Fantastic Twins - Two Is Not A Number

HOUSE OF SLESSOR

£23.49

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: HOS002
Barcode: 4250101457722
Release Date: 27 Oct 2023
Genre: Electronic/Dark Wave/Synth Pop-Noir

‘.. tracks that would not sound out of place on the Drive soundtrack or a Lynch-esque film. Records dripping with woozy synths, creeping, reverberating vocals and copious clashing cymbals.’ RANSOM NOTE

Debut album by one of the most exciting artists of our time! Welcome to the world of Fantastic Twins. Previously released a soundtrack and singles on Optimo Music and Hippie Dance.

Limited edition of 300 copies / blue coloured vinyl. Non-Returnable.
Fantastic Twins, the ongoing project of Julienne Dessagne, is a sonic exploration of dual characters born from one distinct perspective. A producer, songwriter, and acclaimed live performer, Dessagne has spent the last decade sculpting a unique world.

On an ambitious new album entitled ‘Two Is Not a Number’, Dessagne immerses herself more fully than ever in the concept that inspired her artist name, exploring the entwined lives and fates of her imaginary twins, their schizophrenic dreams, small dramas, and big tragedies - a metaphor for our own psyche, our inner conflicts, and our relationship to others and otherness.

These musings on the psychological, emotional, biological, and metaphysical qualities of Twins are expressed with assured clarity, using a palate of icy deep techno, eerie atmospheric soundtracks, tranced-out dark wave, and synth pop-noir. Whether through airborne dancefloor ascension, diamond hard rhythms, electronic thundercracks, or empathy drenched vocals and the palpable sense of unease, this standout album brings Dessagne’s powerful, affecting art into sharp focus.

I Was First takes listeners to the Fantastic Twins’ origin, a vocal transmission from within a sonic womb, as our protagonists prepare to emerge. Sisters at Odds sees our siblings emerge incongruous and freshly awoken to life’s absurdities in slow-motion. Suspensefully, the percussive heartbeat of Land of Pleasure Hi Fi wrings tension from numerology, blossoming into a scorched industrial ballet, a mirage of multiplicity.

Following the gothic connection of Master & Disciple, Silver Moon Dial incants a trance-like state that captures the physical energy of Dessagne’s live show, as Fantastic Twins take advantage of ‘putting the moon on speed dial.’ Euphoria soon splinters into tragedy with Twins Can’t Love, extracting unexpected melody and melancholy in brittle, IDM tinged electronics, beautifully tangled with Dessagne’s longing intonations.

From Above sees Dessagne’s vocals once again shift into a new form for a haunting interpretation of something approaching a ballad, echoing around a chamber from which the Twins have seemingly disappeared. Ultimately All of This is Resolved, both in title and form, within this album’s cathartic yet uneasy conclusion. Dessagne sends the siblings home at last... But what will we find if we follow?

A1 I Was First 01:44 A2 Sisters At Odds 04:56 A3 Land Of Pleasure Hi Fi 06:10 A4 Master & Disciple 05:08 B1 Silver Moon Dial 05:40 B2 Twins Can´t Love 04:42 B3 From Above 03:36 B4 All Of This Is Resolved 05:48