released October 28, 2022
All tracks composed and performed by Oiseaux-Tempête
Frédéric D. Oberland : electric guitar, mellotron, flute, alto sax, analog synths, boîte à bourdons, sea shell, rhodes, piano, vocals, percussion
Stéphane Pigneul : modular & analog synths, electric bass VI & bass, drum machine, vocals, percussion
Mondkopf : drum machine, analog & modular synths, vocals, electric guitar, boîte à bourdons, percussion
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Jean-Michel Pirès : drums and percussion on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6 & 8
Ben Shemie : vocals on track 1
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh : electric buzuk on track 4, vocals on track 5
G.W.Sok : vocals on track 6
Jessica Moss : electric violin on track 6
Racha Baroud : vocals on track 9
Roy Arida : percussion on track 9
Recorded at Mer/Noir, Hotel2Tango, Mikrokosm, Magnum Diva, Contre-Terre & 5th Chamber, Oscar Niemeyer’s Dôme in Tripoli - Lebanon, Montreal - Canada, Paris, Lyon - Europe by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, Benoît Bel, Jean-Charles Bastion, the band // Arranged & edited by Oiseaux-Tempête except track 9 edited by Grégoire Orio & Grégoire Couvert // Mixed & produced by Jean-Charles Bastion & Oiseaux-Tempête at Mer/Noir // Mastered by Harris Newman at GreyMarket Montreal // Lacquer by François Terrazzoni at Parelies
Photographs by Frédéric D. Oberland
www.fredericdoberland.com // Handwritten font by Thibault Proux // Graphic design by Mountain // Published by Alter K.
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'Co-released by Sub Rosa & NAHAL Recordings, this cutting-edge 9-tracker defies the music genre boundaries - it's a dystopian psychedelic trip through hypnotic pulsations and explosive sound textures created with drum machines, analog synths, percussions, guitars, mellotron, flute, saxophone, vocals, rhodes, piano, violin and electric buzuk. Cosmic ambiences with tones recalling the space journeys from that sui generis 70's German Skies à la Ash Ra Tempel, Cluster and Amon Düül, radiating into an expanding musical cosmos.' THE BRVTALIST - DE / USA
"Somptueux. Se mesurant à travers une discographie remarquable, riche en bourrasques exaltantes, le cheminement effectué par Oiseaux-Tempête durant cette très féconde première décennie d’existence traduit une farouche singularité arrimée à une volonté d’expérimentation sans concession. D’une rare puissance suggestive, leur musique nomade s’affirme comme l’une des plus intenses formes actuelles de cinéma pour l’oreille. L’exaltation cathartique de la vie au beau milieu d’un champ de ruines – réel ou imaginaire – apparaît ainsi in fine dans la dynamique fondamentale du monde sonore savamment accidenté, d’une extrême densité, que fait advenir What on Earth (Que Diable)." LES INROCKUPTIBLES - FR
'Listening to Oiseaux-Tempête‘s electronic psychedelic noise rock is like stepping into a disco ball and entering a universe of endless reflections and refractions. Sounds bounce off an infinite number of surfaces, splitting and merging, swirling and diving before they slide into my eardrums and send my brain into static shock.' CVLT NATION - CA
"Disque d'apocalypses multiples, de poésies déclamées contre des murs d'embrasements, de déluges retranscrits en sons, de beauté émergeant des horreurs, d'espoirs meurtris et de résignations victorieuses : le nouvel album de Oiseaux-Tempête est une bande originale du monde, fascinantes et inouïe, multiculturelle et universelle, violente et douce à la fois." MAGIC - FR
'What On Earth (Que Diable) evokes a sentiment echoed by its very title; in its essence, the album is a surprising and exhilarating experience, and bonafide ear candy on top of that with its unbelievably high production value. Oiseaux-Tempête, as a band, have hit a plane of excellency that they’ve been gliding on with ease for a few years now. What On Earth (Que Diable) should be on everyone’s lips right now, and it should be topping whatever year’s end lists are currently being unveiled. I know it will be on mine, and I also know that it will be on yours if you give it a chance. Which you should, by the way. It’s fucking fantastic.' EVERYTHING IS NOISE - FIN
"Ce futur délabré, Oiseaux-Tempête en fait sur ce disque une sorte de voyage immobile, un terrain de jeux aux tonalités fluctuantes qui infusent lentement derrière des ambiances de morceaux aux allures de film noir. Magnifique." NEW NOISE MAGAZINE - FR