Engrossing and boundary defing! IGORR "Tout Petit Moineau" @ Dour Festival 2014 

Whaaaaaaaat 🤯

@@terminal_011 Yes, indeed. She explained to me that she had done a lot of research about singing, in various cultures, that she trained a lot by herself, and that she had "freed her voice". Nonetheless, there is a big gap between reading or watching people sing and being able to do it yourself. The lady is a genius.

@@valeriedavot9074 Because I'm learning to sing and I know how hard it is - yes, now I admire her even more

this is insane, what a woman.

@valeriedavot9074 she probably took some professionnal and perfection lessons afterwards, which is necessary to master your craft :) But yes, this Lady that is Above the average Human.

I LOL when he said he wanted one with lyrics. LOL. Also, I’ve noticed some of their songs have lyrics on Spotify.

@@Iamsmallfrysome have a few proper lyrics.

I might be mistaken but didn't Xööx Öxxö make up the language and then Igorrr adopted it?

I felt the same about Aphrodite's arrival, being a die-hard Laure supporter (ignoring the fact that it was revealed that she is impossible to work with or to have her commitment at all to anything). The mistake I made was that I compared the 2 vocalists, which I should not have done. They have completely different vocal signatures and abilities. Laure was perfect for the new and fresh, loud, charismatic tones and counter screams that somehow still sounded charismatic. She let her voice play around the song's crescendo's, and challenges were well handled as such. Aphrodite arrived fully competent but had to mold her vocals to someone else's prize song, which is not that simple or straightforward. But having seen Aphrodite perform new songs and plying her own style and vocal character to that, I admit that she is actually an amazing fit and starting to think that her impressively wide range and tonal control might actually make for a more colourful and rewarding project, being Igorrr, than what they have achieved before (ignoring the newly discovered genre when they debuted, which will never be beaten). Also, note that one of the concerts has an electrical cut out where her mic stopped working, and by all accounts received, she could deliver her voice clearly and impressively with little effort. Give it a fair and proper chance to not compare but instead see it for what it is. Her range is incredible, and she counters it more dramatically. The notes and layers carry more weight by range than what they had before, and the songs end up more interesting and complicatedly engaging for a longer audience interest. Even her counterpart, JB with his raspier voice than Laurent's trademark metallic growl and unique twisting of notes, has geniune potential to improve the bands sound as he has more established undertones that are better delivered and clearer in tone balance and control. I think they have improved possibilties for Igorrr. They should continue to add their uniqueness to more songs. PS: I understand from recent information received that Aphrodite is still their lead singer, however currently only on tour, so I'm not sure what Gauthier has planned.

Oh I didn't know they parted ways :(( is there any reason why they did ??

@@lepatcite iirc Laurent left because of COVID restrictions for their tour and Laure had creative differences and wanted to focus on other things. They've had several other singers in the meantime and from all the making ofs I've seen I think Gautier (the founder aka igorrr) is kind of a control freak and perfectionist which is part of the reason why their music is amazing but it can also be super hard on the team

@@maxmustsleep I would have bet he'd be a control freak!

I felt the same about Aphrodite's arrival, being a die-hard Laure supporter (ignoring the fact that it was revealed that she is impossible to work with or to have her commitment at all to anything). The mistake I made was that I compared the 2 vocalists, which I should not have done. They have completely different vocal signatures and abilities. Laure was perfect for the new and fresh, loud, charismatic tones and counter screams that somehow still sounded charismatic. She let her voice play around the song's crescendo's, and challenges were well handled as such. Aphrodite arrived fully competent but had to mold her vocals to someone else's prize song, which is not that simple or straightforward. But having seen Aphrodite perform new songs and plying her own style and vocal character to that, I admit that she is actually an amazing fit and starting to think that her impressively wide range and tonal control might actually make for a more colourful and rewarding project, being Igorrr, than what they have achieved before (ignoring the newly discovered genre when they debuted, which will never be beaten). Also, note that one of the concerts has an electrical cut out where her mic stopped working, and by all accounts received, she could deliver her voice clearly and impressively with little effort. Give it a fair and proper chance to not compare but instead see it for what it is. Her range is incredible, and she counters it more dramatically. The notes and layers carry more weight by range than what they had before, and the songs end up more interesting and complicatedly engaging for a longer audience interest. Even her counterpart, JB with his raspier voice than Laurent's trademark metallic growl and unique twisting of notes, has geniune potential to improve the bands sound as he has more established undertones that are better delivered and clearer in tone balance and control. I think they have improved possibilties for Igorrr. They should continue to add their uniqueness to more songs. and yes, I stand by Gauthier, who, similarly to Ghost, writes everything, designs and decides what he wants, and hires the band to create his ideas. I think his control freak style is needed to realise the product. he gives them all a lot of freedom and creative space as they write their own styles and music parts. He just designs the foundations and scope for the projects. Watch their "making of" videos and some of their other interviews. It's not as it appears with Gauthier bossing everyone. I know he was that way as Laure was challenging and apparently pushing the boundaries by allowing less than the minimum required involvement of herself. He was candid about that fact long before he fired Laure. That's why a lot of the potential shows and tours could not happen or were sudden and quickly over. so control is needed with some. PS: I understand from recent information received that Aphrodite is still their lead singer, however currently only on tour, so I'm not sure what Gauthier has planned.

