Paul Régimbeau’s path starts like many others at the end of the 90s, when he still
lives in Toulouse, is deeply moved by the first records from Vangelis and Aphex
Twin, and consequently starts to experiment with music production software.
He moves..
Paul Régimbeau’s path starts like many others at the end of the 90s, when he still
lives in Toulouse, is deeply moved by the first records from Vangelis and Aphex
Twin, and consequently starts to experiment with music production software.
He moves to Paris at 22 when his first remixes and releases meet the success of the
exploding « electro » french scene. Whereas this wave tends to get the public’s
attention away from the true relationship he nurtures with music, some remark this
more insular aspect of his sound, like french magazine Les Inrockuptibles, describing early work « Galaxy of Nowhere » (2009) as being the work of « one of the most impressive disciples of Brian Eno in this century of dark lights ».
To reclaim the deeper meaning and emotions in music, Régimbeau embraces
extreme metal music, where he finds sensations and feelings closer to his own. His
album « Hadès » (2014) offers a unique synthesis of the purer melodies of
electronica and an adventurous electronic take on doom metal textures and riffs.
The follow up under the moniker Extreme Precautions is a total contrast to anything
he has done in the past : a true punk record, described by The Guardian as « angry,
heavy, lunk-headed and anthemic ».
Proof of his ability to transcend genres, he performs in the edgiest international
festivals (All Tomorrow’s Parties, CTM opening for Electric Wizard), in postindustrial
warehouses and most industrial underground club nights (Berghain -
Berlin, Kaos - London, opening for Nurse With Wound with his Autrenoir project),
as well as in places of worship (Eglise St Merri in Paris), museums (Beaux Arts
museum of Brussels) and some of most prevalent classical music venues in France
(Cité de la musique in Paris, Auditorium de Lyon). Each of these occasions are
experienced as a chance to abandon himself and the crowd in the pure intensity of
sound.
He founded in 2011 together with his friend Guillaume Heuguet, In Paradisum
Records, fostering releases of other idiosyncratic French artists such as Low Jack
and December, who are now releasing on international record labels.
While his music was at first an introspective affair, he soon found interest in
collaborations, working with Charlemagne Palestine - another artist obsessed with
the transcendental potential of sound -, guitarist Gregory Buffier from Saaad (as
Autrenoir), with noise-rock band Oiseaux Tempêtes (Sub Rosa), among others.
With no surprise considering the high cinematographic potential of his music, he
signed two musical scores to full length movies: Papa Lumière by Ada Loueilh (2011), and Bridgend by Jeppe Rønde (2015).
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The Last Tales EP (In Paradisum) 2016
Hadès LP (In Paradisum) 2014
The Nicest Way EP (Perc Trax) 2013
Ease your pain EP (In Paradisum) 2012
Rising Doom LP (Fool House) 2011
Day Of Anger EP (In Paradisum) 2011
Deaf House EP (Asphalt Duchess) 2010
Libera Me EP (Asphalt Duchess) 2010
Galaxy of nowhere LP (Asphalt Duchess) 2009
Nuits Sauvages EP (CItizen) 2009
(Declaration of) Principles EP (Fool House) 2008