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PRIMAL WAKIN

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Passion and emotions have marked the obvious encounter between the melodic Techno by Ludovic Hautevelle (Wakin) and the organic emotional touch of Ludovic Primat (PrimaL). Thus was born PrimaL Wakin, whose first EP has been announced for early 2024.

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In June 2019, Wakin met PrimaL at a charity event dedicated to the latter's son. Both men found out they were sharing the same passion for electronic music by Christian Löffler, Stephan Bodzin as well as Laurent Garnier.

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Born from the Daft Generation, PrimaL is a DJ in his spare time who was brought up on House, Garage and the Afro-Deep by Manoo, from the legendary club L'Ambassade in Lyon. He has always been fascinated by music and the emotions it conveys, thus he is particularly fond of ethnic and organic sounds. That is why he started to add Kalimba and Sansula sonorities to his compositions. Through music, he has been able to respond to a deep need as well as reach an unprecendented artistic synergy with Wakin. While together in studio, they have quickly translated their dreams and desire to escape, drawing their creative strength from the sad passing of his son, Charles.

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For his part, Wakin is one of Ludovic Hautevelle's numerous facets. His first album 'e-Pure' was released in 2015 in order to draw the electronic outlines of this passionate instrumentalist's musicality. Indeed, driven by various projects in film score, trip-hop, folk- rock and Techno, which has been his favourite style for a good twenty years, with some influence from artists such as Rodriguez Jr. and Booka Shade, with whom he had the opportunity to perform at the Family Piknik festival. Thanks to the peculiarity of his live performance, privileged field of expression to demonstrate the endless creativity of this studio addict and perfectionist at heart, he was spotted by the Clubbing TV Channel.

 

It goes without saying that the track 'In Charles' Memory' will be the first from their joint discography PrimaL Wakin. Over many kind of jam sessions, PrimaL and Wakin's desire to write has become stronger. Their creative process, based on improvisation, feeling and the live recording of tracks, has then allowed a redeeming artistic freedom. Sounding like a true breath of fresh air on the electronic musical scene, their music stands out for its bewitching melodies, dance rhtythms and ethnic vibrations!

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As the new year 2024 begins, this duo PrimaL Wakin will release their first EP 'Renaissance', including four compositions, bursting with synthesizers and rhythmic sequences with incredible overtones.

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