Since 1995 Saphi has been behind the project Nocturne. Its first concerns for the music creation and conceptualization have been: Collective memory, guilt, as well as the notion of choice and free will. Those questions and preoccupations have also been raised by the association on Artschock of which Nocturne represents the sonic image.
2003 Has been a decisive year for Nocturne with the construction of Doctor Mabuse, a short story that was written in the twenties by Norbert Jacques and adapted as a movie by Fritz Lang. A musical illustration of this film is set out with a project untitled "Terrorize- Manipulate- Convince", released as an album in 2006 by the label Old Europa Cafe. The reflection goes on and the new way heralds then some works which are to be more peculiar and intimate.
The end of 2005 marks another a great encounter, with Cécile. As a musician with a classical background, she is invited to play, and then to join the project Nocturne. The acoustic dimension (violin-trumpet) brings another kind of profundity to Nocturne. On stage, they form a disconcerting pair, secured in their vocation for Artshock.
A concert by Nocturne is at once made of mystery, schemes, and secret. An impression of underlying hesitation and uncertainty gradually arises. As the music begins the veil lifts progressively, the sonic elements come to form, discretely drawing an atmosphere before the wholeness suddenly appears and reveals a skilful music display. Various emotions travel down the surprised audience. The arpeggios, notes and rhythmic combinations grant strange ways for the compositions. The texts are tempered chronicles, frames of mind and inner ways which are delivered uncompromisingly. Those numerous synths and home-made machines make of those installations a curiosity that contributes to the show.
This is a Total happening experience. Like Mabuse is the man behind the curtain, Saphi is the man behind his machines. He slowly gets off them and the transfer is proceeding before our eyes. He's deeply and personally involved, his attitudes evolve and his expressions change and alter contributing a genuine performance.
Nocturne set casts on the audience a powerful analogic alchemy, putting the audience into what Saphi calls Brutal Disko Music. A concert by Nocturne is a real show. Numerous performances in France and abroad has been considered in this regard.
The project Nocturne is currently developed at the Atelier de Création Expérimentale.
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There are multiple artists with this name:
1) Nocturne is a five-piece electro-gothic outfit based out of Portland, Oregon, United States. "Of Beauty and Decay", is their debut release that actually consists of mostly older material by this eighteen month old project. Perhaps the best thing about this EP is the lack of gothic stereotypes that usually befalls most new gothic bands. Jeff, the lead vocalist, doesn't feel it necessary to sign every track with an abnormally deep voice. Instead he uses his rather dynamic vocal range to reflect the variety of moods present on the record. Musically, the EP is a perfect blend of electronics, guitars, and drums. The instruments are never forced to compete with each other for dominance in the track, and instead compliment each other throughout the EP. This suggests that the band has had a great deal of previous musical experience due to the strength of the final mix of each track. Regardless, this EP is a very strong first effort from a band together for such a short time prior to it's release. Other gothic acts should really look to bands like Nocturne as examples of how to properly compose music without sounding derivative and boring, because Nocturne obviously has that skill down perfectly.
Nocturne has had the pleasure of touring with and or playing along side bands like:
SwitchBlade Symphony, Spahn Ranch, Sunshine Blind, The Electric Hellfire Club, Big Electric Cat, Christian Death, NON, Crash Worship, Black Atmosphere, The Prophetess, Test Dept., Noxious Emotion, Sheep on Drugs, The Razor Skyline, Engines Of Agression, The Impotent Sea Snakes, Trance to the Sun, Faith and Disease, Kevorkian Death Cycle, Lycia, Bethany Curve, Voltaire, Collide, The Cruxshadows, Bella Morte and many more.
Members:
Jeff Morton - vocals
Tad (Tadashi Hanawa) - guitars
Ashe Ruppe - bass (Of Delphine Coma, Disekt, Submarine Fleet, Trance To The Sun, Written In Ashes, The Elysium Facade
Mark Blewett - drums, additional keys
Megan Fritter (Of Backandtotheleft, Noxious Emotion, Written In Ashes) - keyboards
2) Nocturne is an electronic music producer from Broken Arrow, OKlshoms USA. He has been a part of the band Symphonia with Arkane and dj.l33t, and is now putting out his debut studio album "The Doctor" through Download Audio. He has had previous works in his solo career, the Apocalyptic Chaos EP.
"The Doctor" showcases Nocturne's love of the hit TV series Doctor Who and his various types of musical writing styles. The album ranges from house, symphonies, techno, trance, and ambient. Three of the songs include his bandmates Arkane and Rayure~ from Symphonia, and it really brings out their self-described "hardstyle symphony" sound.
3) Nocturne is a nu metal / industrial metal band from Dallas, Texas, United States. Their album "Guide to Extinction" has received rave reviews. InMusicWeTrust.com calls Nocturne's vocalist Lacey Conner "powerfully provacative".
Nocturne has toured the U.S. with the likes of Mushroomhead, Dope, Pigface, King Diamond and Bile, and has shared the stage with bands like Ministry, the Genitorturers, Bozo Porno Circus and OHGR.
The band went on indefinite hiatus in 2006. Lacey moved to Los Angeles working on a solo project and was later selected to appear in the VH1 show "Rock of Love". Chris still resides in Dallas and plays in a few different projects including Bozo Porno Circus and Razorblade Dolls. Rotny lives in San Francisco and plays guitar in the industrial metal band Psyclon Nine
4) Nocturne is a noise / industrial project from Centre France. Nocturne is a musical representation of Art Shock visual work, which is completely based on historical facts related to the II World War. Representing on a crude way this reality in sounds images.
5) Nocturne was a black metal band from Strasbourg, France, formed in 2002.
6) Nocturne was an experiental ambient group from Houston, Texas, United States, formed by Jim Wilson (guitar, percussion, handmade instruments, samples, also member of Cruor, Esoterica Landscapes 7, Voice of Eye, Asianova), Bonnie McNairn (voice, flute, also member of Esoterica Landscapes 7, Voice of Eye, Asianova) and Ure Thrall (samples, synth, string machine, voice, also member of Cruor, Terminus, Asianova).
7) Nocturne is an Austrian black metal band from Klagenfurt, formed in 2006 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.