[Thor Joachim Haga]

I first discovered Rone aka Erwin Castex (b. 1980) via his collaboration with Jean Michel Jarre on the track “The Heart of Noise, Pt. 1” on Electronica, Vol. 2 in 2016. Since then, I’ve latched on to his scores for LA NUIT VENUE (2020), LES OLYMPIADES (2021….Audiard displacing his usual collaborator Desplat) and D’ARGENT ET DE SANG (2024). It’s roughly within the genre known as IDM (Intelligent Dance Music…kinda confusing and arrogant term, I’ve never been a fan), but with all these broad, melancholic, indie chord progressions that aren’t far removed from the likes of Johnny Jewel. Well worth checking out. My favourite is probably LES OLYMPIADES.