Laurent Guerrier (Liquid Sphere) and clarinet player Bruno Verneret started collaborating about 4 years ago. Since then, they have been working together using two different methods.
Firstly, by providing Bruno Verneret with abstract soundscapes created by Laurent Guerrier, on top of which the musician improvises clarinet, bass clarinet and sometimes flute parts that are processed in real time and/or afterwards. This method is for example featured on the self-released 'Landscapes' EP (2022).
Secondly, by letting the clarinet player improvise several parts one after another, parts that Laurent Guerrier later alters and edits, cutting, stretching and putting them through effects, as for the 'Hope, fear and relapse' EP (Taâlem, 2024).
The latter method was used for the two tracks presented here, which are actually two different mixes of the same material provided by Bruno Verneret, each offering a different perspective on the same soundscape.
Tracklist :
1. Our lives (because nothing's real anymore) (15:02)
2. Their lives (when nothing's real anymore) (14:59)