artist. boréal.
title. flora can't see, hear or speak but she can feel.
catalogue no. PPR9.
format. cd
release date. apr 10 2011

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> About the release:

Swedish/French contemporary quartet Boréal formed in 2007. For this release, a product of many hours on stage and in the studio fine tuning their palette, Boréal collaborated with Swedish designers Anton Alvarez and Erik Olovsson to create a groundbreaking synthesis between sound and image.

When confronted with the idea for the record, which from the outset had had a visual component, Alvarez and Olovsson certainly did not choose the easy way out: they proposed to use every day objects like a speaker membrane, a pencil and some thread to construct a machine that would translate the sonic vibrations of Boréal’s music to paintings. Various experiments were carried out during the course of a year, and the fruits of their and Boréal’s labour have now been gathered and documented in the present release. It really is a sum-is-greater-than-the-parts kind of situation, but here’s nonetheless a breakdown of what’s in the box: there’s the record of course – a formidable collection of ever-dazzling improvisations, sometimes explosive, sometimes lullabies in disguise, sometimes deeply sorrowful, but always tightly knit and performed with the utmost precision; there are the nine paintings, each its own artwork and a unique visual parallel to its musical origin; a poster with all of the nine paintings layered on top if each other; a photograph of the device itself; and sheets with tracklisting and other information. The boxes are handmade, numbered and limited to 100 copies.

Boréal, the Designers and Pink Pamphlet would like to thank the following organizations for their generous support, without which the release would not have been possible: Söderhamns Konstförening, Söderhamns Kommun, and Gävleborgs Landsting.

> download free mp3 of "Cloud Bodies Part 1"
> download one-sheet

Boréal is:
Andreas Hiroui Larsson - Drums & Percussions
Johan Jutterström - Saxophones
Simon Drappier - Double bass
Linda Oláh - Voice

Anton Alvarez - Designer
Erik Olovsson - Designer
Adrian Knight - Executive Producer

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© (p) boréal, alvarez, olovsoon & pink pamphlet 2011, stockholm, sweden.