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The weekly video is here, yayyyy. And I have something very nice to show off - YAYYYYYYYYY.
I hope you check it out, and hope you enjoy some of it.
#Youtube #CinemaRoom #film #filmastodon #StuartGordon #FabPress #LikeAndSubscribe #PleaseAndThankYou #books
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The weekly video is here, yayyyy. And I have something very nice to show off - YAYYYYYYYYY.
I hope you check it out, and hope you enjoy some of it.
#Youtube #CinemaRoom #film #filmastodon #StuartGordon #FabPress #LikeAndSubscribe #PleaseAndThankYou #books
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The weekly video is here, yayyyy. And I have something very nice to show off - YAYYYYYYYYY.
I hope you check it out, and hope you enjoy some of it.
#Youtube #CinemaRoom #film #filmastodon #StuartGordon #FabPress #LikeAndSubscribe #PleaseAndThankYou #books
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Just received my pre-order bundle of this and it is glorious (I also bagged a t-shirt, calendar, and some extra illustrated sheets).
"Humans are such easy prey."
@horror
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Just received my pre-order bundle of this and it is glorious (I also bagged a t-shirt, calendar, and some extra illustrated sheets).
"Humans are such easy prey."
@horror
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Just received my pre-order bundle of this and it is glorious (I also bagged a t-shirt, calendar, and some extra illustrated sheets).
"Humans are such easy prey."
@horror
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Just received my pre-order bundle of this and it is glorious (I also bagged a t-shirt, calendar, and some extra illustrated sheets).
"Humans are such easy prey."
@horror
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Back from GMT West aka #WeekendAtTheWarehouse
I think this was my 25th trip to this cardboard nirvana hidden away in the insect ridden flatness of California’s central valley.
As always there are familiar faces, newcomers, a bunch of folks I only ever see at GMT, and the ever welcoming staff who put up with a gaggle of gamers invading their work space for 4 days twice a year. Good times.
It was good to see Mark playing the full setup of Third World War. -
Movie Sha're was curious, rebellious, and brave. TV Sha're is kind of flat TV wife with an accent. The flatness could have been used to emphasize the loss of her autonomy and personality when she became a host, but it's especially hard to show that contrast when lively Sha're was on screen about 6 years prior. #SESG1
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#FresnelLens -- not just for #Lighthouses!
#Solar #Desalination Using Fresnel Lens as Concentrated Solar Power Device: An Experimental Study in Tropical Climate
Wing Sum Choong, Zhi Yong Ho,. Rubina Bahar, 21 October 2020"Solar desalination is a renewable energy-driven method that produces freshwater from saline/brackish water. Conventional solar desalination units are equipped with an inclined transparent condensing plate placed over a feedwater basin containing saline water. The process is limited to a small quantity of production because of scattered solar irradiation and the unavailability of solar heat due to intermittent cloudy weather. In this study, a Fresnel lens has been used to concentrate solar energy onto a spot to increase the local temperature of feedwater and the evaporation rate. Flat Fresnel lenses on a double sloped passive solar still were used, where the focal points were adjusted to fall directly on the feedwater. The experiments were conducted for two different geometries and alongside the comparison between the conventional and the modified solar still; the number of Fresnel lenses was also varied. Saline solution with a concentration of 20,000 ppm was used as the feedwater. The research is aimed to be implemented for producing freshwater in the natural weather conditions of #Malaysia. It was found that using two Fresnel lenses instead of a single large one gives a boost to the production of freshwater per unit solar irradiation by 39%. The produced water has a total dissolved solids (TDS) value of 37 ppm, which is well within the drinking water standard range according to the World Health Organization."
Conclusions
"This study was conducted as an initial investigation to observe the applicability of the #FlatFresnel lens as a cheap CSP device, which is conducted through experiments on different geometry solar stills varying the number of lenses. The study revealed that incorporating the Fresnel lens in tropical weather can enhance the overall production of distillate from a #SolarStill, although the location does not receive strong DNI. This study has opened up the possibility of further exploration in this field through more vigorous experiments. The findings can be summarized as:
1. Fresnel lens increases the total production from a solar still. The addition of Fresnel lenses increased the average and total production rate for different geometry solar stills.
2. Using multiple Fresnel lenses instead of a single one provides multiple hotspots and causes more evaporation of feedwater, thus leading to higher total production per total solar irradiation by 39%.
3. The increased length/width ratio caused significant improvement in production for all models, with the highest performance improvement of 41.8% for the Fresnel lens associated model."
Read more:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/energy-research/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2020.565542/full#SolarPunkSunday #SolarPower #Desalinization #SolarStills #SolarDesalinization #Desalinisation
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#FresnelLens -- not just for #Lighthouses!
