Soft Power
I created this musical project in 2018 with the idea of bringing together my experiences, my memories, my encounters and to feed my compositions. In addition to reorganizing my ideas, I have also reorganized my creative space by orienting myself towards tools and instruments that also represent my feelings.
And I'm talking about my studio because it's a central part of this album. This is where I went regularly for 3 years, once a week, to have a special time, time for exploration and introspection. The rules were not to think about the composition, on the contrary. Focusing on a single instrument, experimenting with different recording processes (even absurd, utopian, aberrant), using the cassettes of my recordings as a child, immersing myself in a modular synthesizer patch, developing a plugin, trying to play the guitar,…
Each session was an opportunity to discover things, to be amazed at the result of my trial and error, to let oneself be lulled by infinite sound loops. And record. All. All the time.
Tracklisting:
- Islandis
- Soft Power
- Mercredi Soir
- Composite
- A Question Of Landmarks
- La Dune
- Inspire
- Standing in The Field
- Hyperfocus
- Village
Memory Scale
Memory Scale is the project of Arnaud Castagné, from Bordeaux, France. Memory Scale is a cinematographic universe based on sound textures and synthetic melodies, mixing electronica and ambient to create a hybrid and contemplative pop.
Reviews
The Magic Window
I really enjoy when my email pings and Audiobulb have sent something and this is no exception. On the Bandcamp page for this release the artist talks about how he has set up his studio and how he has focussed on each instrument, it all sounds really personal and this comes through in buckets in the music. I'm certainly picturing him in the studio, late at night, creating, contemplating and immersing himself in the sound design of this fine work.
Here is the description from the release page "Memory Scale is the project of Arnaud Castagné, from Bordeaux, France. Memory Scale is a cinematographic universe based on sound textures and synthetic melodies, mixing electronica and ambient to create a hybrid and contemplative pop".
Another to lose yourself in.
Link to original review > HERE
Silence and Sound
Soft Power is the result of working over distance, made of precision and freedom, research and accidents, unpredictability and introspection.
Composed by Arnaud Castagné alias Memory Scale, Soft Power spreads out over time, an expanding world where the instruments used are exploited and sometimes diverted from their original sound to flourish inside constructions with moving serenity, driven by an inner energy of appeased beauty.
Memory Scale builds spaces where musicality seems to bounce on bubble wrap carpets, melodies stored in mille-feuille layers, traversed by suspended tablecloths and miniature sounds hidden between the cracks.
Soft Power is the reflection of a microscopic world teeming with scattered events and poetic swings, a mirror effect of stories buried in the depths of a memory with erased scars, a fantastic epic freed from all form of weightlessness. Magical.
Link to original review > HERE
Echo Room Memory Scale is the project of Arnaud Castagné, from Bordeaux, France. Memory Scale is a cinematographic universe based on sound textures and synthetic melodies, mixing electronica and ambient to create a hybrid and contemplative pop.
Link to original review > HERE
Martin WalkerSoft Power captivated me immediately for its stunningly different sounds, and its unusual compositional approach. A breath of fresh air!