Anne Laplantine

Anne Laplantine creates a sound that is both fragile and mathematically precise. It is electronic music that refuses to sound electronic, favoring the breathy tones of a melodica, the chime of a glockenspiel, and the soft pluck of an acoustic guitar. The result is a sonic world that feels like a miniature workshop where every gear and lever is visible, clicking together in patterns that owe more to classical counterpoint than to club culture.

What makes her work truly distinctive is the tension between her lo-fi, bedroom-pop aesthetic and her sophisticated structural choices. She treats acoustic instruments like digital samples, looping and layering them until they form dense, harmonic thickets. There is a sense of 'limitation as a motor' here; by using a small palette of sounds, she finds an incredible variety of textures that feel dusty, intimate, and deeply human despite their repetitive nature.

Start with 'A Little May Time Be' to hear her at her most accessible and melodic. It captures that specific feeling of a quiet, productive solitude. From there, explore her work under the Michiko Kusaki alias for a more experimental, playful take on her signature sound-aesthetic.