#Solar #Desalination Using Fresnel Lens as Concentrated Solar Power Device: An Experimental Study in Tropical Climate
Wing Sum Choong, Zhi Yong Ho,. Rubina Bahar, 21 October 2020"Solar desalination is a renewable energy-driven method that produces freshwater from saline/brackish water. Conventional solar desalination units are equipped with an inclined transparent condensing plate placed over a feedwater basin containing saline water. The process is limited to a small quantity of production because of scattered solar irradiation and the unavailability of solar heat due to intermittent cloudy weather. In this study, a Fresnel lens has been used to concentrate solar energy onto a spot to increase the local temperature of feedwater and the evaporation rate. Flat Fresnel lenses on a double sloped passive solar still were used, where the focal points were adjusted to fall directly on the feedwater. The experiments were conducted for two different geometries and alongside the comparison between the conventional and the modified solar still; the number of Fresnel lenses was also varied. Saline solution with a concentration of 20,000 ppm was used as the feedwater. The research is aimed to be implemented for producing freshwater in the natural weather conditions of #Malaysia. It was found that using two Fresnel lenses instead of a single large one gives a boost to the production of freshwater per unit solar irradiation by 39%. The produced water has a total dissolved solids (TDS) value of 37 ppm, which is well within the drinking water standard range according to the World Health Organization."
Conclusions
"This study was conducted as an initial investigation to observe the applicability of the #FlatFresnel lens as a cheap CSP device, which is conducted through experiments on different geometry solar stills varying the number of lenses. The study revealed that incorporating the Fresnel lens in tropical weather can enhance the overall production of distillate from a #SolarStill, although the location does not receive strong DNI. This study has opened up the possibility of further exploration in this field through more vigorous experiments. The findings can be summarized as:
1. Fresnel lens increases the total production from a solar still. The addition of Fresnel lenses increased the average and total production rate for different geometry solar stills.
2. Using multiple Fresnel lenses instead of a single one provides multiple hotspots and causes more evaporation of feedwater, thus leading to higher total production per total solar irradiation by 39%.
3. The increased length/width ratio caused significant improvement in production for all models, with the highest performance improvement of 41.8% for the Fresnel lens associated model."
Read more:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/energy-research/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2020.565542/full#SolarPunkSunday #SolarPower #Desalinization #SolarStills #SolarDesalinization #Desalinisation
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#FresnelLens -- not just for #Lighthouses!
#Solar #Desalination Using Fresnel Lens as Concentrated Solar Power Device: An Experimental Study in Tropical Climate
Wing Sum Choong, Zhi Yong Ho,. Rubina Bahar, 21 October 2020"Solar desalination is a renewable energy-driven method that produces freshwater from saline/brackish water. Conventional solar desalination units are equipped with an inclined transparent condensing plate placed over a feedwater basin containing saline water. The process is limited to a small quantity of production because of scattered solar irradiation and the unavailability of solar heat due to intermittent cloudy weather. In this study, a Fresnel lens has been used to concentrate solar energy onto a spot to increase the local temperature of feedwater and the evaporation rate. Flat Fresnel lenses on a double sloped passive solar still were used, where the focal points were adjusted to fall directly on the feedwater. The experiments were conducted for two different geometries and alongside the comparison between the conventional and the modified solar still; the number of Fresnel lenses was also varied. Saline solution with a concentration of 20,000 ppm was used as the feedwater. The research is aimed to be implemented for producing freshwater in the natural weather conditions of #Malaysia. It was found that using two Fresnel lenses instead of a single large one gives a boost to the production of freshwater per unit solar irradiation by 39%. The produced water has a total dissolved solids (TDS) value of 37 ppm, which is well within the drinking water standard range according to the World Health Organization."
Conclusions
"This study was conducted as an initial investigation to observe the applicability of the #FlatFresnel lens as a cheap CSP device, which is conducted through experiments on different geometry solar stills varying the number of lenses. The study revealed that incorporating the Fresnel lens in tropical weather can enhance the overall production of distillate from a #SolarStill, although the location does not receive strong DNI. This study has opened up the possibility of further exploration in this field through more vigorous experiments. The findings can be summarized as:
1. Fresnel lens increases the total production from a solar still. The addition of Fresnel lenses increased the average and total production rate for different geometry solar stills.
2. Using multiple Fresnel lenses instead of a single one provides multiple hotspots and causes more evaporation of feedwater, thus leading to higher total production per total solar irradiation by 39%.
3. The increased length/width ratio caused significant improvement in production for all models, with the highest performance improvement of 41.8% for the Fresnel lens associated model."
