Sauges - Pizza Soleil
Released: May 8 This newest album from French duo Sauges is a rather eclectic and wide spanning album with two essential components. The first and most apparent component is the cimbalom played by Jules Wysocki, which has a rather piano-like quality in its tone and melody. From the first two tracks, it makes its presence known powerfully, especially so starting in the second track, “Ritournelle.” It is bright and persistent in its playing, giving pause for small moments in which the synthetic textures are allowed to breath and play in the forefront. Speaking of which, the second component is those synthetic textures provided by Sig Valax using a combination of modular and more traditional analog synths. In this track, they play mostly a background role, but in later tracks they periodically overtake the cimbalom and delve the soundscape into a bit of chaos. Such chaos can be heard on a personal favorite, “Noisy Spring.” Valax’s modular proclivities take over and send things spiral...
