H.L.M. – Ruines, Béton & Industrie [Le Petit Signal]

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Imagine: Wandering around concrete, industrial ruins. The landscape leaves us speechless. We imagine bodies diving into an ocean of residues. Alone atop a lighthouse, watching and listening to interferences oscillating upon the asphalt, we reflect about our pasts, our futures… Our complex story begins in winter 1974, an intense adventure with M.

HAUTE LÉVITATION MUTÉE.

“Ruines, Béton & Industrie” follows the 30-years-old friendship between Guillaume and Andrew. They met in Grenoble, the French techno city, home of The Hacker, Kittin and Etant Donnés.

They also discovered rave culture together. It took almost 20 years before they recorded their first song. Between reality and the digital realm, they started to record, compose, write and exchange what would become this LP around 2020.

Bordeaux-based, Guillaume works as an artist plastician and sound performer. He is known for his project The Garçon and performs under the moniker Po.Go.

Berlin-based, Andrew spends most of his time there and in his studio in Bretagne, France. He is part of the electronic Disco band called Acid Washed and has collaborated with Patti Smith and Jean Michel Jarre.

Andrew and Guillaume incessantly travelled back-and-forth between Berlin and Bordeaux, communicating via email, to create this record. LPS founder Assaf, first encountered Andrew in the local Berlin scene and was astonished by his eclectic variety of electronic music; the type of art that fits the label like a glove. Beyond their sonic adventures, the duo inspired Assaf to rekindle his ‘not so hands-on’ virtues and express visual reverence, creating the album’s artwork.

About the label:

Le Petit Signal (LPS in short) was born out of a passion to uncover obscure masterpieces, works that display both intrinsic coherence and immense attention to detail.

The concept and label emerged from it’s one-person-operated – Assaf Bomgard (as well owner of Punk label and long time mail order – Twintoe Records) during the pandemic, with its bizarre implications and the ensuing reflections about what is and isn’t possible in our new reality.

LPS is a minimal manifesto dedicated to experimental & electronic-oriented music and is manufactured in extremely limited editions of uniquely designed vinyl records. Each copy is stamped, numbered, and comes in a hand-glued, riso-printed sleeve.

Album Credits:

  • All songs composed by H.L.M.*
  • Except B2 composed by H.L.M.*, Pascal Bonnard & Nicolas Sergère-Tavares Sousa (Kino)

  • Lyrics written & interpreted by Guillaume Laidain
  • Produced & Mixed by Andrew Claristidge
  • *H.L.M. are Guillaume Laidain & Andrew Claristidge
  • Mastered by Mikey Young
  • Inlay picture by Clara Sokol
  • Artwork & Layout by Assaf Bomgard
Track:Artist:Duration:
Interférences #1H.L.M.0:59
Corps PlongéH.L.M.3:14
PhareH.L.M.2:22
Ruines, Béton & IndustrieH.L.M.3:26
AphoneH.L.M.5:34
AsphalteH.L.M.3:42
OscilleH.L.M.2:45
MH.L.M.4:25
Hiver 1974H.L.M.4:26
Interférences #2H.L.M.1:07

Get the Album here

SINGLES:

15/01/2025
H.L.M “M”

04/02/2025
H.L.M “Ruines, Béton & Industrie”
The very first track they finished as H.L.M.

ALBUM:

21/02/2025
H.L.M “Ruines, Béton & Industrie”

Release Date : February 21st, 2025

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