CD Optical Sound | OS.012 | 2005
Listen on | Bandcamp
All titles written and mixed by Christophe Demarthe. Except Catkiller mixed by Mathieu Farnarier. Vocals & machines, Christophe Demarthe. Voices on L’œil de chat, Félicia Atkinson & Léa Lescure (L’œil de chat in Histoire de l’œil by Georges Bataille). Guitars, Nicolas Demarthe. Radiophonie clandestine, a mix concept by Bruno Lajara (Clandestine by Cocoon vs Radiophonie n°3 by Sylvain Chauveau). Mastering, Norscq. Graphic design, Labomatic. Triptyches, Cocoon. Photos, rights reserved.
Many thanks to Félicia Atkinson, Jean-Guillaume Belouin, Pierre Beloüin, Sylvain Chauveau, Nicolas Demarthe, Mathieu Farnarier, Bruno Lajara, Nicolas Ledoux, Léa Lescure, Jean-Louis Morgère.
Avec le soutien du Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles d’Alsace.
PRESS | The Wire
Christophe Demarthe, formerly from experimental renegades Clair Obscur, makes terse statements on the nature of power and sexuality on his debut Cocoon release. Loops are kept hard and jagged, overt references to Georges Bataille’s Story of the Eye are inserted; alienation makes itself known.
Ken Hollings, February 2006