Parc Naturel pour Synthétiseurs

"Parc Naturel pour Synthétiseurs was composed and recorded using self-sustained energy with my modular synthesizers in Auvergne, France, as part of a residency called "Le Récit du Silence" (The Tale of Silence), centered around autonomous in situ performances. During this time of creation, I used batteries and solar panels to power the entire small studio that I had installed to be able to play in open nature.

This project is the most ambitious endeavor I have undertaken so far. It aims to take the audience on an auditory journey through diverse microcosms, resembling a real natural park. For this project, I used my modular synthesizer that I was able to take everywhere.

Composing with nature is not such an easy thing, as you have to learn to let go. In times of capitalist anxiety, the mere search for calm becomes difficult. And when we finally find it, we already think about finding it again.

In these places, the natural and ephemeral orchestra is alive. It can invite us to compose with it.

I seek to bear witness to these moments to offer the world these new imaginations. And there are these moments, at the bend of a mountain contour where the music comes to life and offers us a natural park of sounds."

Recorded in Auvergne, France
Written, performed and produced by Tom Leclerc
Pictures by Joséphine Leroux
Visuals and art by Nathankylosaure