Read more:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/energy-research/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2020.565542/full#SolarPunkSunday #SolarPower #Desalinization #SolarStills #SolarDesalinization #Desalinisation
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#FresnelLens -- not just for #Lighthouses!
#Solar #Desalination Using Fresnel Lens as Concentrated Solar Power Device: An Experimental Study in Tropical Climate
Wing Sum Choong, Zhi Yong Ho,. Rubina Bahar, 21 October 2020"Solar desalination is a renewable energy-driven method that produces freshwater from saline/brackish water. Conventional solar desalination units are equipped with an inclined transparent condensing plate placed over a feedwater basin containing saline water. The process is limited to a small quantity of production because of scattered solar irradiation and the unavailability of solar heat due to intermittent cloudy weather. In this study, a Fresnel lens has been used to concentrate solar energy onto a spot to increase the local temperature of feedwater and the evaporation rate. Flat Fresnel lenses on a double sloped passive solar still were used, where the focal points were adjusted to fall directly on the feedwater. The experiments were conducted for two different geometries and alongside the comparison between the conventional and the modified solar still; the number of Fresnel lenses was also varied. Saline solution with a concentration of 20,000 ppm was used as the feedwater. The research is aimed to be implemented for producing freshwater in the natural weather conditions of #Malaysia. It was found that using two Fresnel lenses instead of a single large one gives a boost to the production of freshwater per unit solar irradiation by 39%. The produced water has a total dissolved solids (TDS) value of 37 ppm, which is well within the drinking water standard range according to the World Health Organization."
Conclusions
"This study was conducted as an initial investigation to observe the applicability of the #FlatFresnel lens as a cheap CSP device, which is conducted through experiments on different geometry solar stills varying the number of lenses. The study revealed that incorporating the Fresnel lens in tropical weather can enhance the overall production of distillate from a #SolarStill, although the location does not receive strong DNI. This study has opened up the possibility of further exploration in this field through more vigorous experiments. The findings can be summarized as:
1. Fresnel lens increases the total production from a solar still. The addition of Fresnel lenses increased the average and total production rate for different geometry solar stills.
2. Using multiple Fresnel lenses instead of a single one provides multiple hotspots and causes more evaporation of feedwater, thus leading to higher total production per total solar irradiation by 39%.
3. The increased length/width ratio caused significant improvement in production for all models, with the highest performance improvement of 41.8% for the Fresnel lens associated model."
Read more:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/energy-research/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2020.565542/full#SolarPunkSunday #SolarPower #Desalinization #SolarStills #SolarDesalinization #Desalinisation
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Getting Acquainted with the Horror Genre
Disclaimer: BEWARE OF SPOILERS.
So I read Stephen King’s Night Shift in March and was left with questions.
Stephen King is the horror author I was hearing about most growing up and walking past in the library because horror was a no-no back then, said to be demonic. So I never thought to read it until I was an adult and gave myself permission to read whatever I want. (There were no African authors I knew of who wrote horror and Black-American authors were not on my radar yet. Libraries, bookstores and street corners where some vendors sell used books were still full of white Western writers even in my African city -this is still the case. And I wasn’t on the Internet.) Even then, only this year did I read a Stephen King.
Night Shift seemed like a good idea because it’s a collection of short stories. It would provide me with a range of angles and styles with which he writes his stories, I reasoned. In terms of his style of writing short stories, I wasn’t disappointed at all. Sometimes people write short story collections like they’re an afterthought. However, I found each story in Night Shift felt full, well thought-out and… complete? Like a whole entire project. Whereas people reserve that energy for novels and novellas, usually.
My questions began as I read on and realised ground zero for the violence in almost every story was the woman. One cannot help but notice these things if you belong to that group of people. There was even a story where a man made a deal with somebody but he was told if he reneged, his wife (and child, if I remember correctly) would be harmed to varying degrees depending on how many times he reneged. And another where a man lost his wife and daughter to vampires but was saved from his own demise by other men. A woman in a factory whose machinery had gone rogue died a gory, brutal death. Etcetera. It was an exhibit of mostly female deaths.
Even when the guy also died at the end, her death was graphic and detailed. It was like the men were making all the decisions and the women -mostly- were facing the consequences. Except in stories where there weren’t really any women in that particular story. I ended up almost preferring those. (The deaths were generally gentler, weren’t they.)
The women were stereotypical, mostly. But so were the men. Everyone was fitting neatly somewhat into how 1950s white American roles and domestic life have been popularised on screen. And I was not used to reading that kind of fiction or those kinds of characters.
As much as I enjoyed his skill in the construction of the stories, I began to struggle as the book went on. Sometimes I’d put it down and ended up taking longer than I thought to finish it. Until… the one story I thoroughly enjoyed: I Know What You Need. That one… The construction of course, the characters, the underlying meanings, the pacing, the suspense even… I was thinking about it long after I finished the book. So good.
