Night Scenes, by Felix Machtelinckx

Night Scenes

by Felix Machtelinckx

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1.	Make Me Sad 01:54	buy track
2.	Love Made Me B*tter 03:39 video	buy track
3.	Buwigabuwi 02:58	buy track
4.	Mini Depression 01:28 video	buy track
5.	OMG We Cruel 03:12 video	buy track
6.	Dust Off Elf 02:17	buy track
7.	Little Cuts 01:48	buy track
8.	Interlude 00:59	buy track
9.	Fireon 03:39	buy track
10.	5:30 02:19	buy track
11.	Insomnia 02:56	buy track
12.	Hypnose 03:49 video	buy track
13.	Dreamer 01:55	buy track

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"An aural representation of waking from a dream. For a debut this is a cracker."
Moonbuilding review
moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-5-16-february-2024
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"Night Scenes is an intriguing album that is hard to define, but one that grows in definition, depth and subtle beauty with each play. It might prove to be a contender for album of the year."
Monolith Cocktail review
monolithcocktail.com/2024/03/07/our-daily-bread-614-laetitia-sadier-essence-martins-mark-trecka-cast/
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Felix Machtelinckx is a singer, composer, producer and lyricist from Belgium. Featuring an array of film scores, dance soundtracks, pop, folk and electronic music, Felix's music resonates with a familiar,
almost nostalgic patina, applied with a distinctly crooked touch.

Through artistic collaboration, coaching and production, Felix has cut a dash in the pop and indie cult scenes of Belgium, especially with his band Tin Fingers, who are feted as one of the most promising indie acts of the moment.

Night Scenes, Felix’s solo debut is, in contrast to his other work, more humble and less traditional, roughly hewn from a series of ambient soundscapes, earthy textures and playful structures. Felix’s voice, normally the flagship of his music, becomes more of a distant memory, an indistinct emotion feathered throughout the music. Many lyrics are improvised, sometimes unintelligible, conjuring haunted, uncertain undertones.

Similarly, the album is innately peripatetic to the core, being created, written and recorded in Lithuania, Belgium, France, mastered in the US, and finally released in the UK. In the first instance, some of the tracks were created for the contemporary dance piece Doggy Rugburn by Brandon Lagaert of Kaiho and Peeping Tom; others were created enigmatically for a film that never surfaced; while the remainder are the product of more personal work and research.

As Felix began to collect and review these disparate parts, the concept of a unified album began to evolve. With 'night' featuring as a suitably dark leitmotif, or backdrop to a series of emotionally fraught 'scenes', each track depicts a form of trauma, locked within the confines of the mind. Felix observes:

"Imagine yourself in a dusty old room unable to sleep. Emotions, fears and other demons haunt your mind. This in-between state makes your mind reach for other worlds. This is Night Scenes."

For the most part, Night Scenes was created using a variety of old, and rare, analogue equipment. With almost no digital editing, the record was primarily mixed through a vintage cassette desk, giving it a nostalgic character with a noisy undertone. Felix fully embraced the synergy of his emotional themes and retrograde gear, enthusing:

"A lot of textures were created on an old Soviet synthesizer that causes a blackout when you hit the lowest note on the keyboard. The dysfunctionality of the synths was often used to create rhythm and texture."

This unnerving ability Night Scenes has to comfort and confound the listener is summed up by Jordan Hudson, House Of Media producer, and music podcaster, when he concludes:

"Some songs on the album have this sort of fleeting comfort and tonality, which dissolves into a subtle rhythmic/structural or modulated disarray the moment I settle into them - this really fits with my experience of the night .. This record is a winner, and will be something I'll listen to a lot from here on."
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Equipment list:
Oberheim matrix 1000, Formanta EMS-01, Waldorf Blofeld, Korg Poly 800, Simmons SDS-800, Marantz CP 430, Scott A436, Tascam Midistudio, DDA D Series, Yamaha P210, IGS Tubecore

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released February 16, 2024

All music written and produced by Felix Machtelinckx.
Songs ‘Make Me Sad’, ‘Love Made Me B*tter’, ‘Fireon’ and ‘Hypnose’ were originally written for the dance piece ‘Doggy Rugburn’ by Brandon Lagaert.

Mixed by Felix Machtelinckx
Mastered by D. James Goodwin, at The Isokon.

Artwork "I Am Forgettable" by Michel Vaerewijck
In-camera positive silver-cellulose on metal - 23x19 cm
Model on picture is Doriane Dubost Dessertine
michelvaerewijck.com

Artwork design by Benoit Vangeel

For my darlings Z.M. & J.M.
Thank you D. for the guidance, support and infinite love.
Thank you Brandon for the help in the process and Aura Dance Theatre for hosting and premiering Doggy Rugburn.

This music was written and recorded in Lithuania, Belgium, France and released in the UK. This music does not have a nationality and was just created for the beauty of it. This record stands for peace, love and tolerance.

www.felixmachtelinckx.be

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Felix Machtelinckx Belgium

Felix Machtelinckx is a singer, composer, producer and lyricist from Belgium. Featuring an array of film scores, dance soundtracks, pop, folk and electronic music, Felix's music resonates with a familiar,
almost nostalgic patina, applied with a distinctly crooked touch.
Felix is active especially with his band Tin Fingers, who are feted as one of the most promising indie acts of the moment. ... more

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