AstroVoyager Press kit - ElectrOpera Act 04 - 2015

Press kit August 2015

ElectrOpera: Act 04, Oscillations New album Release April 14, 2015

Digital April 14, 2015

CD April 28, 2015

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Press contact : Philippe Fagnoni // +33/(0)6 81 32 70 01 // [email protected]

www.astrovoyager.com // www.cosmxplorer.com

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ElectrOpera, a concept in 4 “Acts”… After two concept albums, Temporal Gravitation2 in

2006 and Symphotronic Lunation in 2010 followed by the Lunation Tour, Philippe Fagnoni - alias AstroVoy-ager - is back in 2015 with Oscillations, the Act 04 of his new project started in 2012: ElectrOpera.

This is one step further along this atypical electro-

composer's creative path, taking us deeper into his

musical universe of electro-lyrical fusion.

Philippe Fagnoni creates a new landscape, woven with

the timeless purity of a diva's voice and the sound

of church bells from the Franche-Comté region which

act as an invisible thread linking the celestial

AstroVoyager to his earthly roots.

When electro meets baroque… A string quartet and a mixed choir add to the pow-

erfulness of this musical canvas adorned with electro-

abstract videos which lift the "audi-spectator" into the baroque weightlessness of ElectrOpera.

This is a work in four acts, released at the rate of

one per year (2012 to 2015): Pulsations (Act 01), Modulations (Act 02), Convolutions (Act 03) and Oscil-lations (Act 04). The first ElectrOpera performance

took place on October 19, 2012 at Ornans (25), un-

derlining Fagnoni's attachment to the Franche-Comté

region.

A prolific composer, Philippe Fagnoni created

AstroVoyager - a solo formation allowing his talents

as a keyboard player total freedom - in 2000.

Mixing natural, acoustic and synthetic sounds is very

much the "hallmark" of AstroVoyager, on which he

imposes but one restriction: a mighty sound, enfolding

sumptuous electro-symphonic canvases, completed by

an avant-garde visual choreography.

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Welcome aboard the AstroVoyager, your pilot is

Philippe Fagnoni. This atypical and creative artist

invites you to explore the infinity of his audio-visual

universe, to gravitate to the very limits of electro-

acoustic, of electro-symphonic and now for the third

of his projects started in 2012, of ElectrOpera.

The magnitude is on a par with the great masters of

this art such as Era, Enigma, Vangelis and Jean-Michel

Jarre, or of the most celebrated film score composers

like Hans Zimmer or Eric Serra.

AstroVoyager’s sound painting alternates intimate or-

chestrations with polished, rhythmic compositions en-

riched with a symphonic overlay that the inclusion of

acoustic instruments turns into a bright path to bet-

ter guide the "audi-spectator" through the dream.

Born in Metz in 1974, Fagnoni is an architect of

sound and vision. From the piano keyboard to those

of computers and synthesisers, he fed on the electro

explosion of the 1980s. In 2000, after several collab-

orations on keyboard with various groups, he created

his own solo virtual formation, AstroVoyager. He was

at last able to give free rein to his talents as a

composer with a sole ambition: to take "audi-

spectators" on a journey without them ever having

to get out of their chair.

And the first maxi-CD, self-produced in 2003, hit

home. Fagnoni was instantly signed to the French

label Dreaming-Musea who took over the internation-

al distribution of future productions.

The first album to emerge from this partnership was

Temporal Gravitation2 three years later. That was fol-

lowed in 2010 by a second concept album, Sympho-tronic Lunation, in which the integration of multime-

dia crowned the virtual magnitude of AstroVoyager by

following a lunar cycle through panoramic video pro-

jections to better take us beyond time.

In 2015, now produced by the French label

CosmXplorer and still distributed by Dreaming-Musea,

AstroVoyager is back, concluding his concept in four

EPs started in 2012: ElectrOpera. At the heart of this

new project, an even closer integration of orchestral

instruments, of songs without words and of electro-

abstract videos consolidate the musical and visual

hallmark of AstroVoyager.

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ElectrOpera, an electro-acoustic opera in 4 acts

ElectrOpera takes us to a new level of sound explo-ration and Philippe Fagnoni propels the experience

further into the unexpected.

A real electro-acoustic opera in four acts where the

baroque rubs shoulders with the abstract, opening a

new dimension to the imaginary voyage and inviting

you to explore time and space accompanied by the

sounds that rhythm our

lives. Added to the electro

waves, the celestial purity of

a Diva's voice, the velvety

layers of a string quartet

and the depth of a mixed

choir, are the sounds of

church bells. But make no

mistake, because here is is

very much the symbolism of

the original sound that

counts; the first sound land-

mark of man, the ringing out of

a warning, the sound that calls

people to come together, the sound

that guides.

Overlaying the electro strata - like an

invisible thread linking AstroVoyager to Earth - the

recording of these bells was carried out in four

buildings in Franche-Comté, Fagnoni's adopted home.

