Founded By Producer Paul Re´gimbeau (mondkopf, Autrenoir, Extreme Precautions, Foudre!) And Multi-instrumentalist / Photographer Fre´de´ric D. Oberland (oiseaux-tempe^te, Le Re´veil Des Tropiques, Foudre!, Farewell Poetry, The Rustle Of The Stars). Nahal Recordings Makes Limited Edition Weird And Wonderful Records And Physical Objects (patches, Silkscreen Prints, T-shirts And The Like).
As A Sister To The Electronic Label In Paradisum, Nahal Has Teamed Up With James Plotkin, Sound Engineer, Cult Musician And Creator Of Extreme Sounds (khanate, Old, Phantomsmasher) For Mastering, And Thibault Proux (sonic Protest, In Paradisum, Warp) For Graphics. At A Time When Dematerialised Music Has Radically Changed The Rules Of The Old World, Nahal Recordings Wishes To Forge Increasingly Stronger Bonds Between Lovers Of Eclectic Genres Of Music And The Artisans Of Rare And Essential Objects.
Nahal Takes Its Name From The Mythological Labyrinthian Diagram. The Malekulans Of Vanuatu Call The Orthodox Home Of The Dead 'wies', And Say A Spirit Reaches It By Traveling To The North, Effortlessly Crossing The Lagoon And Passing Through A Distorted Landscape. There It Confronts Temes Savsaq, The Female Priest Who Sits Before A Rock, Before Her, A Sand-traced Diagram Called Nahal, 'the Path'. As The Spirit Approaches, Temes Savaq Wipes Away Half Of The Lines And Tells The Traveller That Before They Proceed Further They Must Complete The Plan Correctly. Their Success Will Eventually Reveal A Map Of The Path To The New World.
Good Luck In Death Is A New Collaboration Between Paul Re´gimbeau And Lebanese Improviser Charbel Haber. Haber Is A Lebanese Musician, Performer, Visual Artist And Composer From Beirut. His Work Has Seen Him Collaborate With Artists From A Wide Range Of Disciplines - Film, Video Art, Visual Art, Theatre - Both In Lebanon And Abroad. As A Solo Artist And As A Member Of Post-punk Band Scrambled Eggs, He Has Composed Music For Directors Khalil Joreige, Joana Hadjitouma, Nadim Tabet And Ghassan Salhab, Video Artists Lamia Joreige And Akram Zaatari And Playwrights Rabih Mroueh And Lina Majdalani, To Name But A Few. His Prolific And Collaborative Career Includes Ambient Duo The Bunny Tylers, Free Improv Group Johnny Kafta Anti-vegetarian Orchestra And Psychedelic Arabic Music Ensembles Malayeen And Orchestra Omar. He Is The Founder Of Those Kids Must Choke And Co-founder Of Johnny Kafta's Kids Menu - Two Experimental Record Labels - And Has Recorded And Collaborated With Notable Artists From The Fields Of Free Rock, Ambient And Improv Such As Oiseaux-tempête, Mondkopf, Mats Gustafson And Eddie Prevost.
The Direction Of Paul Régimbeau Was Set At The End Of The 1990s While He Still Lived In Toulouse, France. A Discovery Of The First Discs Of Vangelis And Aphex Twin Giving Him The Impetus To Experiment And Explore The Possibilities Of Production Software. At The Age Of 22 He Moved To Paris, And The Success Of His Remixes And First Releases Catapulted Him To The Heart Of The French "electro" Scene. A Scene In Which He Quickly Distinguished Himself By His Organic Sense Of Melody. This Success, However, Hides A Very Different Side, A Far More Introverted Temperament And A Deeper More Intimate Relationship To Music As Personal Catharsis.
Mondkopf Made His Mark By An Almost Total Immersion In Extreme Metal, A Repertoire Of Sensations And Emotions Giving Way To Revelation. His Album Hades The Voice Of This Unprecedented Synthesis Is A Wave Of Electronic Impressions And Recreations Of These Textures, Riffs And Ferocity. The Follow Up, 'they Fall But You Don't' Was Described By The Wire Magazine As "the Only Music That Fits That Once Promising And Much Abused Term Power Ambient: Massive Sharp-edged Drones, Slow Lightning Cracks Of Guitars, Tangerine Dream Synths Curling Around One Another, Everything Glowering With An Inner Intensity That Still Feels Closely Reined In."
As Ever Increasing Evidence Of His Ability To Transcend Genres, His Music Takes Centre Stage Not Only At The Most Cutting-edge International Festivals Such Atp Or Ctm (in First Part Of Electric Wizard), The Post-industrial Hangars Of Northern Europe And The Industrial Evenings, But Also At The Plethora Of Underground Events That Straddle The Continent (berghain In Berlin, "kaos" In London Or At The Underground Village For The First Part Of Nurse With Wound). He Explores The Spaces And Silences Of Places Of Worship (st Merry Church In Paris), Museums Of Visual Art (musée Des Beaux-arts Of Brussels, The Parisian Bal) And Classical Concert Halls (cité De La Musique In Paris, Auditorium De Lyon). A Constantly Shifting Array Of Opportunities To Surrender To The Pure Intensity Of Live Performance, On A Shared Journey With An Ever Increasing And Dedicated Audience.
Introspection Has, In The Meanwhile, Given Way To Multiple Collaborations Such As Charlemagne Palestine, Guitarist Greg Buffier (saåad) For Autrenoir, The Post-rock Band Oiseaux-tempête And The Japanese Black Metal Group Vmo Along With The American Noise Artist Pete Swanson. His Meeting With The Lebanese Guitarist Charbel Haber Marks The Most Recent Stage Of This Ever Evolving Journey In Contrasts.
