Prophétie Froide begins with the track “Saut de mémoire”, which starts with a drone of harsh full-spectrum noise, interrupted a couple times by a split-second of silence, and then machine-like sounds start in the background, soon accompanied by ear-splitting, high-pitched, high-resonance noise in a loop. A tonal bit of synth plays in the background, and then is pitched down, which is followed by a drone of distorted tonal synth which plays a slow, drawn-out, melody-like passage. More high-pitched noise plays, and then fades out a bit, leaving the droning synth room to play a melody. High-pitched, resonant noise plays, and then a tonal-ish noise plays at a few different pitches. A square wave plays. Soon, ring-modulated tonal noise comes in and plays something that would not be considered a melody by most people. A tonal pitch slides in, the noise all fades out, and the track is over.
“Cri(s)” begins with a bassy drone which is soon accompanied by high-pitched resonant noise, and soon fast flubbing noise that then screams into the mix. There is intermittent high-pitched noise, and a bass tone plays at the bottom of the mix. The resonance plays more fast-flubbing noise. A vaguely tonal noise plays, then cuts out for a second, then plays some more. Soon, definite tones play, modulated by dial. Then, they play a little lower. The flubbing noise comes back, playing pulses like very high-pitched kick drums. Ring-modulated tones play for a bit, with the ring-modulation dropped in and out. Then, more conventional tones play.
“Attaque(s) et Retraite(s)” begins with high pitched noise from the last track, and soon this ends and tonal noise of some sort plays at the very bottom of the mix. A sample of a bizarre, trilling tone plays, and some more non-descript noise plays along with it. A bassy drone, and then a resonant tone play at various interval-less frequencies. Tonal noise plays in the background a bit, then stops, and the track transitions into the next one.
“Rupture(s) et Résolution(s)” starts with a shifting low drone that plays accompanied by high-resonance noise, which flubs with an LFO, but plays periods where the LFO is not attached. A very high pitch plays and drones, interrupted a few times. Then the track ends.
The track “Prophétie Froide” begins with a low piano tone soon followed by minor-key melody playing with soft noises. A higher-pitched melody plays accompanied by more atmospheric noise. Then a lower melody. There is some feedback, as the melody plays a little higher. A dissonant chord is hit here and there. The atmospheric noises with feedback obscure the sound of the piano quite a bit, which is played hard and speeds up, then plays slower. Chord melody is played, as a siren like tone fills the background for a bit, then ceases. The noises become a bit restless-sounding. High-pitched feedback returns a bit, then dissipates. A male voice starts speaking in French, slightly buried in the mix, talking over the noise and the piano. There is the strike of a few piano chords at a high volume as he finishes speaking. The piano continues playing, and the noise is a bit more subdued for a while, and then a noise like a foghorn comes in and plays in a slow non-rhythm, and a drone threatens to come in, followed by a low drone that actually does. The foghorn plays its last breath and finally becomes what sounds like a ring-modulated noise, then all fades out and the track and the album are over.
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