Composed and mixed by Alexandre Bazin at Château Rouge, Paris
Acoustic Drums on Four Steps (Remix) by François Desmoulins
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll, New York
Design by Daniel Castrejón in Mexico City
Yellow vinyl limited edition 300 / LP 33 RPM on Umor Rex records
Between signal and surface, Innervision unfolds as a landscape of unstable repetition.
“French producer and GRM engineer Alexandre Bazin returns to Umor Rex with his most upfront, dancefloor-focused suite to date, 10 tracks that scrub through Burial-inspired garage, blunted Italo, squishy Emptyset-style industrial techno and dubby, side-room trance.
Despite his position at GRM, Bazin's recent output for Mexico City's Umor Rex imprint has sidestepped the French studio's prized concréte output altogether. The French artist is more intrigued it seems by dancefloor-driven gear from the UK and Berlin, and 'Innervision' is his most feet-friendly release yet, using advanced techniques (autosampling, live experimentation) to propel his nostalgic grooves.
'Grow' plays like a statement of intent, marrying a chunky 2-step beat to mercilessly overdriven synths and a rolling bassline that throbs cinematically throughout. The title track offers and immediate stylistic shift though, bringing to mind Manuel Göttsching's 'E2-E4' (or the later 'Sueno Latino') with its stuttering synths and uniform kick. 'Push' is another left turn, a downtempo thud lavished with as much saturation as Maral or Emptyset, but garage is Bazin's primary stylistic touchstone throughout.
'Transient' is a euphoric hip shaker with a hollow, wooden shuffle, and 'Messaging' sounds like it's crying out for a cool-headed, smokey soul vocal. Bazin saves the best for last: 'Types' is a sleazy Italo-inspired electro wobbler, and the added distortion is like the icing on the cake.”
BOOMKAT
“French producer and GRM engineer Alexandre Bazin returns to Umor Rex with his most upfront, dancefloor-focused suite to date, 10 tracks that scrub through Burial-inspired garage, blunted Italo, squishy Emptyset-style industrial techno and dubby, side-room trance.
Despite his position at GRM, Bazin's recent output for Mexico City's Umor Rex imprint has sidestepped the French studio's prized concréte output altogether. The French artist is more intrigued it seems by dancefloor-driven gear from the UK and Berlin, and 'Innervision' is his most feet-friendly release yet, using advanced techniques (autosampling, live experimentation) to propel his nostalgic grooves.
'Grow' plays like a statement of intent, marrying a chunky 2-step beat to mercilessly overdriven synths and a rolling bassline that throbs cinematically throughout. The title track offers and immediate stylistic shift though, bringing to mind Manuel Göttsching's 'E2-E4' (or the later 'Sueno Latino') with its stuttering synths and uniform kick. 'Push' is another left turn, a downtempo thud lavished with as much saturation as Maral or Emptyset, but garage is Bazin's primary stylistic touchstone throughout.
'Transient' is a euphoric hip shaker with a hollow, wooden shuffle, and 'Messaging' sounds like it's crying out for a cool-headed, smokey soul vocal. Bazin saves the best for last: 'Types' is a sleazy Italo-inspired electro wobbler, and the added distortion is like the icing on the cake.”
BOOMKAT
Four Steps (EP) is a sonic excursion at the crossroads of electro, dub techno, and abstract minimalism.
Released by Umor Rex, this four-part work proposes a dialogue between pulse and space, rhythm and texture — moving from sub-aquatic low-end to granular beats and eerie restraint.
While rooted in physical energy, Four Steps remains a compositional object: a study in movement, repetition, and controlled distortion.
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Acoustic Drums : François Desmoulins
March 18, 2022 /Design: © Daniel Castrejón
limited edition 300 copies / EP 45 RPM on Umor Rex Records
Released by Umor Rex, this four-part work proposes a dialogue between pulse and space, rhythm and texture — moving from sub-aquatic low-end to granular beats and eerie restraint.
While rooted in physical energy, Four Steps remains a compositional object: a study in movement, repetition, and controlled distortion.
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“More in common with Drexciya, Deepchord and Carl Craig than with Bernard Parmegiani and Luc Ferrari.”
“A rare incursion into dancefloor-driven gear from a GRM-trained ear.”
“Drifting into eerie Raster-Noton inspired minimalism.”
— Boomkat
Acoustic Drums : François Desmoulins
March 18, 2022 /Design: © Daniel Castrejón
limited edition 300 copies / EP 45 RPM on Umor Rex Records
︎︎︎ Guitar: Maxence Crouzard (tracks 2, 6 )
︎︎︎ Drums: François Desmoulins (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 9) & Bass (track 5)
Design : The Royal Studio
Released on Polytechnic Youth / kowtow
︎︎︎ Drums: François Desmoulins (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 9) & Bass (track 5)
Design : The Royal Studio
Released on Polytechnic Youth / kowtow
Initially conceived under the title Colors of Noise, Concorde invites us into a parallel world where electronic textures, live instrumentation and oceanic sensations converge in a dreamlike sonic experience.
Composed with rare synthesizers such as the EMS VCS3, the Buchla Music Easel, the Minimoog and the Cristal Baschet, the album blurs the lines between analog pulse and natural breath. Alongside collaborators Maxence Crouzard (guitar) and François Lazarre des Moulins (drums), Bazin sculpts a music that moves between tension and resolution, movement and stillness.
