''Savage Sinusoid'' is the third album by Gautier Serre, under his alias

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, released on

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on June 16, 2017.

Background

Igorrr signed with

in early 2017. The album was preceded by the singles "ieuD", "Opus Brain", and "Cheval". Unlike previous albums, the album did not feature any samples. Travis Ryan from the band

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guests on three tracks. Serre cited

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and

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as inspiration for the album.

Critical reception

The album received critical acclaim. ''Metal Injection'', as well as giving it a perfect 10/10 score, named it the "Batshit Crazy Album of the Year". They concluded in their review, "Igorrr is a project with no boundaries, and the personal belief of creating the art one wants to. In a world where we argue from the mainstream radio to the underground scene, Igorrr is a breath of fresh air. Savage Sinusoid isn’t just a breath of fresh air in musical technicality and emotion though, but an excellent reminder to just enjoy music." Additionally, they ranked the album 9th on their year end rankings of every album. ''

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'' stated " Serre's fusion of acoustic and electronic instruments is tighter and more refined than ever, and while Savage Sinusoid sounds unmistakably like an Igorrr album, he hasn't come close to sounding predictable yet." Dom Lawson of

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wrote, "Igorrr exist in a world where borders between genres are non-existent and anything is possible, albeit with a preference for being wildly unpredictable", and saw "much subtlety offsetting the shifts of pace and mood and some spellbinding moments of serene but subversive finesse", concluding: "If only more metal records were this barmy."

Track listing

Personnel

Igorrr

* Gautier Serre – music, recording, mixing, mastering

Additional musicians

* Laurent Lunoir – vocals (1–4, 6–8, 10) * Laure Le Prunenec –

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

(2–8, 10, 11) * Sylvain Bouvier – drums (1–4, 6–11) * Katerina Chrobokova –

harpsichord A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecín; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism ...

(2, 4, 8, 9) *

Erlend Caspersen Erlend Caspersen (born 1982) is a Norwegian bassist who currently plays in Abhorrent and Igorrr. He also played for Deeds of Flesh, Spawn of Possession and Blood Red Throne. He is notable for his aggressive bass tone and highly technical playin ...

– bass (2–4, 7–11) * Travis Ryan – vocals (7, 8, 10) * Morten Iversen – guitar (1), bass (1) * Benjamin Violet – strings (4–7, 11) * Pierre Mussi –

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

(3, 7) * Antony Miranda –

sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in medieval India, flourished in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in ...

(4), additional drums (4), surf guitar (2) * Nils Cheville –

classical guitar The classical guitar (also known as the nylon-string guitar or Spanish guitar) is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon, it is a precursor o ...

(3, 4, 6, 11) * Yann Le Glaz – saxophone (3, 10) * Benjamin Bardiaux – piano (11) * Nicolas Seguin – piano (11) * Adam Stacey – accordion (3) * Pedrou Lacasa –

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

(7), balkan vocals (7) * Yasmina Barra – balkan vocals (7) * Stuart Dickson – percussion (3) * Aymeric Thomas – 8 bit sounds (3) * Patrick – chicken (3)

Technical personnel

* Hervé Faivre – recording * Metastazis – artwork

Charts

References

External links

Savage Sinusoid on Youtube
(streamed copy where licensed) {{DEFAULTSORT:Savage Sinusoid Metal Blade Records albums 2017 albums Igorrr albums