Passages

In the Press

"Listeners have been placed into a very unique soundscape that one could classify as truly weird or even consider it a movie soundtrack. Regardless of how one classifies Passages, it goes far beyond the realm that we live in, creating an aural journey unlike any other listeners have probably heard." — Wesley Derbyshire - Hi-Res Edition

"Franck Martin's latest release "Passages" immediately reminds me of the sound design from the first 10 minutes of the 1985 cult film and animated cinematic masterpiece "Night On the Galactic Railroad." Similarly metaphysical in nature, in sound and in feel, to me, Franck Martin's album is the distorted sister of Haroumi Hosono's haunting soundtrack." — Elise Mills - Fault Radio

"The production and audio effects are well done, carefully placed, and presented with clever nuance. The careful use of panning, ping-pong effects, and surround sound elements allow the listener to get pulled into the three-dimensional musical landscape. Not only is the darkness envisioned, but it is felt on a more visceral level." — Rob Benny - On The Fringes of Sound

"Franck Martin has entered the Tiny Desk Contest multiple times, but I still remember his 2019 entry: a mobile, modular synth unit filmed near the Golden Gate bridge with a 360-degree camera! This one's no less scenic, but stable, as Martin's mix of Buchla and Moog synths soundtrack the mountainous Pacifica skyline with headphone-panning dark ambient." — Lars Gotrich - NPR