Julien Pontvianne, Abhra - Eight Poems on Drought (2026) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Julien Pontvianne, Abhra
- Title: Eight Poems on Drought
- Year Of Release: 2026
- Label: Onze Heures Onze
- Genre: Folk, Ambient, Experimental
- Quality: FLAC 24-Bit/88 kHz; 16-Bit/44.1 kHz; MP3 320 kbps
- Total Time: 00:37:00
- Total Size: 221; 322; 798 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
The French project Abhra is led by Julien Pontvianne. Its name comes from a Sanskrit word meaning both atmosphere and emptiness. It began as a musical exploration of the Journal of Henry David Thoreau, the American philosopher, poet, and scholar who placed nature at the center of his thought and championed a kind of ascetic hedonism, a austere yet pleasure-affirming way of living. That idea has run through Abhra's music ever since, which examines resonance, the forms of song, and slowness, all with a rare delicacy and restraint. The group's second album, "Seven Poems on Water," released in 2022, was acclaimed by critics.
The new album is conceived as a sequel to that record and is devoted to drought. Pontvianne was driven to make it by climate disruption, which he has observed partly through the eyes of his brother, a researcher in one of the most arid regions of France. The core idea behind the project is that water should be understood not as a deposit, like oil, but as a cycle. What runs out is not a stock of resources but the balance of natural cycles: deforestation, for instance, reduces rainfall, while warming increases evaporation and thus the total amount of water in circulation. The problem is not a shortage of water as such but its unjust and violent distribution. Arid zones will always receive less, leading to declining agricultural productivity and ever more conflict.
Julien Pontvianne (Fr) / tenor saxophone, clarinet, composition
Isabel Sörling (Se) / voice
Francesco Diodati (It) / guitar
Adèle Viret (Fr) / cello
Alexandre Herer (Fr) / keyboard
Matteo Bortone (It) / bass
Tracklist:
1. Julien Pontvianne, Abhra - Noon Under the Sun
2. Julien Pontvianne, Abhra - The Very Thirsty
3. Julien Pontvianne, Abhra - Wide Space
4. Julien Pontvianne, Abhra - Drought
5. Julien Pontvianne, Abhra - It's a Blind Summer in the World
6. Julien Pontvianne, Abhra - Miraculous Recounted Rains
7. Julien Pontvianne, Abhra - Arid Earth
8. Julien Pontvianne, Abhra - This Is Where the Village River Used to Be
The new album is conceived as a sequel to that record and is devoted to drought. Pontvianne was driven to make it by climate disruption, which he has observed partly through the eyes of his brother, a researcher in one of the most arid regions of France. The core idea behind the project is that water should be understood not as a deposit, like oil, but as a cycle. What runs out is not a stock of resources but the balance of natural cycles: deforestation, for instance, reduces rainfall, while warming increases evaporation and thus the total amount of water in circulation. The problem is not a shortage of water as such but its unjust and violent distribution. Arid zones will always receive less, leading to declining agricultural productivity and ever more conflict.
Julien Pontvianne (Fr) / tenor saxophone, clarinet, composition
Isabel Sörling (Se) / voice
Francesco Diodati (It) / guitar
Adèle Viret (Fr) / cello
Alexandre Herer (Fr) / keyboard
Matteo Bortone (It) / bass
Tracklist:
1. Julien Pontvianne, Abhra - Noon Under the Sun
2. Julien Pontvianne, Abhra - The Very Thirsty
3. Julien Pontvianne, Abhra - Wide Space
4. Julien Pontvianne, Abhra - Drought
5. Julien Pontvianne, Abhra - It's a Blind Summer in the World
6. Julien Pontvianne, Abhra - Miraculous Recounted Rains
7. Julien Pontvianne, Abhra - Arid Earth
8. Julien Pontvianne, Abhra - This Is Where the Village River Used to Be
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