Felsenmeer - Reliefs (2026)

Tracklist

01. Chute
02. Eiscir Riada
03. Reliefs
04. Hymne au monde muet
05. Meltem
06. L’Arbre en nous a parlé

Felsenmeer is a quartet founded by clarinetist Joséphine Besançon, together with Charles Paillet on electric guitar, Fanny Bouteiller on double bass, and Matheo Ciesla on drums. The group's musical language draws on Besançon's background across classical, contemporary and jazz music, shaping a repertoire in which carefully crafted composition and collective improvisation are closely intertwined.

The name Felsenmeer, literally sea of rocks, refers to a geological formation of chaotic reliefs — and that image runs through the quartet's debut release. Reliefs traces steep ascents and sudden drops, ground that shifts underfoot, openings carved by wind, moments of pure suspension before the fall. Music that unfolds like a path through unfamiliar terrain: disorienting, airy, and alive to every change of contour.

Joséphine Besançon: clarinets, vocals, composition
Charles Paillet: electric guitar, vocals
Fanny Bouteiller: double bass, vocals
Matheo Ciesla: drums, vocals