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Artist
Mermonte
12+ albums
frenchpost-rockindierockinstrumental
about
Mermonte was created a few years ago in the mind of the composer and multi-instrumentalist Ghislain Fracapane. He wanted to write pop songs inspired by the great artists of previous generations (The Beatles, Jim O’ Rourke, Gastr Del Sol, The Beach Boys, The Cure, Steve Reich, Tortoise) as well as the contemporary scene (Efterklang, Sufjan Stevens, The Redneck Manifesto). With help from his network of friends and musicians in Rennes, France, the young thirtysomething began to record his first album in 2011. He performed almost all of the instruments himself (voices, guitars, bass, glockenspiel, drums, percussions, trumpet, keyboards). But Mermonte was not destined to remain the project of a single man in a studio and quite soon, the question of how to reproduce these complex symphonies on stage emerged. The quality of the compositions and the arrangements of Ghislain attracted the interest of his musician friends. Ten instrumentalists, coming from the most diverse disciplines (from classical music to death metal, as well as punk rock and even gospel), began to rehearse at the beginning of 2012 for a first concert at the Jardin Moderne (Rennes). Not only friends were present at the concert, but also most of music professionals of the area, having heard of this new exceptional band. The concert was a success and word of mouth, amplified by social networks, soon led to an increasing buzz about the project. A series of concerts followed, the growing public were enthusiastic, a
