about the record

Radically shapeshifting and surrealist, like spinning sonic prisms taunting the ears, Cercle Vicieux and Cercle Vertueux channel Fluxus artistry, moving past jazz-tinged drones, avalanching low-end, and blood-red scatting. Scenes both condescending and anxious — this release is carried by its interwoven conflicts, where strange attractors reveal new knots with each listen.

The fifth Plafond is a special joint project, tying together the synchronicity of two contemporary minds. Both Zoë Mc Pherson and Rupert Clervaux are known for actively transgressing art forms, reconstituting production methods through their respective audiovisual and literary pursuits. The listener is relocated to their musical interzone, bordered by avant-garde experimentalism on one side and bass-heavy club mutations on the other. This ambiguity creates a gateway through which modern producers can re-adopt the revolutionary energy of those who first unraveled conventions on music and sound — a Cercle Vertueux, indeed.