Because the originality of this new concept comes

from its regionalism; that of the bells of Franche-

Comté, recorded in Ornans, Besançon, Dole and De-

servillers and that of the collaboration with re-

nowned artists from the region. They include Sophie

Elert (ElectroDiva), the Tetraktys ensemble

(ElectroQuartet conducted by Dominique Miton -

Viola leader of Besançon Symphony Orchestra, First

Prize of Lyon Conservatoire) and an ElectroChoir

formed especially by the choirmaster Stéphane Bar-

çon, all mixed by Flavien Van Landuyt at Zèbre Stu-

dio (F-25 - Aldebert, Les Infidèles, Cirque Plume

soundtracks, ...) and mastered by Jérémy Henry at

Villa Mastering (F-75 Vladimir Cosma, Mylene Farmer,

Indochine, ...). It is as if all the tem-

poral magnitude of ElectrOpera origi-

nated in eastern France.

More than a simple concept

album, this is a total au-

dio-visual show. Conceived

around electro-abstract

geometric shapes created

by Eric Parisi (Inzieye) cut

with aerial views of typical

France-Comté bell towers,

the synopsis of the video

element finally envelops

the "audi-spectator" in

the journey.

Pulsations (Act 01), Modu-

lations (Act 02), Convolutions (Act 03) and Oscilla-

tions (Act 04), the four acts of ElectrOpera which

will be released at a rate of one act per year, are

firmly anchored in the transmitted movement, echo,

sighs and sensations which immerse us in an audio-

visual macrocosm, pulsating with suggestion and

Presse release

Biography

> ElectrOpera ~ Concept Photos gallery

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ElectrOpera, Act 04 - Oscillations - Out October 2015 - Track list

Oscillation I = To open the last Act of ElectrOpera, a very melancholy piece carried by a glockenspiel melody

on a syncopated rhythm. In the second part of the

song, the strings lines opens onto a romantic and spa-

tial dimension ...

Oscillation II = This very old-school electro oriented

track merge surprisingly typical "Berlin School" rythmic

parts with celestial choirs directed by Stéphane Bar-

çon ... A UFO within ElectrOpera!

Oscillation III = Last space refuge before returning to

Earth ... A track with deep bass, spacey pads and a

theremin melody played on a tactile tablet...

Oscillation IV = Hot electro-trance rhythm, poetic melo-

dy merging ElectroDiva and bells of Franche-Comté...

The ElectrOpera's end is near...

Oscillation V = Back on Earth ... A long piece in three

parts, respecting a pure electro-trance progression. The

middle part gives a central place to strings and choirs,

joined by a typical AstroVoyager's solo synthesizer to

finish on a high note with the electro-rythmic return...

Conclusion = Returning to the introductory theme of all

the AstroVoyager’s concepts albums, the voice of the

ElectroDiva calls us to an abysmal and space echo ...

Thus ends ElectrOpera.

// Bonus tracks //

Oscillation V ~ Red Planet Mix by Marboss Remix electro-synth-pop on a typical 80's rhythm with

current sounds, Marboss's sound hallmark...

Oscillation V ~ Not a Planet Mix by Destillat Quintescene of arpeggiators, powerful rhythmic ... A

remix in pure electro-dark spirit, carried by Destillat ...

Presse release

Biography

> ElectrOpera ~ Track list Photos gallery

Discography

Contacts

Shop ElectrOpera ~ Act 04 ~ Oscillations ~ 2015

6 tracks & 2 bonus - 41 minutes Dreaming DR 8490

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CD price : 7.90 €




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ElectrOpera, Act 03 - Convolutions - Out October 2014 - Track list

Convolution I = Act 03 overture with a martial and

orchestral piece. The end of the song is punctuated by

a typical 80's solo synthesizer, replacing audi-spectator

on the AstroVoyager's orbit ...

Convolution II = AstroVoyager’s Franche-Comté region

Time Hymn, tribute to his home land. Mixture of grand-

father clocks sounds, ElectroDiva voice and bells of

Franche-Comté sounds (Besançon, Dole, Déservillers, Or-

nans...) ... Note the amazing glockenspiel melody.

Convolution III = AstroVoyager's spaceship is placed in

standby position. This rhythm free song is only carried

by the air piano melody. In the background, the syn-

thetic arpeggios convolutions invite the "audi-spectator"

to unleash his imagination ...

Convolution IV = Minimalist track with rhythmic and

catchy melodies. Mid-tempo, typical 80's to current

sounds, this song announced the forthcoming closure of

the ElectrOpera's Act 03.

Convolution V = Last bit of ElectrOpera's Act 03,

marked by the return of the ElectroDiva's voice wearing

a crystalline melody (the AstroVoyager's Anthem) sup-

ported by an electro-trance beat. The journey continues

in Act 04 ...

// Bonus tracks //

Convolution IV ~ Seventh bridge Mix by David Bénard Electro-pop remix based on 7th harmonic, very present

in the original composition.

Convolution V ~ Speed Mix by Fabien Labonde Remix with a surprising introduction played on a toy

piano. It places the ElectroDiva's voice on a speed elec-

tro-beat.

