Emilie Levienaise - Farrouch - Strelka by FatCat Records published on 2015-09-18T16:24:31Z Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch is an award-winning French pianist/ composer currently living in London. Spanning film score, bespoke composition and sound design, her work is connected by both its high quality and evocative, meticulous craft - a common sensibility of elegant, instinctual composition. Signed by FatCat’s post-classical imprint 130701 following receipt of a stunning demo in 2014, Levienaise-Farrouch’s first album, ‘Like Water Through the Sand’ is set for a November 2015 release, and – alongside Dmitry Evgrafov’s debut for the imprint - marks an invigorating injection of fresh blood for 130701, introducing a striking new voice to the genre. A collection of new compositions written primarily for piano, string quartet and electronics, ‘Like Water Through the Sand’ is equal parts graceful as it is dark; powerful as it is subtle. A wide-ranging yet cohesive collection, there’s an immediately evident sense of class in the quality of the instrumental playing and the beautifully nuanced sound design, marshalled masterfully throughout by its creator. A gorgeously detailed and hugely impressive debut, ‘Like Water Through The Sand’ manages to sound at once fresh and familiar. It nestles comfortably within the contemporary cannon of post-classical producers/ composers which 130701 played a formative part in helping establish (the adventurous modern landscape of Max Richter, Johann Johansson, Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka, Nils Frahm, et al), and reveals a brilliant new voice to add to the firmament. Genre classical
