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German ambient/ethereal/industrial/electro act Art Noir, a project of film composer Jan Weber releases new album, Poems Of An Extinct Species, following his ALS diagnosis. The album is out today via Aenaos Records and it's a very special album which would not have been made possible without an indomitable will, new technologies and the help of a lot of people. German film composer was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) back in 2015 when he started working on a new album. Over the years, Jan completely lost the ability to move his body and was only able to finish the songwriting and recording with an eye-tracking assistive device on his laptop.
A new cycle begins for Jan Weber who returns with the album Poems Of An Extinct Species of his project Art Noir after a decade since the album Silent Green. Jan had just begun to lay down the framework for the album when he was still able to move his fingers. With the loss of voluntary muscle movement slowly progressing, he needed an assistive eye-tracking communication device to complete the recording over the following five years. The production, mixing and mastering of the album was later supported by Thomas Navas (Lost In The Void) and Stefan Vesper (Steve Dragon, In Strict Confidence).
The album unfolds a compelling and intellectually stimulating story through Nadine Stelzer’s ethereal voice and thought-provoking lyrics that challenge the confines of our current perceptional reality. Enveloped in an anthropological-ecological mantle, it explores the vulnerability and concomitant wound-inflicting ability of the human species, invoking imagery and imagination of what was, what is, and what may be. Jan Weber, with his indomitable passion for producing and creating worlds, is the epitome of the strength of the human spirit an inspiration to everyone.
In a century where unprecedented technological advancements engendered devices that have become indispensable extensions of our motor and sensory systems, Poems Of An Extinct Species is an ode to the multidimensional and adaptive human-nature interrelationship through time and space. Listen to the entire album in the player below. Link
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