Noah Noire

CAT No. FLAU95
Release Date: 2022-8-26
Format: LP/DIGITAL

Noahの新作「Noire」は、ファーストアルバム「Sivutie」から最新EP「Étoile」以前の5年にわたって制作されていた楽曲をまとめたコンピレーション。彼女の最もパーソナルな楽曲のアーカイブと、アーティスト自身を形成する手助けとなった創作過程を掘り下げた作品集です。
この未発表の9曲は、童話の中のロマンチックな夜の情景をイメージしながら、少しずつ練り上げられていきました。セルフ・サンプリングされたピアノ・ループ、効果的に散りばめられたフルートやサックス、慎重に検討されたビート。深夜のジャズとポーティスヘッドのカクテルとも言えるミニマルなトラックには、「The things I’ve left behind」(Shadow)という情熱的なフレーズから、オープニングの Twirling における催眠的な遠景まで、柔らかで囁くようなNoahの歌声と、神秘的なサウンドスケープが夜の間の自由な感覚とともに織り込まれています。

Nights can be ordinary, quiet. Most nights are. But, for some, nights also provide much needed alone time, space to relax and escape from the world. They can become the backdrop to grand stories made in one’s mind, imagined romances and introspective wanderings that make the time after dark the most magical.

It’s this sense of nocturnal freedom that weaves its way through Noah’s latest release, Noire. Noah’s work is characterised by her soft vocals and intricate, fantastic-exotic soundscapes. With Noire we’re invited to dig through the archives of some of her most personal tracks yet, and a process of creation that helped shape the artist herself.

This never-before-heard work from Noah is the sound of an artist finding themselves, a maturation. The minimalist tracks—a cocktail of late-night jazz meets Portishead—feature gorgeous space for Noah’s crooning vocals to breathe among sprinklings of sampled piano, flute and saxophone. From the emotive line, “The things I’ve left behind…” on ‘Shadow’, to the sleepy, far-off sounds of opener ‘Twirling’, the album showcases a lightness and a sensitivity to self: the joy of night twinned with the inevitable introspection that comes with staying up while the world sleeps.

Noah began work on Noire following the successful release of her debut album, Sivutie, toiling away on these nine tracks between 2015 and 2020—work from the past that has gone on to inform her current style, notably her 2021 Étoile EP. Though resonating more with her past self than her present, it’s only now that, fittingly, Noah has been able to put this night-born piece of art to bed.

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Track List

1. twirling

2. odette

3. lamp 4. back

5. shadow

6. gemini ― mysterious lot 7. cheshire 8. voice

9. summer ends

Press Quotes

…oozes languorous modern soul and R&B, like Solange drifting over the Boards of Canada…Remaining something of an enigma Noah appears and then floats away, leaving a lingering presence with music created in a dream. Noire is another great, captivating showcase for that talent.Monolith Cocktail

Minimal beatscapes via FLAU, that swirl with chopped & looped instrumentation providing a sonic current on which Noah’s dreamy, ASMR-like, whispered & softly sung voice drifts unhurriedly downstream to lend an empathetic ear during your quieter, more introspective moments – The Slow Music Movement

She’s mostly a master of space, whether crafting alternate worlds to float through or gliding into fading memories….The change now, is her voice is stronger than before, both in how she deploys, layers and shines with it. It adds a needed human heart to Noire, and makes it a nocturnal companion for the sleepless – Make Believe Melodies

Everything about Noire is gentle; so gentle, in fact, that one might be required to study beyond its surface-level pleasantry in order to properly take heed of all its subtleties. – The Glow

It’s the perfect quiet storm of experimental that is eeriely calm and comforting – Abduction Radiation

celestial sound and spiritual, introspective, and solitary – ADSR Collective

magnetic, understated drama…riveting, zero-gravity – Autumn Roses

Noah’s adding grace to an otherwise nervy dive – Otaquest

intricate, avant-garde soundscapes – Avo Magazine

interview by Mdnt.
「夢想の物語の行間を照らすしとやかな灯り、Noahが書き溜めた未発表曲集『Noire』を紐解く」

Noah Noire

CAT No. FLAU95
Release Date: 2022-8-26
Format: LP/DIGITAL

Track List

1. twirling

2. odette

3. lamp 4. back

5. shadow

6. gemini ― mysterious lot 7. cheshire 8. voice

9. summer ends

Noahの新作「Noire」は、ファーストアルバム「Sivutie」から最新EP「Étoile」以前の5年にわたって制作されていた楽曲をまとめたコンピレーション。彼女の最もパーソナルな楽曲のアーカイブと、アーティスト自身を形成する手助けとなった創作過程を掘り下げた作品集です。
この未発表の9曲は、童話の中のロマンチックな夜の情景をイメージしながら、少しずつ練り上げられていきました。セルフ・サンプリングされたピアノ・ループ、効果的に散りばめられたフルートやサックス、慎重に検討されたビート。深夜のジャズとポーティスヘッドのカクテルとも言えるミニマルなトラックには、「The things I’ve left behind」(Shadow)という情熱的なフレーズから、オープニングの Twirling における催眠的な遠景まで、柔らかで囁くようなNoahの歌声と、神秘的なサウンドスケープが夜の間の自由な感覚とともに織り込まれています。

Nights can be ordinary, quiet. Most nights are. But, for some, nights also provide much needed alone time, space to relax and escape from the world. They can become the backdrop to grand stories made in one’s mind, imagined romances and introspective wanderings that make the time after dark the most magical.

It’s this sense of nocturnal freedom that weaves its way through Noah’s latest release, Noire. Noah’s work is characterised by her soft vocals and intricate, fantastic-exotic soundscapes. With Noire we’re invited to dig through the archives of some of her most personal tracks yet, and a process of creation that helped shape the artist herself.

This never-before-heard work from Noah is the sound of an artist finding themselves, a maturation. The minimalist tracks—a cocktail of late-night jazz meets Portishead—feature gorgeous space for Noah’s crooning vocals to breathe among sprinklings of sampled piano, flute and saxophone. From the emotive line, “The things I’ve left behind…” on ‘Shadow’, to the sleepy, far-off sounds of opener ‘Twirling’, the album showcases a lightness and a sensitivity to self: the joy of night twinned with the inevitable introspection that comes with staying up while the world sleeps.

Noah began work on Noire following the successful release of her debut album, Sivutie, toiling away on these nine tracks between 2015 and 2020—work from the past that has gone on to inform her current style, notably her 2021 Étoile EP. Though resonating more with her past self than her present, it’s only now that, fittingly, Noah has been able to put this night-born piece of art to bed.

KEEP READING

interview by Mdnt.
「夢想の物語の行間を照らすしとやかな灯り、Noahが書き溜めた未発表曲集『Noire』を紐解く」
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