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Roxane Métayer 
Vies Sylvestres

blickwinkel 16  21.11.2025  LP (inc.booklet)/Digital

blickwinkel welcomes Brussels-based artist Roxane Métayer to the label with her new album Vies Sylvestres, out on November 21 on vinyl and digital formats. The album was conceived and developed during performances and travels in Japan in 2023, where its sounds and ideas gradually came together.

Vies Sylvestres continues the direction of her previous release on Kraak, where Métayer built imagined narratives unfolding in forests or urban spaces inhabited by animal and plant characters. On this new album, however, the presence of these elements becomes more explicit and present. Field recordings are not solely used as backdrops but become compositions, complementing the instrumental works and expanding the album’s narrative into the realm of lived sound and place.

The listener encounters recordings of crickets and birds but we're also witnessing a scenery at a Buddhist temple. As such, combined with violin, electronics, and voice, Métayer explores the relationship between the natural environment and human culture. Her work bridges both worlds, showing how sound can connect different spaces and contexts

© Jelle Martens


Side A

1. Les arbres grincent pour se parler.
2. Temple bouddhiste Amidain, Ogimachi, île de Sado.
3. Les démons s'absentent.
4. Bulbul à oreillons bruns et autres oiseaux de l'île de Sado.

Side B

5. Kigi ga kotoba o kawasu tame karada o yusuri kishima seru. (version japonaise de Les arbres grincent pour se parler)
6. Fête du Daimyō Gyoretsu, Hakone.
7. Herbes argentées.
8. Criquets de Kurashiki.

Ces morceaux ont été joué au Japon en octobre 2023 dans les villes de Kyoto, Kurashiki, Kasai, Osaka, Nagoya, Kanuma, Niigata, et Tokyo. Les enregistrements sonores ont été effectués lors de cette tournée.

These tracks were performed in Japan in October 2023 in the cities of Kyoto, Kurashiki, Kasai, Osaka, Nagoya, Kanuma, Niigata, and Tokyo. The audio recordings were made during this tour.

これらの曲は、2023年10月に京都、倉敷、加西、大阪、名古屋、鹿沼、新潟、東京の各都市で日本公演で演奏されました。音源はこのツアー中に録音されました。

Composed, recorded and mixed by Roxane Métayer
Mastered by Stephan Mathieu
Artwork by Jelle Martens
Thanks to Tatsuya Inuikawa for the japanse translation.

2025
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