Cylene II is the new materialization of the collaboration between François J. Bonnet & Stephen O’Malley. Initiated in 2018 and continued without interruption since then, their partnership has taken form in a myriad of contexts ranging from common practice to recording sessions, concerts and tours.

Cylene II bears witness to these different contexts, offering a multifaceted sound signature developed on different occasions (artist residencies in La Becque, Switzerland and Modena, Italy, live performance excerpts and a studio session at INA-GRM Studios in Paris).

The first revelation from Bonnet and O'Malley is "Rainbows", which features guitars in duet; a sound that reaches from the deep and scales up to the far firmament in its careful motion. Great powers are signaling from a great distance, appearing in the air like mirage. Notes of mist, rays of light, silence, tectonic shift – as-above-so-below ethics, played out in remorseless song.

For the listener, Cylene II draws emotions viscerally from the chest, giving rise to the suggestibility of the soul. A séance of sorts for all who witness it, whether playing or listening. Cylene II arrives on November 10th, 2023.

U.S. TOUR

Dec 9 in Chicago, at Bohemian National Cemetery - EARLY SHOW
Dec 9 in Chicago, at Bohemian National Cemetery - LATE SHOW
Dec 11 in Philadelphia at Solar Myths
Dec 13 in Brooklyn at Pioneerworks
Dec 15 in San Francisco at The Lab
Dec 17 in Los Angeles at 2220 Arts + Archives