Always Digging The Same Hole

by Astrïd

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ajpoet Astrïd are always compelling, and this is no exception - the music takes you through landscapes both physical and emotional, prickly and spacious. There's a delicate suspense and a grounding calm to this focused, beautiful album. Favorite track: Talking People.

sounds and silence Thank you Astrid for another stunning release! It's truely a deep, multi layered experience that opens soul to so much beauty with each listening.

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	1.	Talking People 09:54
	2.	Remembering Through Narrative 08:11
	3.	At The End 06:27
	4.	Not All Is Visible 08:23
	5.	Sky Morning 04:03

about

Founded in 1997 by Cyril Secq and Yvan Ros as a guitar/drums duo, Astrïd subsequently expanded and settled around the violin player Vanina Andreani (1998), followed by the clarinet player Guillaume Wickel (2005). The core of the group is based in Nantes, France.

Astrïd’s instrumental and expansive music has been inspired by improvised music, folk, post-rock and jazz, as well as by classical and contemporary composers, from Ravel to Arvo Pärt. Their work has been released across a number of albums on various labels, including Gizeh Records, Monotype Records and Rune Grammofon. Collaboration with other musicians informed Astrïd’s joint release with Rachel Grimes, Through the Sparkle (2017), and Cyril Secq has released duo albums with Sylvain Chauveau and Orla Wren.

Astrïd’s album Always Digging The Same Hole includes five pieces, each of which patiently and delicately charts its course through different dynamics and moods. The album foregrounds the group’s live performance, close listening and interplay, resulting in atmospheres which are hauntingly suspended and poetically suggestive.

The CD packaging was conceived by visual artist Peter Liversidge across a 6-panel gatefold sleeve, 16 page CD booklet and CD sleeve. Peter’s work was developed in response to the album, and is centred around a series of photographs, some including the band. In addition to his work for galleries and publications, Peter has also worked with a number of musicians, including album cover designs and stage projections for Low.

Band member Guillaume Wickel sadly died in 2022, and Always Digging The Same Hole is dedicated to him.

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"The fact that their music hasn’t reached more ears is yet another mind-boggling event that is sadly becoming all too familiar across the underground landscape. … A release heavy with emotive, sullen atmospheres and tempo shifts that echo the likes of Chris Abrahams and The Necks …"
— Sun-13 review

"An immersive experience that evokes deep emotions and invites listeners to get lost in an exceptional sound world."
— Solenopole review

"Astrïd manages to make a deep impression every time. … unfolded in a cinematic and rustic way. You have to look for it somewhere between Dictaphone, Set Fire To Flames, Rachel's, Talk Talk, Boxhead Ensemble, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble and Slow Six. It is majestic masterful magic that they bring out here."
— Subjectivism review

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Vanina Andréani : Violin, piano
Yvan Ros : Drums, percussions, harmonium, metallophone
Cyril Secq : Guitars, piano, Juno, harmonium, percussions, metallophone
Guillaume Wickel : Clarinets, percussions

Recorded and mixed at the goulphar studio by Cyril Secq
Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering

Cover design and photographs by Peter Liversidge
Graphic design by David Caines

6-panel gatefold sleeve, 16 page CD booklet and CD sleeve

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released November 10, 2023

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Astrïd Nantes, France

Created in 1997 around Cyril Secq and Yvan Ros, as a guitar/drums duo, astrïd expanded and settled with successive arrivals of the violin player Vanina Andreani (1998) followed by the clarinet player Guillaume Wickel (2005).

astrïd’s music is inspired by improvised music, folk and jazz from the seventies, as well as by classical and contemporary composers, from Ravel to Arvo Pärt. ... more

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