Elysian Park [CD]

Elysian Park is the third album by French, London based producer Franz Kirmann and his second for German imprint Denovali. If Franz Kirmann's second album, 'Meridians' (2014) was a continuation of the nostalgic dreamlike electronica of his first, 'Random Access Memories' (2010), then Elysian Park is a complete departure from it.

For all its bleak harshness, there are many moments of tranquil clarity on Elysian Park and a sense of a search for a better, more peaceful place. The brooding and bleak numbers are offset against pieces of sepulchral beauty or sedated peacefulness. Through its everyday sounds vaporised into oblivion, and it's majestic sense of emptiness, Elysian Park eschews a fragmented black geography of an emotionally alienated consumerist society.

Vinyl: thick matte gatefold covers + black polylined inner sleeves, 2 different vinyl colors, 180g vinyl, free download code
Cd: nice digipak packaging
Stream: www.denovali.com/franzkirmann