Flavien Berger
Liquid synths and surreal French poetry that feel like dreaming underwater. A retro-futurist blend of psychedelic pop and electronic storytelling for late nights.
Liquid synths and surreal French poetry that feel like dreaming underwater. A retro-futurist blend of psychedelic pop and electronic storytelling for late nights.
Flavien Berger creates music that feels like it was discovered in a time capsule from a future that never happened. His sound is defined by a distinct 'aquatic' quality, where synthesizers ripple like water and vocals are often submerged in lush, reverb-heavy textures. It is electronic music with a human heart, blending the precision of drum machines with the unpredictability of a self-taught experimenter who finds beauty in the glitches.
What sets him apart is his relationship with time and technology. Having started his journey on a PlayStation 2, he retains a playful, almost naive curiosity toward sound design. His songs rarely follow standard pop structures, instead opting for long, winding narratives that shift from intimate whispers to expansive, psychedelic crescendos. The lyrics are a playground of French wordplay, treating language as another instrument to be looped and layered.
For those new to his world, 'Contre-Temps' is the essential gateway. It captures his ability to make a sprawling, high-concept album feel as personal as a diary entry. It is the perfect companion for moments of transition, whether you are traveling between cities or simply waiting for the day to turn into night.
Flavien Berger (born 2 July 1986, in Paris) is a French singer-songwriter. A hybrid artist blending electro and psychedelia, Berger discovered music composition on his PlayStation 2 with the game Music 2000. Berger pursued sound design at the ENSCI – Les Ateliers. He began his first experiments with other art students, who later formed the collective Sin and then moved to Brussels. Together, they produced installations, video projects for which Flavien composed the original scores. He released his debut album, Léviathan, in 2015. In 2018, he released his second album, Contre-Temps. The album was recorded in 2017 in Normandy, under the influence of the landscapes and the temporality of the place.
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Shares art pop, synth-pop, downtempo (subgenres); dreamy, wistful, playful (moods)
Shares art pop, synth-pop, downtempo (subgenres); dreamy, wistful, playful (moods)
Shares synth-pop, downtempo (subgenres); analog warmth, reverb heavy, layered dense (production style)
Shares art pop, synth-pop, downtempo (subgenres); dreamy, wistful, playful (moods)
Shares art pop, synth-pop, downtempo (subgenres); analog warmth, layered dense, reverb heavy (production style)
Shares dreamy, wistful, playful (moods); synth-pop, downtempo (subgenres)
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