ALEXANDRE VARLET Soleil Noir, by Alexandre Varlet

ALEXANDRE VARLET Soleil Noir

by Alexandre Varlet

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1.	Soleil noir 02:29	buy track
2.	La fêlure 03:49	buy track
3.	Tunnel 1 02:05	buy track
4.	De l'indulgence avec toi 03:29	buy track
5.	Andalousia 02:43	buy track
6.	Ressusciter 03:44	buy track
7.	Want me to Dance 04:48	buy track
8.	Feu follet 02:27	buy track
9.	Lune 03:41	buy track
10.	Mont Ventoux 02:01	buy track
11.	St Tropez 01:36	buy track

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Critical acclaim and lack of sales success: it is both a blessing and a curse. Had singer-songwriter Alexandre Varlet not been dropped by two record labels at the start of his career, he would have probably never come up with an album as uncompromising and extraordinary as Soleil Noir.

Before home studio recording became the norm, no more financial support from a label meant very little professional studio time and no money to splash out on a string section and additional musicians.

Then again, why should good songs written on an acoustic guitar need fancy arrangements to make them stand up? Sparse instrumentation also means that Varlet's singular lyrics have never shined as brightly as on Soleil Noir.

One has to be particularly confident to release such a bare-bones, French language record. Varlet has every reason under the sun to be so.

''Lacking sun, know how to ripen in ice.'' – Henri Michaux –

The deleted LP is available now as a digital download.

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released June 1, 2010

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Les Disques du 7ème Ciel Brittany, France

Record label. Home to And Also The Trees, Birch Book, Catchers, Goodbye Ivan, Theo Hakola, In Gowan Ring, Lolito, Maud Lübeck and Alexandre Varlet.

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