Fan Club Orchestra
Fan Club Orchestra (FCO), the long-running improvisational project led by Laurent Baudoux (aka Lawrence Le Doux), returns with its first album in 11 years on 12th Isle. Formed in Brussels in the late ’90s, FCO grew out of collaborative performances in DIY contemporary art spaces where their shifting ensemble explored experimental sound using Game Boys, repurposed electronics, acoustic instruments, and spontaneous vocals. Their performances, sometimes involving up to ten players and the audience, evoked the spirit of New York’s 1960s avant-garde through a cracked-electronics, early-new-media lens, blending psychedelic noise, drone, and chiptune ragas.
On VL_Stay, Laurent Baudoux is joined by original member Ann Appermans (guitar/bass) and trumpeter Zéphyr Zijlstra. The trio channels FCO’s roots while carving out something more melodic and ethereal: a diaphanous palette of electronics framed by shimmering guitar motifs and trumpet lines that drift in and out of ambient space. Their sound recalls GAS, Isao Tomita, Jon Hassell & Brian Eno, as well as Arthur Russell and moments of post-rock minimalism, music with the soft glow of rough crystal, always inviting the listener to chase what remains just out of reach.
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