Thylacine and 74 Musicians CD

Release Date February 23, 2024

Format CD

This orchestral version of his emblematic track "Poly", taken from his first work Transsiberian, is the final step of a journey. An itinerary that began in 2015, when he boarded the iconic Russian Trans-Siberian train equipped with his microphones and machines, to compose and record his first album during a 10,000 km journey from Moscow to Vladivostok.

He captured the inspiration and sounds of Bulgarian polyphony, combining notes from the past with sounds from the future, creating an immemorial present.

Regarding the track, Thylacine says: "'Poly' is a track I composed on the Trans-Siberian railway, based on a recording of Bulgarian polyphony.
As I didn't have much equipment with me on the train, this track consists of fairly simple elements, including a very synthetic 'fake orchestral arrangement' made with a small midi keyboard on the train. I've already had the opportunity to perform several different versions during my concerts, but I've always wanted to properly record the string parts with a real orchestra. When the project came up to do a concert with a symphony orchestra, it immediately went to the top of the list of pieces to reinterpret.
For the accompanying video, I wanted to keep the idea of the journey, which is very present in the Transsiberian album, in its simplest version. Cécile Chabert, who directed the video, wrote a journey that moves between the different protagonists of her symphonic performance according to each moment of the track, and the result is a combination of only two similar sequence shots, filmed during the dress rehearsal and the live show.''