This story was simply a breath of fresh air. The female characters were finally well fleshed out, in my opinion, and they were critical thinkers. One helped the other out. And the leading lady did not die in the end. She was human enough yet she figured stuff out and walked away victorious. I was so happy to read that story because, not only did I get to experience a writing style I was enjoying, I also got to root for the story.
The questions flooded in at that point. Why had he chosen to write the female characters in all the other stories the way he did, then? Because of this, the stories ended up sounding somewhat similar. Is that how horror was traditionally written? One distinct, active group of people. Another distinct, especially tortured, passive group of people.
And then I realised maybe there were machinations of the horror genre that I just wasn’t privy to. So I went on YouTube to find an explanation because it really felt like there was inside information I was missing. I was genuinely puzzled. That one story totally transformed how I experienced that book. And I am aware there are cultural norms and conditioning that allows men to think of women a certain way and this shows up in art. But I don’t know. I think I wanted an explanation for the flatness/similarity that occurred before and after that one story. An analysis for how people enjoy this.
I found a gem of a video by Sinead Hanna. And immediately, the horror genre was brought to life for me. I also began to identify some more differences between the stories; the point of each story. I think I understand the tropes now and what they’re doing with the women. Which I don’t necessarily agree with but I suppose each genre expresses or worked through discriminatory programming in its own way. From Sinead Hanna’s video, I even found out what on earth ‘the final girl’ is -a term I first met in a title by Grady Hendrix (still to be read) The Final Girl Support Group. It makes sense now who they are and why they’d need a support group! I had no idea that was a whole thing.
Definitely, I’m starting to understand why horror fascinates some people. They’re not just titillated by fear for unknown reasons (my somewhat judgmental take before I started really thinking about the genre)… It’s not even always about fear.
I’ve since made (another) list of horror authors to explore -including authors from all kinds of cultures around the world. Usually, I do this to see how different people interpret different ideas and it’s also a good way to continue to shift my own perspective slowly towards decolonisation. I start with whoever introduced the genre or idea to me and then I go to all kinds of roots of storytelling. It’s working well so far.
It would be good to decide this year horror is the previously unfamiliar genre I’m exploring. Fantasy, next year. Sci-fi, 2028. It turns out it’s not enough to read the books. A bit more research makes things doubly fun. Sometimes a well done video from a member of the fandom is a fantastic way to sink teeth into what makes readers love what they love. It feels like going crazy over a book with a friend. Or slowly coming to a realisation or understanding via someone else’s palpable excitement.
Recommendation:
Horror Short Stories by African Writers (PS: This is also a good link to use to find African literary magazines.)
#BookReview #bookReview #books #Decolonisation #Decolonization #fiction #Horror #NightShift #Reading #SineadHanna #StephenKing #Writing #WritingStyles -
رفض الرئيس السوري أحمد الشرع طلب وزير الخارجية الجزائري أحمد عطاف إطلاق سراح ضباط جزائريين وميليشيات بوليساريو معتقلين، مؤكداً محاكمتهم وفق القوانين الدولية.
التفاصيل: https://go.fluxpress.net/61uWle
#سوريا #الجزائر #الشرع #البوليساريو #تحرير_الشام -
يواجه عزيز أخنوش انتقادات بسبب فشل سياسات الفلاحة في تحقيق الأمن الغذائي واستقرار الأسعار، مما زاد معاناة الفلاحين الصغار والمواطنين.
التفاصيل: https://go.fluxpress.net/QM8BjI
#عزيز_أخنوش #الأمن_الغذائي #الفلاحة #مخطط_المغرب_الأخضر #الغلاء -
ترأس ولي العهد الأمير مولاي الحسن حفل تسليم الجائزة الكبرى للقفز على الحواجز، ضمن الدوري الملكي المغربي، بمركز المعارض محمد السادس بالجديدة.
التفاصيل: https://go.fluxpress.net/BTq81u
#عمر_بلافريج #حراك_الجيل_زد #الصحافة_المستقلة #التغيير #المغرب -
Snack kiosk later, trash cans now at the Studios. Flapless and circular, dressed in green, yellow, and blue, posing against rainbow walls. Throw in a some Tinkertoys to complete the scene.
🌐 | https://www.magicaltrash.com/post/800703252986560512/disney-trash-can-orlando-toy-story-land-kiosk-2025
📷 | yopaulieflUsed by Permission. #MagicalTrash #Disney #TrashCan #DisneyTrashCan #Photography #WDW #DisneysHollywoodStudios #ToyStoryLand
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وزارة الفلاحة المغربية أعلنت إنهاء تعليق الرسوم الجمركية والضريبة على القيمة المضافة لاستيراد الأغنام والماعز والحليب المجفف اعتبارًا من نهاية سبتمبر 2025.
