https://soundcloud.com/orchid-e-noire/orchidee-noire-et-coco-gallo-de-vous-a-toi
Fans of cold wave and vintage synth-pop will find much to love about Orchid�e Noire. It’s been a prolific year already for the French musician/lyricist Xavier Soquet, and this Fall seems to be no exception. The busy artist released two new instrumental tracks, “Nuit inachev�e” and “C�urs de fa�ence” in September and October, as well as November’s vocal track “Ab imo pectore“, and this, his most recent release, “De vous � toi“, a collaboration with Coco Gallo of Peine Perdue. Noir tones of bass gloom arpeggiate right from the start when “De vous � toi”‘s downward descending, 3-note synth pattern opens the basement door on a kick and snare drum engaged in a numbed and lurid exchange. The track features Gallo’s crepuscular, plain spoken vocal delivery, and she provides the perfect compliment to Soquet’s suave cantillation and Symbolist-inspired poetry.
