REFLET

TRACKLISTING


1 Glass Museum - Caillebotis
2 Glass M useum - Shiitake
3 Glass Museum - Ellipse
4 Glass Museum - Reflet
5 Gla ss Museum - Swimming Trees
6 Glass Museum - Auburn
7 Glass Museum - Opal S equences
8 Glass Museum - Kendama





INFO

< br>Belgian instrumentalists Glass Museum have found the perfect balance between piano and drums, where jazz and electronics collide, uniting the surgical precis ion of the best contemporary jazz, à la Gogo Penguin and Badbadnotgood, with the electronic influences of Jon Hopkins or Floating Points.

In motion s ince 2016, the duo consisting of keyboardist Antoine Flipo and drummer Martin Gr égoire, have a rich history written around a powerful connection to duality. Fro m the initial impact of the 'Deux' EP in 2018, to the synthetic and organic text ures of the critically acclaimed 2020 album 'Reykjavik', Glass Museum has found its balance in symmetry.

Released 29th April via the groove-obsessed Sdban Ultra label, 'Reflet' was born out of a desire for freedom, a wish to inno vate and travel differently. This new piece stands out as an artistic climax cra fted at the crossroads of time and genres, an electronic proposition wrought by two brave hearts, tempered by the organic reflections delivered through computer free melodies. An album which places the human at the core of its compositions and in order to return to a more instinctive and instantaneous means of creation , the duo retreated to a secret location in one of the most remote parts of the Ardennes. It's there, in the shade of spruces, that the album was first born.

Extremely cinematographic, 'Reflet' delivers a panoramic view point: ja zz, breakbeat, minimal techno and deep house, collide on neo classical grounds. From the dynamic instrumentation of album opener 'Caillebotis' to the absorbing oscillations of 'Shiitake' and grand gestures of the album title track, 'Reflet' is an odyssey running through troubled times, an ode to night time, to life, dr eams and to all rhythms that convey emotions beyond words. Like its immersive cr eative process, the album offers a counterpoint and, above all, endless perspect ives. Elsewhere, the pulsing, melodic 'Auburn' and entrancing electronic texture s of 'Opal Sequences' continue the exploration before the strutting 'Kendama' sh owcases the electronic sensibilities that are buried within their productions.
Shining as a true instrumental tour de force, 'Reflet' also takes insp iration from the progress of the Ohme Collective. At the crossroads of art disci plines, science, new technologies and societal challenges, this creative communi ty draws the future of visual arts and created the album artwork for this resolu tely futuristic album.