Album "Letter to a Friend"

Album Letter to a Friend to be released Fall 2023

Produced by French Paradox and under the sponsorship of the FACE (French American Cultural Exchange, the French Embassy in the US), Letter to a Friend is Raphael Pannier's second album as a leader. Recorded at Bunker Studios, NYC, on June 2022, it is the result of three years of work between Raphael and German electro producer Acid Pauli (Björk, Nicolas Jaar, etc..). After creating electro tracks out of Raphael's composition, the same quartet as Faune went into the studio and recorded on top of the tracks to match the electro colors and beats: Miguel Zenón on saxophone, François Moutin on upright bass, Giorgi Mikadze on piano and of course Raphael on drums. Later, in post-production, Acid Pauli re-worked his tracks to match what happened in the studio, and create a unique fusion between human musical interaction and machine's sounds and possibilities.

Letter to a Friend will be released during the Fall 2023. Stay in touch!