There are works that take years to be born. Months to explore. Weeks of moving forward blind. Nights of doubting, starting over, throwing everything into the fire, and searching in the ashes for what survived. Craftsmanship rests on a belief: that time spent building is never wasted. That what is built slowly carries something speed will never be able to reproduce. A slow gesture in a world that no longer is. This discipline of patience has become, today, an act of resistance.
The world is running at full speed. What does that speed take from us? Peace. That inner peace we need to truly feel things, to let an emotion settle, unfold, pass through us. We run from one moment to the next, at the risk of living in none of them. We consume without digesting. We accumulate experiences without fully living them. And after a while, we don’t even know if what we feel belongs to us, or if it’s the noise of the world resonating in our place.
When was the last time you gave yourself that moment? A moment you chose, where you decided to empty everything out, to impose calm, to listen inward. A moment for you, fully, with no sharing. A moment where the mind stops rushing, where the body finally lands.
I love waiting for a film for months. The first teaser, the casting announcement, the first stolen images from a set… I love preparing the grand arrival. I choose the right night, the right theater. I protect that moment. I prepare for it because I know the way I receive a work is part of the experience. The state we’re in when we welcome art changes what art gives us. And that first moment, the moment of discovery, happens only once. The second it’s lived, it’s gone.
I decided not to release any single before my fourth album comes out. I’m doing it out of conviction. This album was composed as one single work, one single breath, one single journey. Like cinema. Each piece exists because of the one that comes before it and the one that follows. Once you’ve discovered it as a whole, you’ll be able to choose your favorite tracks. But for the first listen, each piece must be heard in its context. Each one places you in an emotional state that makes you more receptive to the next.
In April, I’m asking you to listen to it all the way through. From the first track to the last. In order. Without interruption. Give yourself that moment.
Choose the right place, the right disposition. Make this listen an appointment with yourself. 63 minutes of music. It’s the time it takes me to tell you everything that words alone cannot say.
Sincerely,
Sofiane Pamart
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« When was the last time you gave yourself that moment? A moment you chose, where you decided to empty everything out, to impose calm, to listen inward. A moment for you, fully, with no sharing. A moment where the mind stops rushing, where the body finally lands. »
I find these moments thanks to your music. Sometimes I just listen, lain in my bed, and I try to feel the same emotions that you felt while composing. I also strive to put words on my own emotions, to understand them. Thank you for your music, and for the amazing feelings they have the power to bring inside of each of us 🙏