التفاصيل: https://go.fluxpress.net/K5OE8l
#الفلاحة #الماشية #استيراد #دعم_المربين #جفاف -
المغرب يركز على تلقيح السحب لمواجهة الجفاف، مع ميزانية 10 ملايين يورو و20 مشروعًا قيد التنفيذ، مما أثار مخاوف إسبانية بشأن الأمن المائي.
التفاصيل: https://go.fluxpress.net/clcdL3
#جفاف #تلقيح_السحب #الأمن_المائي #المغرب #الأمطار_الاصطناعية -
وزير الفلاحة أحمد البواري يقيم الأضرار الناجمة عن الفيضانات في منطقة اللوكوس، حيث تضرر 20 ألف هكتار وتتزايد الإجراءات لدعم الفلاحين والمربين.
التفاصيل: https://go.fluxpress.net/YZZAlV
#فيضانات #اللوكوس #الفلاحة #تربية_الماشية #الأضرار -
ترأس ولي العهد الأمير مولاي الحسن حفل تسليم الجائزة الكبرى للقفز على الحواجز، ضمن الدوري الملكي المغربي، بمركز المعارض محمد السادس بالجديدة.
التفاصيل: https://go.fluxpress.net/wUml3T
#أخنوش #الشعبية #الاحتجاجات #المغرب #الإصلاحات -
انخفضت مصاريف حج 1446 بمقدار 3095 درهماً مقارنة بحج 1445، حيث سعت وزارة الأوقاف لترشيد النفقات وتحسين جودة الخدمات للحجاج المغاربة.
التفاصيل: https://go.fluxpress.net/r7ssRy
#حج #الأوقاف #التوفيق #ترشيد_النفقات #مصاريف -
By Dolphin Whisperer
Being true to yourself as a listener is an essential part of the reviewing process. So, at a very base level, I can say things like “I’m tired of hearing djent riffs” and “pop-infused metal doesn’t do anything for me.” And, at my core, I can know those things are true. Except, every now and again, well-crafted music comes along and bashes upon our truths like a coup de foudre to an unsuspecting heart. Such was the case when I encountered Elyose’s hook-laden, djentrified y2k platter of Déviante. And so too am I again smitten with the chug-ridden, cybergoth stylings of Évidence. The proof, as they say, is in the purple pudding.
Though incepted as a fuller band effort with the heart of an electronically urgent, less symphonic Nightwish or Epica, Elyose now falls under the primary care of vocalist and composer Justine Daaé. With collaborative assistance from djent veteran Anthony Chognard (ex-Smash Hit Combo), Elyose has shifted from pop heavy metal-rooted hop to a sound more Kemper-fied and modern. But unlike other popular female-voiced acts who sport a melodic focus around extended range rhythms, like Spiritbox or Poppy, Daaé sticks to the power of her full and trained clean timbre, finding vocal play in lush harmonies and playful percussive runs.1 Maintaining Évidence in almost entirely her native French tongue, Daaé brings both an earnestness and extra depth of pronunciation expression to each passing phrase.2 Though Évidence has an undeniable musical catchiness and air of accessibility, its bones remain too personal in aim and adoration for an industrial/alternative past, and too metal in dramatic spirit, to land neatly in a pop lane.
Despite the layers that Daaé peppers into triumphant choruses and textured verse articulations, Chognard maintains a workmanlike framing with riff accompaniment to build rhythmic tension around hypnotic synth lines. On the most electronic leading tracks, Elyose’s warbling hooks grow from subdued fluctuations to whirring guitar squeals to strobe-blaring crescendo with a cinematic scope and effortless swagger (“Mission Lunaire,” “Théogyne 2.0”). And in a manner reminiscent of the smart and slamming groove from the most successful VOLA works, Chognard weaves jagged thumps alongside powerful, character-driven vocal tethers to sink Évidence’s teeth even deeper into the urge to hit the replay button (“Ascension Tracée,” “Immuable,” “Abnégation”). Out of context, bits and pieces of the modern guitar work can feel like patchwork memories from a mind informed by ’10s djent memories, but in context it maintains a careful balance with Daaé’s unique presence.
