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Recorded between February 5th 2024 and November 23rd 2024.
Released January 1st 2025.

All tracks composed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Atomiste.

TRACKLIST :
1) This Spark, It Burns (Intro) (2:27)
2) Above No Wisdom (6:30)
3) Croix des Gardes (9:37)
4) Long Live the Wind (3:07)
5) Interlude #1 (Something Like Paranoia) (1:05)
6) Infatuation (5:07)
7) Obsession (19:50)
8) Interlude #2 (Consequences and Everything) (1:38)
9) A Wish for Purpose (2:03)
10) Lights Only Held by Dreaming Too Much (5:15)
11) Caramel's Theme (2:12)
12) Until the Spark Fades Out (7:43)
13) Interlude #3 (To Return Home and Sleep) (1:45)
14) This is Beyond All of Us (2:42)
15) This Spark, It Burns (Outro) (1:57)

TOTAL : 1:12:58

There you have it, my yearly project that occupied most of 2024 as I was releasing side project after side project. This is my masterpiece, not afraid to say it. This means so much to me and is basically the story without words of my journey as a musician and as a person. This album is experimental big band at its core, but blends in many other genres sur as european free jazz, ambient, field recordings, third stream.... you name it. Like my life it's all over the place but still something i'm proud to have.

Some of these tracks were rather easy to compose, some were such a damn pain to finish that it almost prevented this album from being released at all (looking at you, Above No Wisdom). Redid the mastering of the main tracks so many times it's stupid. Never spent this long making an album, can't count the hours, does it even matter?

Anyway, you have it all in there. If you like anything that's remotely close to jazz/bigband then you'll have a bite for each taste. I MIGHT consider pressing vinyls of that one (a one-time limited batch) and selling it here, won't happen at release but might so if there's demand. Let me know!

2024 ends in uncertainty, but it ends. 2025 gonna be crazy, I know it, you know it. Got some very promising ideas for releases (which should be less frequent than this year, 9 albums!) and a few collabs and feats that mostly depend on the other parties involved for timing, stay tuned!

Much love, look beyond.

- Atomiste

"I wish there was more of me so that I could find more of you."

French multi-instrumentalist with one philosophy when it comes to music : "Fuck it we ball".

I did so many different music genres I could open my own Spotify, so have a look around : there's something for everybody here.

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