2017 was, undoubtedly, a strange time for me, and for my musical endeavors. I remember that around this times, I was not only going through a rather powerful part of my journey into the occult, but I was also experiencing a a rather interesting turnaround in my own personal life.

Of course, none of that matters now (given how much have things progressed), but I do remember a certain lack of inspiration in those times. Still, my desire of making music was larger than my apparent lack of ideas, so I began working not based on any musical concepts, but rather on visuals.

For me, what made Éléphant special was not its crude shapes, but rather the whole of the idea that brought it to life: Salvador Dalí’s paintings.

Both musically and lyrically, the album is based upon Dalí’s work, this being the main reason for the incorporation of strange elements and noises. In fact, the noise in the intro «La Nouvelle Obscurité», is a very old interview with the legend himself. The rest of the album is comprised of the crude interpretation of the paintings, merely visual through the first tracks, and more personal and projected through the later tracks of the album.

This album was a rather big accolade for me, and it recieved a lot of attention back then. I can’t really explain why.

It was first released by me through Cónclave Curatorial on a double cassette edition featuring a very weird Poster Card featuring artwork by SkaisAltair.

But of course, the album would gain more traction, attracting the attention of Triumphant Cadaver, that released a Pro Tape version with a limited edition patch. That edition included artwork by Italian graphic artist The Unknow.

After that, the album got even bigger, and eventually landed me a spot in the RAW WAR zine #4

While I remember that interview rather fondly, but I remember one of the questions involved LSD and other psychoactive drugs. Of course, at the time I didn’t realise, but now I see in those a nod to the many times Dali was asked if he used such substances to get inspiration for his paintings. And with that, I realize I missed the chance to answer like the master himself would have.

Can’t quite say myself if Éléphant is my best album to date, to do so would probably be a bit arbitrary and, most importantly, would take some attributions I don’t have as its author. What I can say, however, is that it is certainly of of the best albums I’ve made, and one of the ones that have reached the furthest. Which is kind of ironic if you consider that it came out of a lack of inspiration.

All in all, this highlight of my career is now available in Spotify, albeit, without the noise or vaporwave tracks, which had to be removed to avoid any weird upload situation as the one I had trying to upload «Running Riot» to the platform.