Monday, January 14, 2013

ALCEST: REVEAL NEIL HALSTEAD, BILLIE LINDAHL VOCAL COLLABORATION


French ambient/shoegaze black metal duo ALCEST have announced guest vocalist NEIL HALSTEAD (SLOWDIVE, MOJAVE 3) and

Billie Lindahl (PROMISE AND THE MONSTER) for the bands anticipated new release.
ALCEST  unleashed "Les Voyages De L'ame" 1/6/2012 on PROPHECY PRODUCTIONS.




FROM ALCEST:

Hey there,

It is a great honor for me to reveal the second guest that will do some vocals on our next album. He is Neil Halstead founding member of the legendary Mojave 3and also having now a solo career. Needless to say that this collaboration is like a dream come true since Slowdive is not only my all times favorite band but also a big inspiration on this album. I had this guest appearance in mind from the start so you can imagine how happy and excited I feel about the fact we will actually make it happen !

Here is a wonderful song from the last Neil Halstead solo album, "Palindrome Hunches" :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8brjvcOK2A

And of course a Slowdive song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkM3M3zGcGE
Hey there, we wish you all a happy New Year! As I said in some recent interviews we will have two guests on the next Alcest album and today I feel glad to reveal the first one. She is Billie Lindahl, the singer/songwriter of the Swedish pro Promise-the-Monster Promise & the Monster Official. We discovered her album "Transparent Knives" last year during our American tour and felt instantly amazed by this music. It is a sort of otherworldly, nightly and ethereal folk with unique singing and great atmospheres. If you didn't know Promise And The Monster before I highly recommend you to check the albums out. Billie will come a few days in the studio in March to sing on some parts. I am sure her voice will perfectly fit with what we have in our head for the next Alcest album, we feel very enthusiastic about that collaboration! Cheers, Neige



Thaanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-