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Franck Martin - Je me Souviens

Franck Martin - Je me Souviens

by Tom Ojendyk

Franck Martin is a French-born and Bay Area-based musician and composer who has been experimenting with electronic music since 2016. His very fine latest release sounds like a modern take of a 1970s private press album that was influenced by classic German and French electronic acts like Tangerine Dream and Jean-Michel Jarre. Using a quadraphonic Eurorack modular setup, Je me Souviens is a long jam broken up into eight parts that have different moods and ideas, yet still feel connected. The sounds weave in and out with an underlying recurring theme, underpinning the tracks and giving them a sense of familiarity and comfort, best enjoyed with headphones since there’s so much movement. Martin wisely keeps the pieces sharp and concise so nothing is overbearing or distracting, and instead clear, inviting, and quite enchanting.