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Album | Archipels fragiles​
Releases February 4th, 2023
Produced, mixed and designed by Emho
Mastering | Taylor Deupree - 12K Mastering
Production | Sonic Dialogue
Self published

​Sonic residues.

I Made some samples & curated recordings from remembered landscapes that I carry with me…and remembered feelings of them.

Refuge, time, fragility, chaos, unsteadiness, inhabiting the space…
I reimagined these fragments through echos, sound degradation, slowed them down, zoomed into the details, and dove even deeperinto the textures of these recordings,seeking for a new sonic vocabulary.
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This album is dedicated to great humans I have lost and I can still remember, feel and love.

Album buy / listen on Bandcamp

• Limited edition Cassette - C50
• Printed A5 Card (400 g/m²)
• Holographic foil anti enveloppe
• Hand-numbered
• Edition of 25

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PRESS ARTICLES / REVIEWS

The Ambient blog

"Having listened to the split recording (above) was a good introduction to further check out the latest release by Emmanuel (EMHO) Hourquet called Archipels Fragiles Vol. 1. This was a more recent release, so finally here’s one that isn’t sold out (yet): there are still some cassettes available from the limited edition of 25.The title and cover may refer to the fragile archipelagos that are rapidly disappearing due to climate change, but the overall theme of this mini-album (with 22 minutes it is somewhat shorter than his contributions to the split with Arovane) is remembrance and loss."

Emho created the sonic images with "samples and curated recordings from remembered landscapes", reimagining them "through echos, degradation, slowed them down, zoomed into the details", ultimately creating "a new sonic vocabulary".‍

Article here