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After a long hiatus, Romain Azzaro is reactivating his Rouge Mécanique Musique imprint with an exciting collaborative project, exploring new musical territories.

As the world started to flip on its head early in 2020, a quintet of musicians formed in Berlin : Paul Behnam (guitar), Sacha Hladiy (grand piano), Nicolai Johannsen (vibrating metal plates), Ruth Mogrovejo (viola), and Azzaro himself (zither) recorded their first album over 3 months in Azzaro's living room, studio and basement. In Hladiy's words, "a magical musical circus". The collision of these different personalities and sensibilities makes Colours Of Now a singular, spontaneous and inimitable object, exploring neoclassical, ambient and experimental music.

"Romain had a wide open vision for a brand new project, connecting musicians from different horizons," says Paul Benham, "a lot of different processes and beautiful vibrations were shared at this moment in his place."

Nicolai Johannsen adds: "Colours Of Now is a portrait of a time which was and wasn't; an alternation between existence and its opposite. The album is a collective formation, realized through different energies drawn to the same centre."

"This album has become a compilation of people,situations and emotions to me," explains Ruth Mogrojevo. "2020, the year in which we all met, has been an orderly metamorphosis from which we cannot exclude our professional activities. We all met playing music and deep down we knew that the whole project could be something great and actually meaningful."

" Colours of Now " is a quintet that formed in early 2020 during quarantine in Berlin. The self-titled album, produced and mixed by Romain Azzaro, explores the different shades of sound in a time where uncertainty leads to the present moment.


A1. Sacha Hladiy & Paul Behnam - Abyss
A2. Romain Azzaro - Chloe's Dream Machine I
A3. Romain Azzaro - Chloe's Dream Machine II
A4. Romain Azzaro - Chloe's Dream Machine III
A5. Paul Behnam - Strat my Love
A6. Sacha Hladiy - Solstice D´hivert

B1. Nicolai Johansen & Ruth Mogrovejo - Catharsis
B2. Sacha Hladiy - GrassHopper
B3. Paul Behnam , Joao Comazzi, Sacha Hladiy - From Carnival to Quarantine
B4. Ruth Mogrovejo - The Black Curtain.
B5. Paul Behnam & Sacha Hladiy - Tente Natalie




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Romain Azzaro come's back on his own imprint with a Rouge Mécanique Extended Play compiled with cinematic shaded instrumentals and a heady mix of post-punk, ambient and noise. Bringing acoustic life to electronica, his signature sound rolls over the Ep with elegance and versatility.

Tracfklist:
A SIDE
A1 Menace
A2 Goodluck Club
A3 Muse-Harp

B SIDE
B1 W03
B2 Paradigm







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Tracklisting:
A1 intro, A2 Cheap As Coke ft. Amorgoz, A3 Witches, A4 Peine Perdue, A5 Interlude pour Jeanne
B1 La Femme Du Dimanche, B2 Sis, B3 Interlude Pour Michelle, B4 Stingray

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Prelude Movie:
https://vimeo.com/93011737
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Tracklist:
A1. Introduction à Quatres Mains A2. Positions B1. Vimory
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The childish melody of the intro suddenly opens on an intense break beat and ends with Vimory, a brutal and profound track.
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