BEFORE MANY THINGS
In 2017, Abel Verheyden recorded a series of experiments - sketches of compositions created on an old, partially functional synthesizer. These pieces were then set aside for several years on a hard drive, leaving time to study, to love, and to experiment.
Eight years later, Abel returned to these archives and decided to bring some of them to completion. He preserved the most relevant structures and timbres, rewriting them as scores for acoustic instruments. By working meticulously with all the collaborators involved in the extended play, Abel sought to make the acoustic recordings as faithful as possible to the sounds of the synthesizer used eight years earlier. This approach - deliberately reversing the original compositional process - made it possible to reveal new sonic dimensions and to deepen the writing of the original pieces.
Today, the extended play is complete. It is titled Before Many Things. A collection of experiments from a bygone time, reworked through the lens of a less innocent man - archives of an era marked by adolescent cults.
Composition : Abel Verheyden
Organ : Arthur Ferrand
Trombone : Dorian Gambardella
Flûte : Aylin Önasci
Vocals : Mathilde Maurissan
Drums : Victor Haumont
Additional Instruments : Abel Verheyden
Production : Abel Verheyden and Pirlot
Mixing : Pirlot
Mastering : Remy Lebbos