Presse release

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Discography

Contacts

Shop ElectrOpera ~ Act 03 ~ Convolutions ~ 2014







CD price : 7.90 €





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ElectrOpera, Act 02 - Modulations - Out October 2013 - Track list

Modulation I = Opening the Act 02 of ElectrOpera, a

piece modulated in two parts: the first with the strength

of the symphony orchestra, the second with a deep

atmospheric beat backed up by a powerful synthetic

lead. AstroVoyager takes off again and replaces in or-

bit ...

Modulation II = Viewing position reached and first UFO

viewed: an unexpected encounter between the rich vo-

cals of an ElectroDiva and accents of a vintage dirty

synthetic rhythm. AstroVoyager distills his call to conti-

nue the journey ...

Modulation III = The AstroVoyager saucer captures a

distant message: a female voice invites it to join her

and to leave with her… In the background, the

rhythmic modulations of time mingle with the intensity

of carnal mixtures: a caress, a daydream open space ...

Modulation IV = Down-tempo spatio-temporal modula-

tion around a throbbing synthetic chorus. AstroVoyager

is alone again with you, given the immensity of space:

nostalgia and emotions to share together...

Modulation V = Up-tempo conclusion for Act 02 of

ElectrOpera ! The ElectroDiva voice rings the second

terrestrial ElectrOpera recall. An exchange between

heavenly voice and heady lead over an unleashed elec-

tro-trance synthetic beat, as an air bridge between

Heaven and Earth ...

// Bonus tracks //

Three new remixes by Destillat, famous electro-dark composer from Ornans and faithful accomplice of AstroVoyager's pro-jects for already 10 years.

Modulation III ~ Not Another Dream Mix by Destillat Both celestial and hot remix that gives this track even more

air dimension.

Modulation I ~ Not Another Ghost Mix by Destillat Pure electro-dark remix where symphonic parts are sampled

and peplum-oriented reworked.

Modulation III ~ Not a Hot Mix by Destillat Extremely hot remix with a binary and modulated rhythm.

Presse release

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Discography

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Shop ElectrOpera ~ Act 02 ~ Modulations ~ 2013







CD price : 7.90 €





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ElectrOpera, Act 01- Pulsations - Out October 2012 - Track list

Introduction = ElectrOpera overture. Might and mys-

tery blend here, picking up the introductory theme of

all AstroVoyager concept albums. This 2012 re-

orchestration is a chance to construct a call to travel

through an unusual encounter: a Diva's voice.

Pulsation I = The first piece to be composed in this

the project. It hits a lively and nostalgic note. Like lift-

off, you gaze from the window of your virtual spacecraft

onto the patchwork of landscapes below. This is followed

by emptiness and a spatial echo, but always connected

to life and the power of mankind.

Pulsation II = We are in orbit … space sighs con-

trast with a rhythm both haunting and fast. The Diva

continues to exude a call to go ever further in this

detachment from planet Earth.

Pulsation III = The orbit stabilises, it is a time of

calmness. We can begin to observe the immensity of it

all. The string quartet breaks the spatial silence and

sets the rhythm for the rest of the voyage.

Pulsation IV = A second unusual encounter on this

journey. An acoustic/electronic dialogue between violin

and synthesiser.

Pulsation V = End of Act I. This is the first reminder

of Earth. A virtual exchange between synthesisers and

bells, spatialised by the Diva's voice which forms an

aerial bridge between Heaven and Earth.

// Bonus tracks // Pulsation I ~ Prodige Mix by Cédric Leroy: film

score composer. He offers a peplum-orientated remix.

Pulsation II ~ Not a woman Mix by Destillat: dark

electro composer from Ornans. He offers a Gothic

Dark remix, backed by the power of a male voice

choir.

Presse release

Biography


Discography

Contacts

Shop ElectrOpera ~ Act 01 ~ Pulsations ~ 2012

8 tracks - 38 minutes Dreaming DR 8487






CD price : 7.90 €





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Press release

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ElectrOpera

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ASTROVOYAGER - Lunation Tour

Live LP&video / 2011 34 tracks - 120 minutes 2 CDs / 180 mi-

nutes 3 DVDs - Dreaming FGBG9030 / mp3

ASTROVOYAGER - Apollo 11

Single / 2011

3 tracks - 11 minutes / mp3

ASTROVOYAGER - Full Moon RendezVous

EP / 2010

5 tracks - 20 minutes

Vinyl / mp3

ASTROVOYAGER - Symphotronic Lunation

LP / 2010

18 tracks - 55 minutes CD / 60 minutes

DVD - Dreaming DR8460 / mp3

ASTROVOYAGER - Temporal Gravitation²

LP / 2006

15 tracks - 45 minutes

CD Dreaming DR8436 / mp3

ASTROVOYAGER - Gravitation Temporelle

EP / 2003

8 titres - 20 minutes

CD / mp3




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ElectrOpera

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Design Citro Givré, collectif [moLotov]sKwaTT ~ © Maisons du monde / Bruce Pierson (www.bruce-pierson.fr) / Dominique Villy (www.oeil-de-dom.com)

ASTROVOYAGER Philippe Fagnoni

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DISTRTIBUTION DREAMING - A division of MUSEA RECORDS

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