Mirapolis, the fourth album of French electronic music producer Rone is set to be released on 3 November 2017 on the InFiné label. The twelve tracks each are in their own way a slice of life of the `creatures´ residing in a utopian city carefully built by Rone.
The cover artwork designed by French film and music video director Michel Gondry, reflects the offbeat dimension of this new album. Mirapolis illuminates electronica, short-circuits dancefloor mechanisms and shakes up the indiepop genre. With a similar modus operandi to the one he used for his debut album Spanish Breakfast, which he produced solo in his attic room in Paris, Rone searched for isolation and travelled to Brittany and Baie de Somme to sketch Mirapolis.
Brest, capital of the Finistère, is the first track taken from `Mirapolis´ to be unveiled online from 13 September. This gripping 3-minute instrumental track can be likened to a tightrope walk perfectly balancing between visceral and cerebral spheres, acoustic and electronic, organic and analog. A heady but simple little loop takes off on the aerial strings of the Vacarme trio, swirls with the metronomic rolls of John Stanier's drums and dissolves blissfully in the Tohu Bohu of the machines.
Besides Battles' drummer and Gaspar Claus' trio on this track - all part of Rone's memorable concert at the Philharmonie of Paris in January 2017 - Rone has also opened wide the doors of his exciting new Mirapolis to his long-time friend, Bryce Dessner (The National guitarist), spoken-word poet Saul Williams, Israeli electro-pop sensation Noga Erez, Blonde Redhead vocalist Kazu Makino, Basque chorus girl band Botsgehio, and London singer-songwriter Baxter Dury.
TRACKLISTING
1 - I, Philip
2 - Lou
3 - Faster
4 - Spank
5 - Switches
6 - Origami
7 - Wave
8 - Brest
9 - Everything
10 - Zapoï
11 - Mirapolis
12 - Down For The Cause
RONE ON TOUR
16.09.17 - Nuits Sonores - Brussels - Belgium
07.10.17 - Razzmatazz - Barcelona/Spain
20.10.17 - Fleda Club - Brno/Czech Republic
11.11.17 - Steel Yard - London/UK
16.11.17 - Bam - Metz/France
17.11.17 - Astrolabe - Orléans/France
18.11.17 - Chabada - Angers/France
22.11.17 - La Belle Electrique - Grenoble/France
23.11.17 - Gaskessel - Bern/Switzerland
24.11.17 - La Rodia - Besançon/France
25.11.17 - La Laiterie - Strasbourg/France
30.11.17 - Cargo - Caen/France
01.12.17 - Le 106- Rouen/France
02.12.17 - La Carêne - Brest/France
07.12.17 - Rockstore - Montpellier/France
08.12.17 - L'étoile - Avignon/France
09.12.17 - Le Fil - Saint Etienne/France
13.12.17 - Trianon - Paris/France
26.01.18 - Rock School Barbey - Bordeaux/France
27.01.18 - Bikini - Toulouse/France
19.01.18 – Westerunie – Amsterdam /Pays-Bas
31.01.18 - Transbordeur - Lyon/France
02.02.18 - Liberté - Rennes/France
03.02.18 - Oasis - Le Mans/France
08.02.18 - L'autre Canal - Nancy/France
30.03.18 - Le Lieu Unique - Nantes/France
