Deschênes, Annie-Claude - Les Manières De Table (Highlighter Yellow Vinyl) (Vinyl LP) PRE-ORDER

Expected Release Date: 08-August-2025 - This Pre-order will be shipped on or just before this date. Release dates are subject to alteration.

New pressing for this album, in translucent highlighter yellow. Inspired by minimal pop and the pioneers of electronic music, LES MANIÈRES DE TABLE, Annie-Claude Deschênes’ first solo album, is as danceable and melodic as it is disquieting and dystopian, proposing to set the table differently by deconstructing the social codes of politeness imposed on us. Conceived during the lockdown to overcome the surrounding inactivity, the songs that make up LES MANIÈRES DE TABLE were not intended to be released. It was by familiarizing herself with new technologies (drum machines, sequencers) that the conceptual and aesthetic ideas that define the album began to develop organically. Through producing beats composed from samples of utensils, table etiquette became a source of inspiration, a form of conformity that she enjoyed deconstructing. At the same time, a fascination for surveillance cameras and other futuristic-looking, but already obsolete technologies became part of her visual universe. Her experiments gradually evolved into a full-fledged project reminiscent of the works of the pioneers of electronic music. The album is inspired by Steve Reich’s minimalism, Kraftwerk’s synthetic textures, Herbie Hancock’s stylistic diversity and experimental cinema’s non-traditional approach to narration.

A1. TASSÉOMANCIE A2. CULINARY SECURITY A3. PHONES A4. MENACE MINIMALE B1. MEDITATIONS B2. Y ALLER B3. LES MANIÈRES DE TABLE B4. ELECTRIC LIGHT B5. ANCIENTS