Quatuor Zaïde - Reich · Dessner (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Different Trains: I. America – Before the War
02. Different Trains: II. Europe – During the War
03. Different Trains: III. After the War
04. Pulsing

Born from an encounter with Benjamin and Alice Paulin — guardians of Pierre Paulin’s timeless work — this 9th opus by the Quatuor Zaïde on NoMadMusic found its sonic setting in the Sounds like Paulin studio, where design and music reconnect with a shared history: that of the 1920s, when designers integrated the phonograph into the home and brought records into everyday life.
A bridge between minimalism and rock energy, between two worlds where tradition and modernity merge in simplicity, this album brings together Different Trains by Steve Reich — an iconic world-work about what History does to mankind — with Pulsing by Bryce Dessner, inspired by the roar of the Australian bush fires and the Notre-Dame fire. Two powerful works, driven by the same urgency: to echo the memory of humanity and of the Earth.