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While in “Rockerilla”

A stunning review written by Mirco Salvadori:

Francis Gri è quel raro musicista che riesce ad esprimere il proprio sentire mantenendo sempre alta la soglia dell’emozione in chi lo ascolta. La sua scelta nell’osservare da sempre totale libertà e indipendenza, lo colloca nell’oscuro per molti Olimpo dei puri, un luogo in realtà assai frequentato per chi di queste caratteristiche ha bisogno, lasciandosi andare in un ascolto parimenti unico e libero. Eno e Budd alle basi del suo gesto sonoro che in While assume le sembianze del diario, oggetto intimo e liberatorio, capace di tenere lontane l’ansia e l’angoscia degli accadimenti che segnano il nostro percorso, mantenedo aperta la connessione con il SOGNO.

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While in Igloo Magazine

A beautiful review of my last work written by Philippe Blanche: https://igloomag.com/reviews/francis-gri-while

Francis Gri, mastermind behind the indie label Krysalisound but also alchemist of micro-electronic thrills / ambient miniatures in minimalist mode has recently published a quite noticeable body of recordings soberly titled While. The music is clearly lodged at the confluence of ambient sweetness for lush textures and modern classicism. It carries on the path he already approached in terms of compositional technics and emotional motifs. Written as an inner soundtrack where delicately moving melodies rise from velvet-like abstract electronics. The melodic component is mostly piano/guitar centric with detached aerial repetitive notes falling like calm sparse water drops. It emotionally captures fragile introspective moments with a sense of vague reveries and grieving solemnity.
While evokes continuously serene and impressionistic sound motifs for long sustained chords, cyclical echoing minimal melodic scintillations—apparently static sound forms—but which admit a palette of nuances and acoustic colors as well. Slowly enveloping and glit-esque ambient ballads under a velveting imaginary garden of infinite quietness. This can perfectly be associated to the sorrowing neoclassical quietness of some reflective ambient works from Anthené, Peter Broderick, Hakobune, and Ghost & Tapes.

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News 2024 #1

Dear followers, I am happy to share some news with you. 
In the coming months, I will be releasing a new collaboration on my personal page. This project marks my first work with Anthony Elfort (aka Toàn), and I couldn’t be prouder of the result. The mix is nearly complete; we’re just finalizing the mastering and artwork. My goal is to launch it in April—fingers crossed!
Additionally, I have a couple of smaller projects lined up for release before my new album, which I am currently composing. These include a little EP and a collection of tracks that have never found a home on any previous albums.
Lastly, there are only two copies remaining of my album “While.” If you enjoyed it, consider grabbing a physical copy of this limited edition:  francisgri.bandcamp.com/album/while

Thank you for your continued support!

Francis

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While ::: NEW ALBUM 2023

I’m happy to present my new album called ‘While’. Available now in digital format and for pre-order in physical format.

Release date: December 31, 2023 

Press release:

After ‘Lieve’ and ‘Argine,’ I am happy to present my new album ‘While,’ a collection of tracks produced in a year that I will hardly forget, both for better and for worse. It often happens to me when I conclude a new album to have the (ephemeral, to tell the truth) feeling of having produced the best work up to that specific moment. For various reasons, this was not the case for ‘While.’ It probably won’t be my best work, but for a long time, it will remain my favourite because it helped me in moments of vulnerability and gave me the opportunity to escape from heavy thoughts and remain in balance without falling. 
Recorded almost entirely without the use of a computer, I consider ‘While’ the most intimate album produced so far. 
Continuing the sonic language started with the last two albums and the ‘Drop Series,’ it continues my search for a dreamlike and poetic musical form through the usual fusion of acoustic and electronic instruments. 
In the physical format, you will also find images and words that, along with the music, represent the concept in its entirety. 
‘While’ is the first self-produced album and is exclusively released on my personal Bandcamp page. Thanks to anyone who has the desire to listen.

Credits:

– All music by Francis Gri 
– Composed, mixed and mastered in 2023 
– Cover artwork by FG 

Sound equipment: acoustic/electric/ebow guitar, electric piano, sansula, kalimba, melodica, harp, OP1, plastic cello, analogue gears and pedal effects

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While… and new music

After closing the chapter on Krysalisound, I am happy to share some news for those who are interested in my new musical productions. My second collaboration with Wil Bolton, titled “In still water,” has just been released by Shimmering Moods. Below, you will find the link and a few physical copies still available.
https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-still-water

Next year, two more new collaborations will be released. The first one, already completed and ready for publication in mid-2024 by a foreign label, will be with Nicola Fornasari (aka Xu), while the second one is still in progress with Anthony Elfort (aka Toàn) and will most likely be self-published as soon as it’s ready. These are two very different collaborations that, as always, allow me to expand my musical horizons.

In 2024, my new solo album, temporarily titled “While,” will also be released. It’s a unique project, much more expansive than “Argine,” which probably felt the pressure of a complicated 2023 from the beginning, a year I’m unlikely to forget, both for the good and the bad. The album was recorded almost entirely in dawless mode, and then completed on a computer. It will be self-published on my new Bandcamp page, likely in early 2024, in both physical and digital formats

Chiuso il capitolo Krysalisound sono felice di darvi alcune news, per chi fosse interessato, riguardo le mie nuove produzioni musicali.
E’ appena uscito per Shimmering Moods la mia seconda collaborazione con Wil Bolton intitolato “In still water”. Qui sotto trovate il link e ancora poche copie delle fisiche.
https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-still-water

Il prossimo anno usciranno invece altre due nuove collaborazioni: la prima già conclusa e pronta per essere pubblicata a metà 2024 da una label straniera con Nicola Fornasari (aka Xu) mentre la seconda ancora in corso d’opera con Anthony Elfort (aka Toàn) che verrà molto probabilmente pubblicato come autoproduzione appena pronto. Due collaborazioni molto differenti tra di loro ma che mi permettono come sempre di aprire gli orizzonti musicali.
Il 2024 vedrà la luce anche il mio nuovo album solista che ho temporaneamente intitolato “ While”.
Si tratta di un lavoro particolare, molto più dilatato rispetto ad “Argine”, che probabilmente sentiva già dall’inizio la pressione di un 2023 complicato che difficilmente dimenticherò nel bene e nel male. Registrato quasi interamente in dawless e poi finalizzato al computer sarà pubblicato come autoproduzione nella mia nuova pagina Bandcamp probabilmente a inizio 2024 in formato fisico e digitale.