To understand the origin of such an amazing project, a flashback is needed. In 2020, between two lockdowns, William Rezé (also known as Thylacine), breaks new grounds.
Famous for his exploration of electronic sounds, he recorded various albums in some very uncanny places, aboard the Transsibérien for Transsiberian-2015 or in the Argentinian countryside for ROADS vol.1-2019. With Timeless, he offers a stunning and modern reinterpretation of major classical masterpieces (from Beethoven to Satie, including Mozart or even Fauré). For Thylacine, it is a kind of return to the roots of his musical journey. Saxophonist by training, he studied in music school, even though he did not keep a very fond memory of those times. However, since he became Thylacine, a decade ago (“Blend” 2014), he blossomed as a producer, making an instrumental music close to classical music, approaching this genre as a composer rather than just an instrumentalist. A form of revelation that echoes into Timeless and now in this amazing Thylacine (and 74 musicians). He achieves to blend the electronic fury with the classical orthodoxy, an exercise quite popular these last few years that he masters and breaks new grounds with.
At the beginning of the project was the will to continue and extend the magic of Timeless. But, to dig deeper, the album was recorded with a live orchestra. Thylacine created electronic versions of classical pieces and, also, classical adaptations of his own hits as “Polar” or “War Dance”. To do so, he was joined by the conductor, arranger and producer Uèle Lamore who adapted all the scores for the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire and the Maîtrise des Pays de la Loire. Together, they form the 74 Musicians.
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