i’m very happy to share the artwork i designed for the new release by
@trois_quarts_taxi_system on
@maloca.records
its been quite a trip since i saw Trois-Quarts Taxi System playing for the first time, at
@refractor.festival last year. i was there with my friend
@le.motel , experiencing one of the best shows of the festival (the recording is on soundcloud). le motel directly knew he wanted to invite eloi on his label and i knew i wanted to work on the visuals. the music was so expressive, deep, intriguing. months later, the release is here and its gorgeous. the full lp will be available on 18/02, but the first track is already out (the one of this post).
i loved digitally painting this artwork using a tool that’s not really made for it #touchdesigner but one that brings a lot of surprises and accidents, to compose the still visuals like one would compose music.
to illustrate Trois-Quarts Taxi System music with words, here is a paragraph from
@niqhniqhniqh :
“The first single, Coil, delivers no-nonsense, dancefloor-focused optimisation, framed within Trois-Quarts Taxi System’s broader storytelling sensibility and electroacoustic approach to sound design. Gasps of debris-laden impacts call out before the arrangement folds into a compressed, airless chamber of containerised percussive pulses and lopsided curls of decaying synth tone. Anchored by a broken-beat techno lattice, the track remains sub-heavy and resolutely minimal, with eroded bass forms slowly forcing their way to the surface.”
listen and pre-order:
/album/scarecrow