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Ghost Songs

by Leon Aphar

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"Ghost songs" is an album of songs written between 2002 and 2007 that I had recorded at the end of this period, in a very simple version - guitar and voice on one track - and for myself. When I found those quite forgotten songs in 2016 on an old external drive, I had the idea to work on this distant period. In the meantime my life had changed, like something more vivid. So it was pleasant and curious to transform those quite intimate songs into something more coloured, and somewhat cubist in the way of putting sounds and tracks of this "ghost singer" together. I added new voices & sounds, and some guitar transitions that seemed to be for me a significant counterpoint of the texts.

"Ghost songs" est un album composé de chansons écrites pour la plupart entre 2002 et 2007, que j'avais finalement enregistrées en quelques prises minimales (un micro pour la guitare et la voix) à la fin de cette période. Lorsque j'ai retrouvé ces chansons dont j'avais oublié la présence sur un vieux disque dur externe en 2016, l'idée m'est venue de retravailler sur cette période déjà un peu lointaine, en prenant à chaque fois pour base l'unique piste guitare-voix que j'avais. Entretemps ma vie s'était animée très différemment, et j'avais envie avec ce travail de bousculer la torpeur de ces morceaux fantômatiques. J'ai ajouté des nouvelles prises de voix et de guitares, d'autres enregistrements que j'avais pu faire ici et là. Et quelques pièces instrumentales qui me paraissaient pouvoir proposer un contrepoint par rapport aux chants (ou ce qu'il en reste).

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released April 12, 2018

Léon APHAR : voices, guitars, music editing
Recorded in 2007 in Vernon and then in 2016-2017 at home in Lille (Fr).
Guitar pieces 6 & 12 originally recorded by Benoît Albert in Agen in August 2012 (before I smashed them up) - thank for his help and support.
Mixed by Léon Aphar.
Mastered by Gabriel Dubois at Le Laboratoire Central (Brussels).
Barbara Dang (épinette) appears on track 8.
External artistic advice : Irma Aphar, Ivann Cruz. Thank you to them.

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LEON APHAR Hauts-de-France, France

Léon Aphar was born in 1977 in Switzerland.
He now lives in the North of France, and is dealing with some songs or poetry performances, solo or with musicians like R.Godeau, I.Cruz, B.Dang...

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