a deliberate choice to bring them together for this album, even though they were not initially connected to one another. One of them is an exception and is more of a collection of vocalizations and cries without actual words, composed in a language incomprehensible to humans because it is nonverbal.

This collection of imitated chants and sung songs had to be illustrated by the collages of my friend Fen. Even though the stories describe real species and elements, they are indeed imagined tales. Her collages are, too. There’s also the violin that adds a wandering touch to the pieces, and other instruments that shape the environment and setting of these stories. Bells, bird calls, whistles, flutes, jaw harp, harmonica — all imitate more or less imaginary species. Each has its role and its life, down to the horsehair of the bow that rubs the strings of my violin to bring forth the sound.

'Chênes' is a title that pays homage to trees I love so much, though without preference over others. They have embodied several giants that I’ve often come across, greeted, and embraced" ~ Roxane Métayer