{"title":"Niagara","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuriel Laporte, also known as Niagara, is a French artist who emerged in the early 80s. While studying in Rennes, France, she crossed paths with José Tamarin and together they formed the band Niagara. In 1985, their first 12\" record titled \"Tchiki Boum\" was released by Polydor. Despite guitarist José Tamarin leaving shortly after its release, Niagara went on to produce several hit songs before ultimately disbanding during a tour in Sweden in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNiagara's music can be described as a blend of pop and rock with catchy melodies and captivating lyrics. Their unique sound resonated with audiences across France and beyond. Throughout their career, Niagara gained recognition for their distinctive style and memorable performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSimilar artists that share Niagara's musical style include Axel Bauer, Étienne Daho, Laurent Voulzy, Richard Gotainer, Alain Chamfort, Michel Berger, Jean-Pierre Mader, Les Innocents, Lio Marc Lavoine Stephan Eicher Alain Souchon Jean-Louis Aubert Thierry Hazard Jeanne Mas Les Rita Mitsouko William Sheller Véronique Sanson Eddy Mitchell Michel Polnareff\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"iluminismo","title":"Iluminismo","description":"\u003cp\u003eLimited edition tapes (50), individually numbered. Clear red cassettes. Mastered by Kassian Troyer at Dubplates \u0026amp; Mastering. Artwork by Portuguese artist João Alves. 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Where their 2014 offering 'Don't Take it Personally' focused on the struggle between technology and nature, 'Hyperocean' has allowed the band to conceptualise something that has inspired them from the start of their musical careers: Water. \"Water is also the element from which Niagara started as a project, and so we felt the need to go back there to our beginning, to what really inspired us emotionally\", Tomat and Ottino explain. \"Hyperocean is a pluri-dimensional planet almost completely covered in water. It changes continuously, reacting with whoever is visiting it by switching from one number of dimensions to another\" At every turn the record is sonically considered; not only in concept, water also plays a central role in the production of the album, featuring hydrophone-recorded samples that help shape their \"imaginary world made of water\". 'Hyperocean' presents 11 expansive landscapes that sculpt Niagara's oceanic world. Ebbing and flowing between the eerie calm of 'Drift' and the violent, visceral waves of 'Roger Water', it shifts itself into new forms, like water itself. Opener 'Mizu', an eerie descent into unchartered territory, sets a fluid pace for the album, which surfaces for breath only at the delicate 'Firefly' before submerging again into a realm of aquatic ambience, decorated with textured synths and fluid basslines. Explosive cuts 'Escher Surfers' and 'Solar Valley' force the running order to flow between moments of serenity and calamity, much like the unpredictable nature of the seas, and the epic 'Alfa 11' slowly transforms into an all-encompassing, grandiose conclusion. 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The tracks are united by a sense of live improvisation with electronic gear, even as they stylistically run a wide gamut, taking in mutant disco, raw acid, post- punk, lo-fi house, tropical ambient and unclassifiable experiments in sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost closely associated with their home city’s Principe Discos label, Niagara have also self- released a number of homemade CD-Rs on their own Ascender imprint, and recently dropped ‘Veneza’, a collection of beatless excursions recorded at the 2017 Venice Biennale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eParva Naturalia\u003c\/i\u003e follows an album of brand-new ambient pieces, ‘Magna Moralia’, released as a limited edition cassette and digital edition on Disciples in December 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e140gram black vinyl in reverse board colour printed sleeve, with full colour 20-page A5 stapled booklet on 115gsm uncoated paper and digital download card.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Disciples","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50506808688971,"sku":"1141605","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/17d51967-4ed4-46ad-aa6c-2681a013d9f6_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727830570"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/niagara.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}