The picture used for the album cover is what inspired me to do this album but also the mood of the time. Earlier in the year I had a health scare. You think about your own mortality. This past year was challenging, in the middle of a pandemic, working from home. They say the only thing that does not change is change. The sun passing through the clouds, the right imagery for Passages. The world will be different after covid-19. We are also on a path of self ecological destruction. It is a passage for humanity. I poured this mood, these emotions into this music.

It is in quadraphonic, processed to be a Dolby Atmos release and bounced to binaural for Bandcamp.

It has been the evolution of a patch I have been using, for shows like Modular World, NPR Tiny Desk Contest,.. (see www.youtube.com/franckmartin for the videos)

This patch was mentioned on NPR:
"Franck Martin has entered the Tiny Desk Contest multiple times, but I still remember his 2019 entry: a mobile, modular synth unit filmed near the Golden Gate bridge with a 360-degree camera! This one's no less scenic, but stable, as Martin's mix of Buchla and Moog synths soundtrack the mountainous Pacifica skyline with headphone-panning dark ambient." - Lars Gotrich - NPR - www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2021/07/08/1013886473/the-best-2021-tiny-desk-contest-entries-we-saw-this-week-vikings-choice-edition

So it is a bit the culmination of testing this music with many people. During this journey I have learned a lot, got new modules, shaped the sound differently.

Part 8 Lyrics:
Passages
Passages
Passages
Tout n’est que passages
On se bouscule
On recule
On avance
On avance
Passages
Tout n’est que passages
On se bouscule
On recule
On avance
On repense
On avance
On repense
On se bouscule
On recule
On avance
On repense
Passages
Tout n’est que passages
On se bouscule
On recule
On avance
On repense

Instruments:
Moog Subharmonicon
Moog Spectravox
Moog DFAM
Buchla 208c
Eurorack: Shakmat, Makenoise, Mutable Instruments, Pittsburgh, New Systems Instruments, Intellijel, Sputnik, Verbos, Hexinverter

More information: www.peachymango.org/passages