Venetian snares is vibe. Just discovered them recently and I'm hooked.

Same! It took me 3 years to come around. But here I am, “all in”.

Both... I'm pretty sure about that ^^

Timed a trip to the other side of the world to coincide with a festival Igorrr were at since this comment. Absolutely incredible. Would love to see them again, was intense.

Made up language developed by Laure (and Laurent!) to convey pure emotion... one of the awesome things about her and Igorrr/Corpo-Mente/ Ricinn/etc

It's improvisation. It's just instrumental in this part when you listen to the original

I mean, she's clearly on psychedelics of some form, look at how she contorts her neck and holds her face in the shot a few seconds later. Having done them myself that's definitely the look and movement of someone who's tripping balls.

@@gg_ingy do I really need to tell you how to use your eyes?

@@gg_ingy yes, she's quite clearly on psychedelics, it's clear you've never experienced what it's like to take them or you'd know exactly what I'm referring to 🤷

It's acid awe

Knowing Dour and the people that go there, it's far more likely she's just incredibly high in acid / M. But I love your view

this hahaha @@KevinNijmeijer

Sorry that was an unfortunate typo

I see tripping balls or rolling face (or both) and yes, falling hard for Laure, as one does.

Thank you for the comment - I heard is described as Baroque-Core (something to do with the operatic vocals) but what do I know. This style is definitely pushing at (or beyond) the edges of what Metal could be easily defined as.

@@KenLavigne I have read a bit about them since yesterday and it seems that they do tend to use some metal influences in their music. As far as the baroque-core name goes, I have a feeling it is something that only gets used for Igorrr because they seemingly had an EP called "baroquecore" in 2010. Nothing you can do about that, it's normal that you just go with what the requester tells you. I am honestly glad I heard them after hearing about them for a while now. I enjoyed your reaction, even with how difficult it must have been to get something like this thrown at you, and it seems like the fans of Igorrr did as well so that's all that matters.

@@MaartenT Hi Martin. They have some VERY metal songs, and some very Aphex Twin style songs, and a lot of whatever else they feel like. They certainly don't stay in a box.

@@NZWozza That's the impression I got when I was reading about them, a lot of genre-bending and switching. But this track in particular reminds me a lot of that classical music inspired Venetian Snares album (Rossz Csillag Allat Született) that I know very well. Breakcore is not a genre I really dove into, so I am not super familiar with a lot of artists. I do know Aphex Twin and Squarepusher pretty good and own most of their albums, but I wouldn't catalog them necessarily as breakcore even though some of their tracks come very close. I do recommend that Venetian Snares album if you like this track and aren't familiar, it honestly wouldn't surprise me if it inspired Igorrr to mix classical music with breakcore. Especially since Igorrr seems to have formed in 2005, which is when that album released. It's been a long time since I heard it but I loved that album back in the day, I should give it an other spin.

Try Corpo-Mente "Ort" "Dorma" or "Arsalein", then

you literally described what Igorrr does

@@hernanipereira Thank mate I will do, I am an open hearted listener to many different kind of music. Search constantly for new stuff. So thanks for your suggestions. May your next experience on your search trail, be the best you ever had. All the best.

@@remu4533 glad to see u are open-minded to new music, that says a lot about you :) discovering new paths is a great mindset to have in life. And who knows, maybe you will enjoy some of Igorrr songs, but i can tell u they are often strange, uncomfortable and deeply chaotic, but thats what he likes to do in his music :) have a great day

I don't really have any issue with people disliking the sound, but calling it wannabe is a bit much. There's real skill and effort put into making it and I think it also achieves exactly the feel that it's going for. "Wannabe" really is only stuff that is trying solely to be unique without any vision for what it actually wants to be.

Yoko can't reach Laure's soles, lol

@@TheChzoronzon lol, no doubt, the screeching reminded me of her.