WATCH AND SHARE “STARS” DIR. MATHIEU FORTIN
NEW ALBUM, DAWN CHORUS, OUT NOW VIA ARTS & CRAFTS
TOUR DATES BEGIN JANUARY 29, 2020
BUY / STREAM DAWN CHORUS HERE
“If this isn't Jacques Greene's magnum opus, we'll be very curious to hear what is.” — Exclaim!
“It’s Jacques Greene operating on an entirely new level — his fullest and glossiest work to date, from the rapturous opening track ‘Serenity’ to the outward expanse of ‘Stars.’” — The FADER
“You get the sense that exploring unfamiliar equipment in new spaces has helped him find new possibilities in his own work—that by plunging himself into guitar pedals and classic French-house compression modules, he’s ushered in a new era for Jacques Greene without losing sight of his unique sentimentality.” — Pitchfork
“The dozen tracks on ‘Dawn Chorus’ capture the hazy, ambient feeling of joyful exhaustion. It's an elegant soundtrack to a real moment in many ravers' lives, and rather than create the music you might listen to then, he scores the scene as if it were a movie.” — Billboard
“‘Dawn Chorus’ hangs together as a cohesive work, even when Greene is pushing genre omnivorousness to giddy new extremes.” — Bandcamp
"Coagulating in the form of a sprawling 12-track collection of diversified cuts, the project maintains the producer’s idiosyncratic arsenal of club-heavy textures, albeit repurposed for listening outside of the normative dancefloor atmosphere.” — Hypebeast
Fresh off the release of his “intimate and immense” (Pitchfork) new album, Dawn Chorus, via Arts & Crafts, Jacques Greene is pleased to announce a slew of 2020 European and North American tour dates. Last week he debuted a sold out run of launch parties in Berlin, London, Manchester, New York, LA and Montreal. In early 2020 he returns to Europe and North America (Boston, Brooklyn, Portland, Vancouver, and Oakland). A full list of dates is below.
In conjunction with today’s announcement, Greene also releases the video for “Stars” - the second part of a narrative which started outside a warehouse party in his “Do It Without You” video. The track features spoken word from Canadian artist Sandrine Somé - who reconciles memories from her childhood over understated kik drums and synths. An evocative closer to the album, Mathieu Fortin’s piece of impressionistic cinema seeks to express early am euphoria as we settle back into reality after a night out. It’s an apt conclusion for an album which has been applauded for his cinematic atmosphere.
WATCH AND SHARE “STARS” DIR. MATHIEU FORTIN
MATHIEU FORTIN DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
“‘Stars’ is the continuation of “Do it Without You”. It's getting lost in the pattern, merging with your habits. Bathing in LCL, syncing with the machine. Endlessly looping, losing sight of what’s real.
WATCH AND SHARE “DO IT WITHOUT YOU” HERE
BUY / STREAM DAWN CHORUS HERE
(photo credit: Mathieu Fortin)
TOUR DATES
Jan. 29 - London, UK @ Studio 9294
Jan. 30 - Manchester, UK @ YES (Pink Room)
Jan. 31 - Dublin, IE @ Lost Lane
Feb. 1 - Belfast, IE @ The Menagerie
Feb. 4 - Glasgow, UK @ Stereo
Feb. 5 - Leeds, UK @ Headrow House
Feb. 7 - Paris, FR @ Badaboum
Feb. 14 - Chicago @ Smartbar
Feb. 20 - Boston, MA @ Middlesex Lounge (DJ Set)
Feb. 21 - Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere (DJ Set)
Feb 22: Detroit @ The Red Door
Feb. 27 - Portland, OR @ Holocene
Feb. 28 - Vancouver, BC @ The Beaumont
Feb. 29 - Oakland, CA @ Starline Social Club
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