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Under a grazing light, Frise Lumière is a personal project by artist, musician and composer Ludovic Gerst. By refining the instrumentation to only his bass, he is able to extract rythmic, harmonic and percussive melodies. Frise Lumière began as a series of work sessions, collaborations, and experiments with dancers, artists, and textile designers before evolving into a fully solo project. Exploring and perfecting this rhythmic instrument to the fullest extent possible before creating his debut album, Bisou Genou, which was released at the end of October 2021 and performed throughout Europe. Ambo is the outcome of numerous interactions from the past and present, affirming and advancing the research of his prepared bass's acoustic possibilities. His use of broomsticks, mallets, and drumsticks enhances his rhythmic playing. Whether he plays his instrument more conventionally or flat on his lap. A method that is already audible in a few of the tracks on his first LP.

“Everything comes from raw textures, a noise, a note… like a voiceless chant
trying to come to life, to cast itself out of a body, out of a mouth, out of this
page, this bass. Hit, stroke, hijacked, refined to only itself, the instrument becomes
both melodic and rhythmic, turning into percussion, letting through other
voices, other breaths.”

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Sotto una luce radente, Frise Lumière è il progetto personale dell’artista, musicista e compositore Ludovic Gerst. Riducendo la strumentazione al solo basso, è capace di estrarne ritmiche, armoniche e melodie percussive.
Frise Lumière inizia come una serie di sessioni, collaborazioni, sperimentazioni con danzatori, artisti, designer del tessile; prima di evolvere in una solo-performance. L’album di esordio Bisou Genou del 2021 nasce anch’esso dalla ricerca sonora con lo strumento fino ai suoi limiti fisici.