Barely ten days after the release of his new project After mourning(s), the French artist Martin Luminet was visiting the Montreal office of his record company, Universal Music Canada, where he had also invited the media before his Wednesday evening show on the Bell des Francos Stage, on Place des Festivals, at 7 p.m. We were there to learn more about the artist and his music.
Originally from France, Martin Luminet comes from a family that is not particularly immersed in music, which did not prevent him from finding his way as an artist. It is elsewhere that the composer mainly draws his inspiration.
“I think I am more inspired by films, by scenes, by situations. But I am very, very inspired by sportswomen and men. Who precisely do a kind of surpassing themselves. »
I find that in sport there is a social value where you also go beyond your condition. Art and sport have this in common: they allow you to escape your predefined path. This is what happened to me in life because I wasn’t supposed to make music at all.
A reissue of the first volume
His first album released last year was composed during the pandemic and went through it to be released in 2023. This year, Martin Luminet returns with new songs on this reissue which is in a way the sequel to MOURNING(S). In this new version entitled AFTER MOURNINGthe artist continues to explore love, questioning the reasons behind society’s ills and the rawness of life through sometimes sweet, sometimes catchy pop.
The texts in the compositions are put forward to impact and this is what strikes first in Luminet’s music. Some compositions even come close to poems and spoken texts. In this small session of a few songs, the media witnessed a softer Luminet in musical simplicity.
“We know that music deserves to exist when it simply stands up around a piano or a guitar,” explains the singer. However, the interpretation of the songs is not the same in this context as in the artist’s usual concerts.
I write things when I feel like I have them sorted. So I don’t go on stage with this gloominess in me. On the contrary, I arrive with a joy to celebrate.
“Tomorrow (Wednesday, at the Francos), it will be a bit of a progression between a guitar-vocal song which rises, which rises and which arrives at heavier arrangements”, explains the artist on what the public should expect. wait for tomorrow’s concert.
Titled AFTER MOURNINGthis reissue of the first disc features four new songs in which the artist faces the truths around him with new tracks and rearranged songs from the first album.
The public who will be present at the Scène Bell des Francos on Wednesday will therefore be able to appreciate the continuity of the first album while looking ahead to what is to come musically for the winner of the French section of the Félix-Leclerc prize in 2023.
The artist will also return to Quebec in spring 2025. Details to come.
