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, half of the French electronic duo

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. It was released on 25 June 2021 by

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through Genesis (Because Music). It was recorded in Paris alongside French producer Victor le Masne, taking only 2 months to complete. Video shorts were released for the singles "Force Majeure", "Hey!", "Captain", and "Belladone", as well as for the song "Pentacle". The album's lead single "Force Majeure" was selected as the official

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Background

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He adds that the album's orchestral qualities and lack of lyrics hopefully "stimulates the imagination." Indeed, part of Augé's inspiration to produce the record lied in his frustration with the musical industry's adherence to simplistic and codified structure in modern musical releases, "Everything seems so controlled and minimal; as soon as you put too many notes it’s seen as not right." Overall, the album explores notions of escapism from standardized creative expression, with the goal of reorienting the listener toward a more expansive and diverse creative process, alongside an augmented sense experience.

Critical reception

''Escapades'' received generally positive reviews from music critics.

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, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, gives the album an

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score of 73, based on 6 reviews. A review by ''

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'' describes its melodies as "excellent," with every element "primed for enormity — a sandwich packed with hefty slabs of prime rib, rather than the sensory overload of experimental modern cooking." Ben Devlin of ''

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'' describes the album as "captivating in all its eccentricities, evocative and groovy in equal measure", and that "with this album Augé well and truly proves himself as an artist in his own right." Damian Jones from ''

'' reflects in a 3/5 review that "Augé’s thirst for the strange makes this album an odd but interesting solo proposition, which still makes some room for dancefloor slayers", while noting that the lead single "admittedly could have easily slotted into any Justice record with its trademark industrial synth jabs and propulsive beats." ''

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'' described the album as having "extremely polished music that sometimes strays a little into fromage ..but where it works, it can sweep you off your feet."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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. Musicians * Gaspard Augé - keyboard; production, arrangement, composition * Victor le Masne - drums, keyboard, piano; production, arrangement, composition * Xavier Le Masne - flute * Laura Etchegoyhen – chorus , vocals * Audrey Thirot - chorus * Elena Azevedo Da Silva - chorus * Sibylle Chalamon – chorus Technical * Michael Declerck - production, engineering, mixing * Antoine Poyeton - engineering, recording * Louis Bes - recording * Louis Gallet - recording * Mike Bell - mastering Artwork * Filip Nilsson - art direction * Thomas Jumin - artwork * Adrien Blanchat - sleeve art * Jasper J. Spanning - photography * Marina Monge - costume design Other * Marie Pieprzownik - lacquer cut

Charts

Release history

Notes

References

External links

*{{Discogs release, id=19269505, name=Escapades 2021 debut albums Electropop albums Ed Banger Records albums French-language albums