That familiarity of riffcraft does hold Elyose from striking harder throughout parts of Évidence, though. It’s less the note-for-note déjà vu of a nasally amp-simulated tapping run or a seven-string Periphery preset note crushing than it is the overall flatness of guitar production that takes away some of the mystique that classic crunchy layer can offer. Again, many of these clips that offend in this way serve as short segues or setups for Daaé to mark with greater lasting power the peaks of each composition. And a few licks that warp and chime alongside intense bridges hold a particularly nostalgic resplendence in their carry (“Étoile Solitaire,” “Ascension Tracée”). But for a couple of tracks that follow patterns on a similar path (namely “Tentatives Échouées” and “Prête au Combat”), the escalating flow that pervades through Évidence can lose its way.
Not all pleasures in life have to be complicated, yet it would be disingenuous to call Évidence simple. While the formula for Évidence hasn’t changed much from Déviante, Elyose continues to perform with an idiosyncratic style rooted in detailed, memorable mic work and addictive, groovy instrumental backing that is hard to put down. There’s no secret to Elyose’s success—every song shoves an undeniable chorus through the trials of verses and bridges and reprisals that fall exactly where they should. But Évidence powers through the complacency of chorus worship with a voice determined to soar. The only feeling that could make the joy of Elyose’s music more rewarding is perseverance, a feeling which Évidence embodies with a glitching and gliding charisma and a catharsis-clenched fist held high.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: PCM3
Label: Self Release
Websites: elyosemusic.com | facebook.com/elyoseofficial
Releases Worldwide: January 10th, 2025#2025 #35 #AlternativeRock #Djent #ElectronicMetal #Electronica #Elyose #Évidence #FrenchMetal #GothicMetal #IndependentRelease #Jan25 #Reliqa #SelfRelease #VOLA
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By Dolphin Whisperer
Being true to yourself as a listener is an essential part of the reviewing process. So, at a very base level, I can say things like “I’m tired of hearing djent riffs” and “pop-infused metal doesn’t do anything for me.” And, at my core, I can know those things are true. Except, every now and again, well-crafted music comes along and bashes upon our truths like a coup de foudre to an unsuspecting heart. Such was the case when I encountered Elyose’s hook-laden, djentrified y2k platter of Déviante. And so too am I again smitten with the chug-ridden, cybergoth stylings of Évidence. The proof, as they say, is in the purple pudding.
Though incepted as a fuller band effort with the heart of an electronically urgent, less symphonic Nightwish or Epica, Elyose now falls under the primary care of vocalist and composer Justine Daaé. With collaborative assistance from djent veteran Anthony Chognard (ex-Smash Hit Combo), Elyose has shifted from pop heavy metal-rooted hop to a sound more Kemper-fied and modern. But unlike other popular female-voiced acts who sport a melodic focus around extended range rhythms, like Spiritbox or Poppy, Daaé sticks to the power of her full and trained clean timbre, finding vocal play in lush harmonies and playful percussive runs.1 Maintaining Évidence in almost entirely her native French tongue, Daaé brings both an earnestness and extra depth of pronunciation expression to each passing phrase.2 Though Évidence has an undeniable musical catchiness and air of accessibility, its bones remain too personal in aim and adoration for an industrial/alternative past, and too metal in dramatic spirit, to land neatly in a pop lane.
Despite the layers that Daaé peppers into triumphant choruses and textured verse articulations, Chognard maintains a workmanlike framing with riff accompaniment to build rhythmic tension around hypnotic synth lines. On the most electronic leading tracks, Elyose’s warbling hooks grow from subdued fluctuations to whirring guitar squeals to strobe-blaring crescendo with a cinematic scope and effortless swagger (“Mission Lunaire,” “Théogyne 2.0”). And in a manner reminiscent of the smart and slamming groove from the most successful VOLA works, Chognard weaves jagged thumps alongside powerful, character-driven vocal tethers to sink Évidence’s teeth even deeper into the urge to hit the replay button (“Ascension Tracée,” “Immuable,” “Abnégation”). Out of context, bits and pieces of the modern guitar work can feel like patchwork memories from a mind informed by ’10s djent memories, but in context it maintains a careful balance with Daaé’s unique presence.
That familiarity of riffcraft does hold Elyose from striking harder throughout parts of Évidence, though. It’s less the note-for-note déjà vu of a nasally amp-simulated tapping run or a seven-string Periphery preset note crushing than it is the overall flatness of guitar production that takes away some of the mystique that classic crunchy layer can offer. Again, many of these clips that offend in this way serve as short segues or setups for Daaé to mark with greater lasting power the peaks of each composition. And a few licks that warp and chime alongside intense bridges hold a particularly nostalgic resplendence in their carry (“Étoile Solitaire,” “Ascension Tracée”). But for a couple of tracks that follow patterns on a similar path (namely “Tentatives Échouées” and “Prête au Combat”), the escalating flow that pervades through Évidence can lose its way.
