Confection

Electronic · 2013 · 14 tracks · 34m

Confection

Sébastien Tellier

A sparse, largely instrumental suite of piano and strings. It trades synth-pop hooks for a fragile, cinematic mourning that feels like a lost French film score.

It's like a 1970s French film score for a movie about a breakup you haven't had yet.

A fragile, cinematic mourning that feels like wandering through an empty, sun-drenched Parisian apartment.

Confection · vs · Sébastien Tellier

Rainy Day+4.0σ

Rainy Day saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 34m

01

Adieu

2:51

02

Coco

2:51

03

L’Amour naissant

3:52

04

Adieu mes amours

1:47

05

Hypnose

4:00

06

Waltz

2:21

07

Adieu comme un jeu

1:07

08

Delta romantica

2:17

09

Curiosa

1:15

10

L’Amour naissant II

1:23

11

Coco et le labyrinthe

2:52

12

L’Amour naissant III

4:33

13

Curiosa II

1:05

14

Le Delta des amours

2:16

Moments Worth Waiting For

The recurring piano motif in Adieu that feels like a door closing softly for the last time.

The way L’Amour naissant builds from a fragile whisper into a sweeping, cinematic orchestral swell.

The stark, lonely cello lines in Delta romantica that cut through the silence with surgical precision.

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