Rone: Mirapolis

A new album by French electronic artist Rone is something worth celebrating. Mirapolis comes three
years after his Creatures album, a favourite of this blog.

Mirapolis features contributions by a wide variety of artists including Baxter Dury, John Stanier from Battles,  Kazu Makino from Blonde Redhead and Bryce Desser from The National who appeared on Creatures.  Cellist Gaspar Claus makes a repeat appearance. The cover was designed by French film director Michel Gondry.

 Creatures was, to these ears, a work that took contemporary French electronic music to another level, and Mirapolis looks set to do much the same. It's a work that reveals more depth and colour with repeated listening. Expect to see it on a few 'album of the year' lists over the next few months.

Rone played at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris, where he played at the Grande Halle de La Villette last week. His set's available to watch thanks to the good people at Culturebox.

Rone plays in London at the Steelground on Saturday.

Rone: Brest

A new track by French electro pioneer Rone, ahead of the release of a new album later this autumn.

Brest continues his groundbreaking electronic work that began in 2008 and has seen him become one of France's most respected artists.

While perhaps not as commercially orientated as other French artists, he's gained some serious critical praise for his music, at times as close to modern classical as it is to the dancefloor.





Last year Rone collaborated with Jean-Michel Jarre on his Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise album alongside other collaborators ranging from John Carpenter and the Pet Shop Boys to Sébastien Tellier and Christophe.


Brest comes from Rone's forthcoming fifth album entitled Mirapolis, which is due to be released on November 3. The much-anticipated follow up to his 2015 Creatures album is released on Infiné Music.

Rone plays live across france and neighbouring countries in November and December and is in Paris at the Trianon on December 13.