Totally maboul

Just found that on youtube, this short is series of animated loops programmed by Jim Ellis under a highly haunting track composed by Aksak Maboul.
The track itself, "Scratch holiday" 1986, sounds like a vinyl loop lost into a reverb scape, surrounded by eerie voices and layers that are slightly detuned. Simply delicious. We can easily say this obscure belgian band was at the avant-garde of an ambiant experimental post-rock scene.

To be convinced, just listen to this "Modern lesson", 1979:

Aksak Maboul is also notable for being the project of Marc Hollander, who will found the unfamous label Crammed Disc in 1980.
Crammed was undoubtfully quite a creative label working the underground electro new-wave scene, releasing artists such as Tuxedomoon, Minimal compact, Karen Finley, Colin Newman, Hector Zazou or the Freezone ambiant compilation in the 90's.

Empire

This downtempo piece begin on a low pitched detuned guitar sampled from a vinyle full of cracks. Old and unwanted 1 euro vinyle in second-hand music stores are still a good option to find an intro or two where some sound loops are useable.

I then played the xylophone synth over it, following a kind of ritual and hypnotic ambiance. One reason is that the track was inspired from a visit in the Khmer outstanding temples of Angkor Wat.
The monk's dawn chant rising in the second part of the track has been recorded there.

Kobal spien

Clones society

LES MULTIPLES / LE PILOTE

A piece of electro composed for the apocalyptic ending sequence of the animated film "Les multiples" (2003).

This 13 min satyric picture was directed by Julien David and Julien Legoupil and draw an exciting, trashy and visionnary criticism of reality shows, TV production, and fame that attracts people.

I was also in charge of the whole sound design process, voice recording, edit, sound effects and mix.
View the film here (no english sub though).

Synopsis:

In a middle class French town, middle-class guys Promotéo and l'Unique-unique have built a new business: the Developping Notoriety Agency (DNA).
Cloning has become an everyday activity, therefore DNA proposes to the population, a clean, fast and industrial cloning as to multiply as much as possible the access to Fame.

This is an electro track I composed for the ending sequence:
Vision of prachan