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Le Calme Gouffre De La De​́​solation

by Le Grand Salon

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Le Grand Salon is an electronic composition solo project by Pier-Luc Boivin emerging from a will for creating music that is more accessible and free of rigorous structures.

The project began in 2015 using digital tools to explore a near limitless world of possibilities. Le Grand Salon focuses on textures and atmosphere instead of traditional harmony and rhythms to create a soundscape. Le Grand Salon draws its inspiration from the boreal nature of northern Québec where winter and snow dictate the rhythm of life.

At first closer to a lo-fi/lounge aesthetic, the music quickly morphed into something more ethereal and ambient to become what it is today: ofttimes supported by glacial strings and a somber piano, the music of Le Grand Salon portrays a cold landscape where your mind can wander.

“I composed this piece over the course of a few days, several months before the triptych that will follow it. As is the case with most of my music, it is inspired by my love of the Quebecois winter. The image I had in mind when I began the composition was one of a frozen windswept desert. The title is French for “The Calm Abyss Of Desolation". I didn’t write it to evoke bleakness or isolation per se, but instead a tranquility, a quietness, or peacefulness in the face of such things. For me, it inspires a similar feeling as when you watch a thunderstorm through a window; you are looking at and experiencing something big and frightening and potentially dangerous, but from a place of safety and calm.”

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released April 30, 2021
Composed, Performed and Produced by Le Grand Salon
Mixed by Ian Dowling
Mastered by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road

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