La Valse des Monstres

Vinyl reissue of Yann Tiersen's debut, La Valse des Monstres, bringing together 17 pieces first composed for the theatrical productions Freaks and Le Tambourin de Soie. Heard as one album, they form a set with rare poetic cohesion.

Melancholy and whimsy sit side by side, with arrangements shaped by violin, accordion, piano and toy instruments. It’s music that feels suspended between childhood and elegy, full of detail but never losing its emotional pull.

Les Transmusicales hailed it as placing Tiersen “at the top of the neo classical art scene”. La Valse des Monstres launched both his career and his enduring partnership with Ici d'ailleurs. A neo-classical landmark, now back on vinyl.