Forêt Endormie — artist
Forêt Endormie (“Sleeping Forest” in English) is a neoclassical / dark folk ensemble formed in 2016 by Falls of Rauros guitarist and composer Jordan Guerette in the “Forest City” of Portland, Maine. Their current instrumentation of violin, double bass, clarinet, piano/keyboards, electric guitar, and voice allows for the exploration and fusion of disparate, but overlapping, musical worlds. Their most recent album Une voile déchirée (2020) sees the group draw from “the vast openness of Impressionism, the complexity of early polyphony, the atmosphere of post-rock, and the pastoral nature of folk music” and from it “build a beautiful, delicate lace” (Invisible Oranges). All words are sung in French and are centered around the process of shedding inner negativity and fighting against the compulsion to retreat as we age, hopefully being more open to life afterward.