Album lore

Fabuloseries, released in 2016 on homerecords.be, documents a collaboration between Valentín Clastrier and Steven Kamperman, two practitioners of the hurdy-gurdy within a French avant-garde folk idiom. The record unfolds over 14 tracks, including the multipart "Fabulo" series—such as "Fabulo 1 éthérique"—that showcase the instrument’s droning, rhythmic potential alongside textural explorations. The album’s titles—“Et la roue de la vie,” “Hostile et sauvage,” and “Fabulo, pt. 4 - Orphique”—hint at an engagement with both tradition and experimentation.This artifact resides in a niche of French avant folk, where the hurdy-gurdy’s buzzing timbres are coaxed into contemporary forms. The sessions emphasize subtle interplay and tonal nuance rather than virtuosic display, offering a measured, contemplative resonance. Fabuloseries is a signal from a quiet corner of the hurdy-gurdy lineage, appealing to those interested in the instrument’s modern permutations and the avant-garde fringes of French folk music.

Album lore

Fabuloseries, released in 2016 on homerecords.be, documents a collaboration between Valentín Clastrier and Steven Kamperman, two practitioners of the hurdy-gurdy within a French avant-garde folk idiom. The record unfolds over 14 tracks, including the multipart "Fabulo" series—such as "Fabulo 1 éthérique"—that showcase the instrument’s droning, rhythmic potential alongside textural explorations. The album’s titles—“Et la roue de la vie,” “Hostile et sauvage,” and “Fabulo, pt. 4 - Orphique”—hint at an engagement with both tradition and experimentation.This artifact resides in a niche of French avant folk, where the hurdy-gurdy’s buzzing timbres are coaxed into contemporary forms. The sessions emphasize subtle interplay and tonal nuance rather than virtuosic display, offering a measured, contemplative resonance. Fabuloseries is a signal from a quiet corner of the hurdy-gurdy lineage, appealing to those interested in the instrument’s modern permutations and the avant-garde fringes of French folk music.