Julien Sagot didn’t become a musical factotum and singular percussionist overnight. His musical development began with choral singing, which he practised for many years. “We always sang a lot at home,” he recalls. “I sing all the time with my daughter now. It’s largely thanks to singing that I started writing music.”
As his musical family grew, the multi-instrumentalist continued to write lyrics and music, adding the new material to the hefty piles that had been accumulating for months. With a pronounced willingness to explore electro-acoustic sounds, the material formed the foundation of what would become Valse 333, his second album with Simone Records.
With tracks ranging from works like “Ficelle,” ”a song exploring the experiences of our cities’ lost souls, suffocated by obtuse systems,” – to works like “Les squelettes,” “a poem by Jean Sauvegrain on the inevitability of death–” Valse 333 is the work of a lyricist, composer and musician at the top of his game. The album shows a deep desire to transcend reality through poetry and fantastical abundance.