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CRUELTY Presents:


              Artist...: Alcest
              Album....: Le Secret
              Label....: Prophecy
              Size.....: 100,5 MB
              Source...: CDDA
              Playtime.: 54:50 min
              Genre....: Metal
              Release..: May-22-2011
              Encoder..: LAME V3.98.4 -V0
              Quality..: avgkbps 44,1Hz Joint-Stereo





              TrackList:

              01  13:34  Le Secret (2011)
              02  13:56  Elevation (2011)
              03  14:34  Le Secret (2005)
              04  12:46  Elevation (2005)
              
              Release Notes:
              "Le Secret" is not a new album by Alcest, but the debut EP from the incomparable project from 
              France. It was originally released back in 2005 in an edition of just 1,000 copies which sold 
              out before the release of "Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde" (2007), thus becoming a sought-after 
              collector's item.

              To Alcest themselves, however, it isn't this fact that constitutes the importance of "Le Secret." It's 
              the music of the release which laid the groundwork for all future Alcest compositions with its epic 
              tracks alternating between euphoric and nostalgic moods. Conceptionally, this EP sets out the framework 
              that is essential for all other works of Alcest: music and lyrics are used here by Neige as a medium to 
              channel and communicate the esoteric experiences of his early childhood.

              "Le Secret" isn't just re-released in its original form, though. Instead, Neige has realised his dream of 
              many years to re-record these tracks which are so meaningful to him personally and so fundamental to Alcest 
              and to adjust them to his matured demands. Still, the original recordings from 2005 are an equal part of 
              this re-release.