LA-BASED AMBIENT PRODUCER DROPS LUSH NEW AMBIENT ALBUM

Paris taps deep into his emotions to draw cues for his evocative sounds. “While my previous album ‘Threaded Habitat’ was about the end of cycles, ‘Nouvelles Aurores’ is about new beginnings. It’s about facing one’s fragility in the face of good and bad change, and embracing it as a compass for growth.”

Recorded over a transitionary period in the producer’s life, ‘Nouvelles Aurores’ ebbs and flows like gentle tides. The album opens with ‘Golden Milk,’ a beautifully elegant spring awakening with angelic choral vocals, before shifting into the rich and ponderous tones of ‘Duality’. A collaboration with Slow Coast, the textures of ‘Chroma’ evoke a sense of sadness gracefully contrasted with glimmers of hope.

The first of two collaborations with AMULETS, ‘Blossoms’ is a sonic sea of tranquility, while ‘L’echo des Brumes’, featuring Nathan Moody’s field recordings, offers another calming embrace.

Elsewhere, the moodier ‘Red Celluloid’ paves the way for the infinite expanses of ‘Wilt’, the second AMULETS collaboration. Rounding out the album, Hugo teams up with Tyler Stone, who brings her delicate touch to the nuanced rhythm and deep rubbery pulses of ‘Sunset’. The cathartic charm of ‘Nouvelles Aurores,’ though, lingers long after the album has finished playing.

“In the vast sea of guidance surrounding confidence and affirmations, I wanted to propose a perspective of compassion towards the most fragile parts of the self,” explained Paris. “It helps me to remember that vulnerability is not a weakness but a sign of our humanity; we all have moments of fragility. I hope this album allows listeners to find tranquility in self-compassion.”

So, relax with Hugo Paris and ‘Nouvelles Aurores’.

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