Maxence Cyrin releases a new album of original compositions
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The French pianist and composer Maxence Cyrin releases his seventh album MELANCHOLY ISLAND. It will be released on February 4, 2022. A new video for the song “Rivages” is already available – see it here first in a video premiere.
MELANCHOLY ISLAND should consist of nine new tracks and two cover versions – one of them should “The Robber and the Prince”, originally by DAF, being. It was also a cover version that helped Cyrin achieve a kind of breakthrough in 2009: on his second album NOVO PIANO he covered songs by Nirvana, Daft Punk and MGMT, among others. His video for the Pixies cover of “Where Is My Mind?” went viral. Cyrin’s cover of the indie hit has also been featured in shows like The Leftovers and Mr. Robot” used.
Maxence Cyrin was already dealing with cover songs before that: on his debut MODERN RHAPSODIES he devoted himself to originals by Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, Moby and Aphex Twin; In 2017, he covered Arcade Fire’s “No Cars Go.” In the past 20 years he has also released three albums of his own compositions.
Classical music paired with electronic sounds
Maxence Cyrin’s musical beginnings lie in the nursery. He received classical training as a pianist at a young age. As a teenager he turned to electronic music and was inspired by genres such as new wave and techno. In 1995 he returned to a more classical style of music accompanied by electronic sounds. Above all, Cyrin interweaves the sounds of the piano with the sound of synthesizers.