Le parfum du raki

by Benjamin Lew

Le parfum du raki cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1993
  • Label: Crammed Discs
  • Country: Belgium
  • Length: 49:41
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Le parfum du raki' is a deeply mysterious and soothing solo venture by the Belgian synthesizer pioneer. The album merges delicate, neoclassical electronic textures with subtly exotic acoustic instrumentation, evoking a mellow, nocturnal atmosphere that feels both timeless and geographically ambiguous.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, repetitive, experimental, ambient, avant-garde, atmospheric, minimal

Tracklist

  1. Les versants d'un coteau (4:27)
  2. Ce qu'elle voulait que j'entende (3:19)
  3. Et tout est parti de la (3:35)
  4. Ces personnages (3:07)
  5. Le sentiment de la couleur (4:02)
  6. Le visage sale par l'écume (4:08)
  7. La magnifique alcoolique (3:27)
  8. Le parfum du raki (2:57)
  9. Que de moments d'alerte (3:51)
  10. Le sol noir des faubourgs marchands (3:09)
  11. Le personnage principal est un peuple isole (3:58)
  12. Sebkha (3:15)
  13. Un mal sourd (2:57)
  14. Regardez encore (3:23)

Credits

  • Benjamin Lew - primary artist, composed by, performer, illustration
  • Claude Stassart - artwork
  • Luc Van Lieshout - brass, harmonica
  • Michel Berckmans - cor anglais, bassoon
  • Peter Principle - guitar [guitars], bass
  • Denis Moulin - synth, bass, violin, sitar
  • Malka Spigel - voice
  • Renaud Pion - woodwind [woodwinds]
  • Alexandre Fostier - Mastered By
  • Gilles Martin - Sampler [Samples], Percussion, Synthesizer, Engineer, Producer

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