Along The Road I Had Traveled

by Julien Ledru

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	1.	The Torsion of the Engined Firmament 03:40
	2.	The Late Lateness of the Night 02:06
	3.	A Faint Windy Noise of Speed 02:54
	4.	Beneath the Ghosts of Millenial Rain 02:31
	5.	The Middle and Pure Height and Whole of Summer 01:44
	6.	The Deep Sea Stood in Upon Me 04:25
	7.	In the Terrible Space and Enlargement of Silence 01:31
	8.	The Sun Has Lowered a Very Little 02:47
	9.	Numb with Sleep as Ruins 03:09
	10.	On a Road Between the Flying Shadows of Loose Woods 05:10

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« Un disque intime et précieux que nous adoptons d’écoute en écoute, car des voyages comme celui-ci sont précieux et rares. » ///// Rough translation: "An intimate and precious record that we embrace from listening to listening, because trips like this are precious and rare."
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« La musique de Julien Ledru est très chouette ! » ///// Rough translation: "Julien Ledru's music is very nice!"
Benzine

« Cet album aux titres inspirés par l’œuvre du romancier James Agee est une jolie surprise, une suite de titres très variés, en forme de voyage sur de petites routes de campagne d’Amérique ou d’ailleurs. » ///// Rough translation: "This album with titles inspired by the work of novelist James Agee is a nice surprise, a series of very varied titles, in the form of a trip on small country roads in America or elsewhere."
Des chips et du rosé

« Une réussite prometteuse en somme, qui culmine sur la tension feutrée et pleine d’espoir de son final nomade On a Road Between the Flying Shadows of Loose Woods. » ///// Rough translation: "A promising success in short, which culminates in the hushed and hopeful tension of its nomadic finale On a Road Between the Flying Shadows of Loose Woods."
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released April 5, 2019

Music: Julien Ledru.
Recorded between August 5 and September 23 2018.
Titles are from James Agee's work.
Drawing: "Bay Owl", J. Briois, 1824, watercolour, from an album of 51 drawings of birds and mammals made at Bencoolen, Sumatra, for Sir Stamford Raffles.
Artwork: Julien Ledru.
This record is dedicated to Marie.
In loving memory of Suzie.
Big thanks to the 72 owls and Microcultures.

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Julien Ledru Paris, France

Instrumental folk and fingerpicking songs. "Along The Road I Had Traveled" was released on vinyl in 2019 in partnership with Microcultures.
"White Oak Blues" deepens further the melancholy furrow of the blues and is released on vinyl in 2020.
Julien Ledru's third album, "Mellotone Valley", was released on september 22 2023 on CD, LP and DL through Marjan Records. ... more

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La Pointe Lafayette

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