Name: Volume II
Brand: Flore Laurentienne

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

RVNGNL83LPC1

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Blue

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

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Extended format

Extended format: No

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-10-21

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

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Standard:20

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0747742384578

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / blue

Artist

Flore Laurentienne

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Classical

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Rvng Intl

RVNG Intl. is an independent record label based in Brooklyn, New York. Founded in 2003 by [founder's name], the label has gained recognition for its unique and diverse roster of artists. In January 2014, RVNG Intl. was selected as Resident Advisor's label of the month, solidifying its reputation as a leading force in the music industry. Additionally, Tiny Mix Tapes named RVNG Intl. among their favorite labels of 2015.
With a commitment to pushing boundaries and showcasing innovative sounds, RVNG Intl. has become known for releasing groundbreaking music across various genres including electronic, experimental, and ambient. The label prides itself on fostering creativity and supporting emerging artists who challenge conventional norms.
RVNG Intl.'s catalog features an impressive array of critically acclaimed releases that have garnered attention from both fans and critics alike. With a focus on quality over quantity, each release is carefully curated to offer listeners a truly immersive musical experience.

Following the compass of an entrancing debut, Flore Laurentienne’s Volume II presents another palette of rich orchestral sound, where changing forces of water inspire metaphorical markers that navigate passages of life and loss.

Mathieu David Gagnon resumes his voyage into environment and emotion with Volume II, drawing inspiration from the rivers and rugged wilderness of the composer’s native Quebec. In his return as Flore Laurentienne – the namesake of an inventory documenting St. Lawrence Valley flora – Gagnon assembles vivid melodic motifs and delicate modulation with a vast string ensemble to emulate the tides of human experience.

Listeners of Volume I will recognise Gagnon’s signature approach towards reworking and reframing an emblematic melody or concept across a series of works in Volume II, a process he likens to that of a painter creating multiple sketches of the same view. Continued from the first album, the enigmatic “Fleuve” series is conjured to evoke the multiple personalities of the great St. Lawrence River, and the “Navigation” works (“III” and “IV”) wade through dappled progressions and expansive streams of string, the latter of which harbors the gentle meanderings of improvised clarinet.

In the world of Flore Laurentienne, complexity emerges from simplicity as the composer roams familiar environments in constant flux. Gagnon extracts beauty through repetition and constraint, utilizing the writing style of counterpoint for which one of his greatest musical inspirations, Johann Sebastian Bach, is renowned. The lilting waves of “Canon” possess the eponymous formation of melodic ‘leader and follower’ motif, and magnify the softness of the album’s eighteen string musicians into a force of full euphoric resonance.

In Volume II, Gagnon continues his expansion of classical composition archetypes to meet a new realm of sonic romanticism. Thematic conventions of wandering the pastoral sublime become altered into glimmering refractions, relaying the emotional and kinetic power of natural energies. Volume II forms an estuary where streams of auditory microcosm reach a horizon of dynamic contrast, and reflect the parallel tenors of nature and humankind.

Volume II

Music GB