Not all pleasures in life have to be complicated, yet it would be disingenuous to call Évidence simple. While the formula for Évidence hasn’t changed much from Déviante, Elyose continues to perform with an idiosyncratic style rooted in detailed, memorable mic work and addictive, groovy instrumental backing that is hard to put down. There’s no secret to Elyose’s success—every song shoves an undeniable chorus through the trials of verses and bridges and reprisals that fall exactly where they should. But Évidence powers through the complacency of chorus worship with a voice determined to soar. The only feeling that could make the joy of Elyose’s music more rewarding is perseverance, a feeling which Évidence embodies with a glitching and gliding charisma and a catharsis-clenched fist held high.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: PCM3
Label: Self Release
Websites: elyosemusic.com | facebook.com/elyoseofficial
Releases Worldwide: January 10th, 2025#2025 #35 #AlternativeRock #Djent #ElectronicMetal #Electronica #Elyose #Évidence #FrenchMetal #GothicMetal #IndependentRelease #Jan25 #Reliqa #SelfRelease #VOLA
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By Dolphin Whisperer
Being true to yourself as a listener is an essential part of the reviewing process. So, at a very base level, I can say things like “I’m tired of hearing djent riffs” and “pop-infused metal doesn’t do anything for me.” And, at my core, I can know those things are true. Except, every now and again, well-crafted music comes along and bashes upon our truths like a coup de foudre to an unsuspecting heart. Such was the case when I encountered Elyose’s hook-laden, djentrified y2k platter of Déviante. And so too am I again smitten with the chug-ridden, cybergoth stylings of Évidence. The proof, as they say, is in the purple pudding.
Though incepted as a fuller band effort with the heart of an electronically urgent, less symphonic Nightwish or Epica, Elyose now falls under the primary care of vocalist and composer Justine Daaé. With collaborative assistance from djent veteran Anthony Chognard (ex-Smash Hit Combo), Elyose has shifted from pop heavy metal-rooted hop to a sound more Kemper-fied and modern. But unlike other popular female-voiced acts who sport a melodic focus around extended range rhythms, like Spiritbox or Poppy, Daaé sticks to the power of her full and trained clean timbre, finding vocal play in lush harmonies and playful percussive runs.1 Maintaining Évidence in almost entirely her native French tongue, Daaé brings both an earnestness and extra depth of pronunciation expression to each passing phrase.2 Though Évidence has an undeniable musical catchiness and air of accessibility, its bones remain too personal in aim and adoration for an industrial/alternative past, and too metal in dramatic spirit, to land neatly in a pop lane.
Despite the layers that Daaé peppers into triumphant choruses and textured verse articulations, Chognard maintains a workmanlike framing with riff accompaniment to build rhythmic tension around hypnotic synth lines. On the most electronic leading tracks, Elyose’s warbling hooks grow from subdued fluctuations to whirring guitar squeals to strobe-blaring crescendo with a cinematic scope and effortless swagger (“Mission Lunaire,” “Théogyne 2.0”). And in a manner reminiscent of the smart and slamming groove from the most successful VOLA works, Chognard weaves jagged thumps alongside powerful, character-driven vocal tethers to sink Évidence’s teeth even deeper into the urge to hit the replay button (“Ascension Tracée,” “Immuable,” “Abnégation”). Out of context, bits and pieces of the modern guitar work can feel like patchwork memories from a mind informed by ’10s djent memories, but in context it maintains a careful balance with Daaé’s unique presence.
That familiarity of riffcraft does hold Elyose from striking harder throughout parts of Évidence, though. It’s less the note-for-note déjà vu of a nasally amp-simulated tapping run or a seven-string Periphery preset note crushing than it is the overall flatness of guitar production that takes away some of the mystique that classic crunchy layer can offer. Again, many of these clips that offend in this way serve as short segues or setups for Daaé to mark with greater lasting power the peaks of each composition. And a few licks that warp and chime alongside intense bridges hold a particularly nostalgic resplendence in their carry (“Étoile Solitaire,” “Ascension Tracée”). But for a couple of tracks that follow patterns on a similar path (namely “Tentatives Échouées” and “Prête au Combat”), the escalating flow that pervades through Évidence can lose its way.
