Within the somewhat unusual confluence of synthesizers and a small orchestral ensemble, Canadian artist Flore Laurentienne produces music rooted in the landscape of his country and inspired by the vastness of the St. Lawrence River. The music is bright, simple, and powerful. Led by Minimoog player Mathieu David Gagnon, Flore Laurentienne are comprised of a string quartet, two keyboardists and a percussionist and their new album, Volume III, highlights the concept of beauty in chaos, and like the press materials suggest, the message is one of light: “It is the seed in the ground that becomes a plant and then a flower, blooming at its peak and then inevitably wilting so that the cycle can begin again.”
Following in the footsteps, needless to say,…

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