EXPRESSIONS VEGETALES (vinyl)

Description

VEGETAL POP. First there's a love for plants; the members of the duo LABOTANIQUE are agronomists. Then there's a passion for music, synthesizers, and rap. There's also a place, the Botanical Garden of Nantes, which serves as their recording studio and experimental ground. But above all, there's this desire to make plants sing. Utopia? No, vegetal pop!LABOTANIQUE developed this sensitivity for ecology and the living world with Raphaël D'hervez (Pongo, Ramo, Ricky Hollywood). In 2019, they together produced the EP '47e Parallèle', which received national distribution. The same year, the duo created a show for the Voyage à Nantes in partnership with the Jardin des Plantes. In 2020, they became part of the new FAIR promotion and took the opportunity to design their project 'Expressions végétales'. On this first album, scheduled for release on June 25, 2021, the listener travels from one plant to another. Each track questions our society through the viewpoint of a plant species. It is therefore natural that this release will be accompanied by a tour of botanical gardens in France.In their various activities, Ronan and Thomas see themselves as a link between the living world and the public. When they lead cultural mediation workshops, they invite participants (schoolchildren, students, detainees) to tell their stories through the lens of plants. When they create sound walks and podcasts, it's in the form of immersive experiences that highlight our natural heritage. LABOTANIQUE is now convinced that plants are informed observers of our society! "These mad scientists make plants sing." --- OUEST FRANCE ---. "A new organic perspective on music, a rhythmic biology at the crossroads of lyrics and beatmaking, inviting an odyssey into the hip-hoptronica ecosystem." --- FIP ---.