BUILDING LAMPSHADES

Description

Saint Sadrill is the name Antoine Mermet invented in 2010 to create, solo, a Pop that resides at the intersection of beauty and strangeness. The melodies are sung in English, carried by electronic environments that don't choose between coldness and warmth but reject lukewarmness. The instrument is the home studio, inhabited by a few synthesizers, saxophones, and above all, a voice. A kind of supersonic orchestra, infinitely modular - you'll encounter choirs, square wave ensembles, crackling drum machines… Saint Sadrill's voice is unsettling due to a constant back-and-forth between masculine and feminine. It seems to stem as much from classical rigor as from electric energy. The stories it tells are full of strong images but avoid saying too much; the music of the words is more important here than the precision of the discourse. Melodic and harmonic richness is always present: the tracks, which would suffice in a piano/voice format, are adorned with meticulousness and sound discoveries. They are made of a strong enough basic material to be readapted or orchestrated, from an intimate formation to a large concert ensemble. Composition, production, and arrangements are done solo, and concerts are played with a band. Saint Sadrill contrasts a production approach technologically rooted in the 21st century with a more traditional live approach (arrangements on sheet music followed by work with a band).