{"id":526,"date":"2026-01-23T20:13:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bricekartmann.com\/?page_id=526"},"modified":"2026-06-18T12:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:50:23","slug":"totem-flotte","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bricekartmann.com\/?page_id=526","title":{"rendered":"Totem Flott\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Totem Flott\u00e9, c’est une proposition de Brice Kartmann autour du Synth\u00e9tiseur modulaire et d’enregistrements d’ambiance \/ field recordings, \u00e0 \u00e9couter en concert ou sur enregistrement. Un premi\u00e8re K7 est sortie chez Un-Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi en 2026 en format K7 et digital.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Les neuf pi\u00e8ces de l\u2019album fonctionnent comme des organismes autonomes, chacun dot\u00e9 de sa propre respiration, de ses tensions internes et de son mouvement.

Les sons semblent provenir d\u2019un environnement submerg\u00e9, \u00e9voquant la d\u00e9couverte de vestiges d\u2019une civilisation enfouie dans les fonds marins : architectures alt\u00e9r\u00e9es, pulsations lentes, signaux lointains. Le synth\u00e9tiseur modulaire est ici abord\u00e9 comme un milieu vivant plut\u00f4t que comme un simple instrument, laissant appara\u00eetre des \u00e9quilibres fragiles et des d\u00e9rives contr\u00f4l\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Des field recordings, fragments du monde r\u00e9el, et les sons issus de la synth\u00e8se sonore s\u2019entrelacent sans hi\u00e9rarchie. De leur interaction na\u00eet une mati\u00e8re sonore instable, organique et min\u00e9rale, brouillant volontairement la fronti\u00e8re entre sons capt\u00e9s et sons g\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9s.
Totem Flott\u00e9 ne raconte pas une histoire : il installe un espace d\u2019\u00e9coute, entre arch\u00e9ologie imaginaire et exploration sonore, o\u00f9 chaque pi\u00e8ce devient une trace \u00e0 explorer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The album\u2019s nine pieces function like autonomous organisms, each endowed with its own breath, internal tensions, and movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sounds seem to reach us from a submerged environment, evoking the discovery of remnants from a civilization buried on the ocean floor: altered architectures, slow pulsations, distant signals. Here, the modular synthesizer is approached as a living environment rather than a simple instrument, revealing fragile balances and controlled drifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Field recordings\u2014fragments of the real world\u2014and sounds derived from sound synthesis intertwine without hierarchy. From their interaction emerges an unstable sonic material, both organic and mineral, deliberately blurring the boundary between captured sounds and generated ones.
Totem Flott\u00e9 does not tell a story; it establishes a space for listening, somewhere between imaginary archaeology and sonic exploration, where each piece becomes a trace to be explored.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Brice Kartmann \u2013 Modular synthesizer composition and field recordings
Recorded in Tours and at Le Moulin de Planchette, spring and summer 2024
Artwork by Funken (UJNSQ)
Riso-printed at Fun\u00b7print\u00b7Lab (Tours)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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En concert, Brice Kartmann utilise le m\u00eame dispositif que pour les enregistrements, transportant son \u00ab\u00a0studio\u00a0\u00bb modulaire avec lui. Le concert se pr\u00eate plut\u00f4t \u00e0 \u00eatre au milieu du public, pouvoir jouer et travailler les sons directement face \u00e0 la sonorisation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In concert, Brice Kartmann uses the same device as for recordings, carrying his modular \u00ab\u00a0studio\u00a0\u00bb with him. The concert lends itself rather to being in the middle of the audience, being able to play and work on the sounds directly in front of the sound field.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Credit Photo : Fabien Bourdier, Maxime Fabre, UJNSQ<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Live session @ Le Jericho : SPDC : <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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