"Drowned by Locals hits it out of the park again with another deliciously chaotic release of jumbly rumbly sound collages. Lucien Balconi (Strasbourg, France) serves up a hectic but refined blend of boisterous samples, complex beats, and intriguing melodies featuring hand-crafted instruments. Influences span nature field recordings, videogame soundtracks, Sonidero culture, cartoons, and Southern trap. Check it out."

- HYPRK, KZSU Radio - Stanford University -

"Lucien Balconi’s Drowned By Locals debut blurs the lines between PS1-era video games and real-world environments.

‘SAW THE FEELING IN THE HEART OF THINGS’ is hyperreal and otherworldly in its attempt to bridge virtual and non-virtual realities. It’s natural phenomena made synthetic; drowsy nostalgia.

Our premiere, ‘GERRIS’, comes windswept and kaleidoscopic, placing the listener in an off-kilter world of digital detritus and dreamy, melancholic introspection."

- IF-ONLY MAG -

"The album artwork reproduces the strands woven through the album’s emotional core. The hazy image has the soft, pliant edges of a memory. You’re delivered to a dappled glade in the Legend... more

released November 23, 2022

Produced, written and performed by Lucien Balconi
Mastered by Dominic Clare at Declared Sound
Artwork by Carterds

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