Prikosnovenie
Encyclopedia
Prikosnovénie is a French
independent record label
founded in Nantes
in 1990
by Frédéric Chaplain and Sabine Adélaïde who moved to its current home in the medieval city of Clisson
in 2001. Prikosnovénie, whose name in Russia
n roughly translates to “light touch”, specialises in promoting darkwave
, neoclassical
, medieval, and heavenly voices bands that incorporate a fusion of ambient and romantic cultural sounds around from the world. The label is best known for its promotion of fairy and elven-styled music and art, which is often described as art inspired by fantasy stories such as The Lord of the Rings
.
The label describes itself as a contemporary mix of England
’s 4AD
label and France’s V.I.S.A.
experimental label, and in addition to representing bands from a number of countries, including Russia
, Japan
, Bulgaria
, Italy
, France
, and Greece
, the label has released a number of compilation disks further promoting the genre of music and their artists. The label now has over 70 bands signed to its roster
's self-titled debut, and selling more than 10,000 copies. The album was reportedly recorded in a fortnight. This development allowed the label to become professional and focussed its founders attention on new musical directions. Their first new direction was LYTCH, a label subdivision promoting electro bands such as Atlas Project, Phil Von, Mimetic
and Lys
.
in Western France. At this time the label began its expansionist links with overseas artists from countries as diverse as Russia
and Japan
, recording them all on the Love Sessions digipack. Sabine Adélaïde also released an art collection of all the work she had done to support the artists on the label in 2002. The Fairy World Collection was released in 2003 as a commemoration of the last 10 years' output.
Caprice
Collection d'Arnell Andréa
Orange Blossom
Prajna
Flëur
Irfan
Ivo Sedlacek
Jack or Jive
Mimetic.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
founded in Nantes
Nantes
Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants....
in 1990
1990 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.-Events:*January 21 – MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with British band Squeeze...
by Frédéric Chaplain and Sabine Adélaïde who moved to its current home in the medieval city of Clisson
Clisson
Clisson , is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique département in western France.It is situated at the confluence of the Sèvre Nantaise and the Moine southeast of Nantes ....
in 2001. Prikosnovénie, whose name in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n roughly translates to “light touch”, specialises in promoting darkwave
Darkwave
Dark Wave or darkwave is a music genre that began in the late 1970s, coinciding with the popularity of New Wave and post-punk. Building on those basic principles, dark wave added dark, introspective lyrics and an undertone of sorrow for some bands...
, neoclassical
Neoclassical (Dark Wave)
Neoclassical Dark Wave refers to a music genre within the Dark Wave movement. It is characterized by the use of ethereal atmosphere and angelic female voices but also adds strong influences from classical music. Neoclassical Dark Wave is distinct from the academic art music form known as...
, medieval, and heavenly voices bands that incorporate a fusion of ambient and romantic cultural sounds around from the world. The label is best known for its promotion of fairy and elven-styled music and art, which is often described as art inspired by fantasy stories such as The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is a high fantasy epic written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in...
.
The label describes itself as a contemporary mix of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
’s 4AD
4AD
4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today...
label and France’s V.I.S.A.
V.I.S.A.
thumb|250px|right|V.I.S.A. logoV.I.S.A. is a French independent record label created in 1982 by Thierry De Lavau and Yves Lecarpentier.V.I.S.A.’s first releases were tapes by French alternative punk rock bands, but it eventually expanded the music range and formats releasing CDs and LPs from other...
experimental label, and in addition to representing bands from a number of countries, including Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, and Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, the label has released a number of compilation disks further promoting the genre of music and their artists. The label now has over 70 bands signed to its roster
Early Days (1990 - 1997)
In 1992, Prikosnovénie’s first album, Sacrilège, was a compilation featuring 12 different new wave styled artists, but had a small distribution. In 1993, Prikosnovenie’s Très Hors compilation saw a much wider distribution, which paved the way for the first release of the label’s first full length album, Cherche-Lune's Dun Emrys , released in 1994. Cherche-Lune's style of female fronted ambient vocals (typical of heavenly voices genre music) influenced Prikosnovénie to sign additional bands with similar artistic styles.Electro and World Music (1997 - 2000)
A new trend of diversification was taken by the Prikosnovénie team, releasing Orange BlossomOrange Blossom
Orange Blossom is a French band that plays a mix of electronic and world music.The band was formed in Nantes in 1993 with Pierre-Jean Chabot on violin and Jean-Christophe Waechter on percussions and vocals....
's self-titled debut, and selling more than 10,000 copies. The album was reportedly recorded in a fortnight. This development allowed the label to become professional and focussed its founders attention on new musical directions. Their first new direction was LYTCH, a label subdivision promoting electro bands such as Atlas Project, Phil Von, Mimetic
Mimetic
In mathematics, mimesis is the quality of a numerical method which imitates some properties of the continuum problem. The goal of numerical analysis is to approximate the continuum, so instead of solving a partial differential equation one aims to solve a discrete version of the continuum problem...
and Lys
Lys
Lys may refer to any of the following:Places*The Lys or Leie, a river in France and Belgium*Lys , a stream of Aosta Valley in Italy*Lys, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in France...
.
Move to Clisson and The Future (2000 - Present)
The label moved its home to ClissonClisson
Clisson , is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique département in western France.It is situated at the confluence of the Sèvre Nantaise and the Moine southeast of Nantes ....
in Western France. At this time the label began its expansionist links with overseas artists from countries as diverse as Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, recording them all on the Love Sessions digipack. Sabine Adélaïde also released an art collection of all the work she had done to support the artists on the label in 2002. The Fairy World Collection was released in 2003 as a commemoration of the last 10 years' output.
Artwork
Some of the bands signed to Prikosnovénie have Adélaïde design their album art .Signed Bands
Corde ObliqueCorde Oblique
Corde Oblique are a neoclassical band based in Italy. They are the solo project of Riccardo Prencipe, with vocal contributions from numerous female singers and actresses...
Caprice
Collection d'Arnell Andréa
Collection d'Arnell Andrea
Collection d'Arnell~Andréa is a French darkwave band founded by Jean-Christophe d'Arnell , Pascal Andréa, and Chloé St Liphard in 1986. Andréa left the band shortly after its founding, before its first performance. However, d'Arnell left Andréa's name in the band name. Their music features...
Orange Blossom
Orange Blossom
Orange Blossom is a French band that plays a mix of electronic and world music.The band was formed in Nantes in 1993 with Pierre-Jean Chabot on violin and Jean-Christophe Waechter on percussions and vocals....
Prajna
Flëur
Flëur
Flëur is a musical collective from the Ukrainian city of Odessa, being unique for the Ukrainian musical scene. The collective is based around the two original members and frontwomen Olga Pulatova and Olena Voinarovska who write the lyrics, perform vocals and previously wrote all the music...
Irfan
Irfan (band)
Irfan is a Bulgarian World Music & Ethereal Wave band. The name of the band is borrowed from the Sufi terminology and can be translated from Persian and Arabic as “gnosis”, “mystic knowledge” or “revelation” . Irfan’s music is an invitation for a mystical trip in and beyond time, a message,...
Ivo Sedlacek
Jack or Jive
Mimetic.