VELOURS

Description

"Touché." What a happy coincidence that the first and magnificent track of Vonfelt's second EP is called that! Because we are indeed "touched" as in moved, stirred, pierced, shaken, even overwhelmed, while listening to the sensitive, organic, and synthetic compositions of this singer from Strasbourg. A childhood friend of Jacques and Petit Prince, Vonfelt handles the drums on the album *L'importance du vide* by the brilliant eccentric, while also accompanying him on tour. Because yes, the man in the shadows, who has been working for contemporary dance since 2020, a gifted multi-instrumentalist, has decided to now step into the spotlight. He even forcefully takes hold of the microphone to finally convey the full palette of his emotions. With French as his playground, which is normal for someone who was raised on the tutelary figures of Bashung, Daho, or Gainsbourg. We can even find a bit of the man with the cabbage head in Vonfelt's very particular phrasing, half-spoken, half-sung, as if inhabited by a thrilling tension. This astonishing blend of strength and fragility now finds a perfect setting in the six tracks of *Velours*, with its vibrant and silky electronic sound. Because the electronic music of Daft Punk's *Discovery*, all the way to Sophie and LCD Soundsystem, also flows through Arthur's veins.