Not all pleasures in life have to be complicated, yet it would be disingenuous to call Évidence simple. While the formula for Évidence hasn’t changed much from Déviante, Elyose continues to perform with an idiosyncratic style rooted in detailed, memorable mic work and addictive, groovy instrumental backing that is hard to put down. There’s no secret to Elyose’s success—every song shoves an undeniable chorus through the trials of verses and bridges and reprisals that fall exactly where they should. But Évidence powers through the complacency of chorus worship with a voice determined to soar. The only feeling that could make the joy of Elyose’s music more rewarding is perseverance, a feeling which Évidence embodies with a glitching and gliding charisma and a catharsis-clenched fist held high.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: PCM3
Label: Self Release
Websites: elyosemusic.com | facebook.com/elyoseofficial
Releases Worldwide: January 10th, 2025#2025 #35 #AlternativeRock #Djent #ElectronicMetal #Electronica #Elyose #Évidence #FrenchMetal #GothicMetal #IndependentRelease #Jan25 #Reliqa #SelfRelease #VOLA
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By Dolphin Whisperer
Being true to yourself as a listener is an essential part of the reviewing process. So, at a very base level, I can say things like “I’m tired of hearing djent riffs” and “pop-infused metal doesn’t do anything for me.” And, at my core, I can know those things are true. Except, every now and again, well-crafted music comes along and bashes upon our truths like a coup de foudre to an unsuspecting heart. Such was the case when I encountered Elyose’s hook-laden, djentrified y2k platter of Déviante. And so too am I again smitten with the chug-ridden, cybergoth stylings of Évidence. The proof, as they say, is in the purple pudding.
Though incepted as a fuller band effort with the heart of an electronically urgent, less symphonic Nightwish or Epica, Elyose now falls under the primary care of vocalist and composer Justine Daaé. With collaborative assistance from djent veteran Anthony Chognard (ex-Smash Hit Combo), Elyose has shifted from pop heavy metal-rooted hop to a sound more Kemper-fied and modern. But unlike other popular female-voiced acts who sport a melodic focus around extended range rhythms, like Spiritbox or Poppy, Daaé sticks to the power of her full and trained clean timbre, finding vocal play in lush harmonies and playful percussive runs.1 Maintaining Évidence in almost entirely her native French tongue, Daaé brings both an earnestness and extra depth of pronunciation expression to each passing phrase.2 Though Évidence has an undeniable musical catchiness and air of accessibility, its bones remain too personal in aim and adoration for an industrial/alternative past, and too metal in dramatic spirit, to land neatly in a pop lane.
Despite the layers that Daaé peppers into triumphant choruses and textured verse articulations, Chognard maintains a workmanlike framing with riff accompaniment to build rhythmic tension around hypnotic synth lines. On the most electronic leading tracks, Elyose’s warbling hooks grow from subdued fluctuations to whirring guitar squeals to strobe-blaring crescendo with a cinematic scope and effortless swagger (“Mission Lunaire,” “Théogyne 2.0”). And in a manner reminiscent of the smart and slamming groove from the most successful VOLA works, Chognard weaves jagged thumps alongside powerful, character-driven vocal tethers to sink Évidence’s teeth even deeper into the urge to hit the replay button (“Ascension Tracée,” “Immuable,” “Abnégation”). Out of context, bits and pieces of the modern guitar work can feel like patchwork memories from a mind informed by ’10s djent memories, but in context it maintains a careful balance with Daaé’s unique presence.
That familiarity of riffcraft does hold Elyose from striking harder throughout parts of Évidence, though. It’s less the note-for-note déjà vu of a nasally amp-simulated tapping run or a seven-string Periphery preset note crushing than it is the overall flatness of guitar production that takes away some of the mystique that classic crunchy layer can offer. Again, many of these clips that offend in this way serve as short segues or setups for Daaé to mark with greater lasting power the peaks of each composition. And a few licks that warp and chime alongside intense bridges hold a particularly nostalgic resplendence in their carry (“Étoile Solitaire,” “Ascension Tracée”). But for a couple of tracks that follow patterns on a similar path (namely “Tentatives Échouées” and “Prête au Combat”), the escalating flow that pervades through Évidence can lose its way.
Not all pleasures in life have to be complicated, yet it would be disingenuous to call Évidence simple. While the formula for Évidence hasn’t changed much from Déviante, Elyose continues to perform with an idiosyncratic style rooted in detailed, memorable mic work and addictive, groovy instrumental backing that is hard to put down. There’s no secret to Elyose’s success—every song shoves an undeniable chorus through the trials of verses and bridges and reprisals that fall exactly where they should. But Évidence powers through the complacency of chorus worship with a voice determined to soar. The only feeling that could make the joy of Elyose’s music more rewarding is perseverance, a feeling which Évidence embodies with a glitching and gliding charisma and a catharsis-clenched fist held high.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: PCM3
Label: Self Release
Websites: elyosemusic.com | facebook.com/elyoseofficial
Releases Worldwide: January 10th, 2025Show 3 footnotes
- It’s not quite rapping, so hold your gag reflex, folks. There’s always Reliqa for that. ↩
- Closing track “Rise and Reclaim is in English. ↩
- Thank you! ↩
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