Peau Froide, Léger Soleil

by Franck Vigroux, Mika Vainio

Overview

Many of French guitarist Franck Vigroux's solo recordings seem like a natural descendent of Pan Sonic's pioneering brand of brutal noise-techno, so his collaboration with Pan Sonic co-founder Mika Vainio is a perfect fit. The two personalities merge into one, with Vainio's minimal, arctic droning and precise noise bursts complementing Vigroux's sheets of caustic guitar and occasional vocoder-masked vocals. The pieces range from quiet, pulsating tracks to more broken, jagged ones with distorted scud bomb blasts piercing through the tundra without warning. As typical of much of Vainio's work, however, the noise elements are controlled, never erupting into unstructured chaos. Even at its slowest and calmest, the album is always dark and suspenseful, constantly feeling like it's a few steps away from being devoured by the void. ~ Paul Simpson

Product Details

Release Date:	07/11/2025
Label:	Aesthetical
UPC:	3770033798270

Tracks

1. Deux
2. Mémoire
3. Souffles
4. Mutant
5. Ravages
6. Man
7. Parabole
8. Le souterrain
9. Le Crâne tambour

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Franck Vigroux   Primary Artist
Mika Vainio   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Franck Vigroux   Producer,Composer,Mixing
Umut Ungan   Cover Photo
Mika Vainio   Composer,Producer,Mixing
Denis Blackham   Mastering