Roméo Poirier

If you plot a line between Jon Hassell’s 'Dream Theory In Malaya' and Jan Jelinek’s 'Loop Finding Jazz Records', you’ll find this pearl lodged somewhere in between. Add in cover art that reminds us of the sun-bleached breeze of Antena’s eternally nostalgic 'Camino Del Sol' and you have three of our favourite albums referenced in one paragraph. 𝙄𝙣 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨; 𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙, 𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝, 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚.

Following albums from Space Afrika, Perila, Jake Muir and Echium, composer/collagist Roméo Poirier debuts on Manchester’s sferic label with an evocative and beautiful round-trip to Venusian beaches and back.

Poirier uses tactfully textured electronics and timeless dubbing to realise an electronic simulacra of a world which becomes real through its eccentricities and cohesive integration of sounds. Trust there’s no mosquito bites or sunburn here, but you may not be able to escape the feeling you’ve been on holiday after immersing in Poirier’s careful world building.