Across the record, recurring motifs emerge and dissolve like waves on the shore. Tracks like Swollen Seas evoke the calm after the storm — soft repetition shaped by lunar cycles — while Dunes draws the listener through a drifting mirage, between hypnotic pulse and distant synth optimism. Supercollider condenses the album’s emotional arc in under three minutes, uniting arpeggios, subtle percussion and luminous guitar in a delicate, orbiting balance. Red Ochre, with its reverb-soaked surf guitar, adds warmth and a new color to a track otherwise immersed in cold, industrial textures.
Far from any strict genre, Concorde is both a human and sonic exploration — a nocturnal, weightless vibration, shaped by the machines but inhabited by emotion.
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Composed with rare synthesizers such as the EMS VCS3, the Buchla Music Easel, the Minimoog and the Cristal Baschet, the album blurs the lines between analog pulse and natural breath. Alongside collaborators Maxence Crouzard (guitar) and François Lazarre des Moulins (drums), Bazin sculpts a music that moves between tension and resolution, movement and stillness.
Across the record, recurring motifs emerge and dissolve like waves on the shore. Tracks like Swollen Seas evoke the calm after the storm — soft repetition shaped by lunar cycles — while Dunes draws the listener through a drifting mirage, between hypnotic pulse and distant synth optimism. Supercollider condenses the album’s emotional arc in under three minutes, uniting arpeggios, subtle percussion and luminous guitar in a delicate, orbiting balance. Red Ochre, with its reverb-soaked surf guitar, adds warmth and a new color to a track otherwise immersed in cold, industrial textures.
Far from any strict genre, Concorde is both a human and sonic exploration — a nocturnal, weightless vibration, shaped by the machines but inhabited by emotion.
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“A vibration oneirique… a sonic gesture driven by a body conscious only of its contact with the machine.”
“Delicately sleepwalking, weightless… softness hovers from end to end.”
“A world where rhythm and electricity hesitate between dog and wolf, between Germany and France, perhaps California.”
— Joseph Ghosn
Hand-numbered limited edition of 105 copies on pro-dubbed chrome tape, packaged in a silkscreened cardboard-box printed on 100% recycled stock with insert and download coupon. Graphism : Daniel Castrejón
Released on Umor Rex Records
“Leaning strongly on synthesizers and electronics while incorporating occasional piano and guitar, the record feels modest while also keeping a panoramic, wide-open kind of emotion; comparable at times to both minimal wave and recent Cliff Martinez film scores, while also informed throughout by 20th century European classical tradition, Full Moon nevertheless feels like the product of a distinct musical imagination even when it draws from familiar textures. By turns high-gloss and beat oriented while allowing more dampened and saudade passages (the gorgeous solo piano track “The Glass Key” is an album highlight), this album is an especially worthy soundtrack to any forthcoming end-of-summer loneliness, future night drives, private subway trips, long pensive sunsets, etc.”
Tiny Mix Tapes
“The impeccable pickers at Mexico City’s Umor Rex pluck out a real gem of expressive, almost pop-wise and cinematic synth music by a member of Paris’s esteemed GRM. Think Pye Corner Audio meets François De Roubaix and you’ve got a grip on Bazin’s sublime synthetic sound.”
BOOMKAT
Tiny Mix Tapes
“The impeccable pickers at Mexico City’s Umor Rex pluck out a real gem of expressive, almost pop-wise and cinematic synth music by a member of Paris’s esteemed GRM. Think Pye Corner Audio meets François De Roubaix and you’ve got a grip on Bazin’s sublime synthetic sound.”
BOOMKAT
Composed and performed by Alexandre Bazin / Drums : Tim Weller
Art cover : Franco Grignani "Fenomeno plastico-chiaroscurale”
Graphism : Nick Taylor Illustration
Released on Polytechnic Youth
“Retro-vintage krautische drums meet EMS Synthi VCS3, Minimoog and Buchla Music Easel and Cristal Baschet synth drones and languid guitars from Frenchman Alexandre Bazin.
Think Silver Apples Of The Moon, Cavern Of Anti-Matter…”
BOOMKAT
With Sun Dog Trail, Alexandre Bazin brings together multiple sources of inspiration. On one side, a clear tribute to the pioneers of experimental electronic music, especially Bernard Parmegiani and Pierre Henry. On the other, the influence of Krautrock and its hypnotic, exploratory energy.
The result is an album that blends Bazin's signature fusion of sound art and rhythm, navigating between electronic abstraction and rock-inflected forms — a series of sonic journeys that remain open, textured, and immersive.
For this album, Bazin used a range of rare and iconic instruments, including the EMS VCS3, Buchla Music Easel, Minimoog, and the Cristal Baschet.
Think Silver Apples Of The Moon, Cavern Of Anti-Matter…”
BOOMKAT
With Sun Dog Trail, Alexandre Bazin brings together multiple sources of inspiration. On one side, a clear tribute to the pioneers of experimental electronic music, especially Bernard Parmegiani and Pierre Henry. On the other, the influence of Krautrock and its hypnotic, exploratory energy.
The result is an album that blends Bazin's signature fusion of sound art and rhythm, navigating between electronic abstraction and rock-inflected forms — a series of sonic journeys that remain open, textured, and immersive.
For this album, Bazin used a range of rare and iconic instruments, including the EMS VCS3, Buchla Music Easel, Minimoog, and the Cristal Baschet.