Retinal Rivalry is the soundtrack to Cyprien Gaillard’s 2024 stereoscopic film and is released by PAN as a special picture-disc vinyl and a digital edition. For its titles, they chose the delicate Ceraph by Emma Piercy, available at Sharp Type. Named after the visual phenomenon of conflicting perception, the work pushes the limits of both image and sound, using ultra-high-speed 3D projection to render everyday urban landscapes uncanny and hyper-real. Its dissonant score – combining reworked Indonesian instrumental music, industrial field recordings, and bodily sounds – underscores the film’s destabilising vision, while quoting Aguirre, the Wrath of God by Werner Herzog with music by Popol Vuh. Conceived as a stand-alone sonic work within PAN’s ENTOPIA series, the soundtrack treats sound not as accompaniment but as a structuring force, amplifying the film’s tension between sensory overload, disorientation, and moments of fragile beauty. The film will be presented at Haus der Kunst in Munich from October 17, 2025, to March 8, 2026.

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DaVinci Italic and Neue Helvetica are paired on the poster for the Baiser Mortel project at Trabendo, Paris. From the PAN Bandcamp page:

PAN presents Baiser Mortel, the original soundtrack to the acclaimed theatrical performance of the same name. Staged at the Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection over four days last October, the original production – collaboratively realized by composer and director Low Jack, composer and rapper Lala &ce, choreographer Cecilia Bengolea with costumes designed by Marine Serre and Oriana Bekka as creative director and co- director of the performance – merged ballet and urban folklore; sound art and soap opera.

A modern-day danse macabre, Baiser Mortel (trans. ‘The Kiss of Death’) cast Lala &ce in the title role. Unfolding over thirteen songs, the musical narrative follows Death as she navigates the realm of the living, and the encounters – desire, romance, spiritual awakening, and adventure – which validate the human experience. […]

DaVinci italic in use with Neue Helvetica for the cover of the album Baiser Mortel. Excerpt from the Bandcamp page:

PAN presents Baiser Mortel, the original soundtrack to the acclaimed theatrical performance of the same name. Staged at the Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection over four days last October, the original production – collaboratively realized by composer and director Low Jack, composer and rapper Lala &ce, choreographer Cecilia Bengolea with costumes designed by Marine Serre and Oriana Bekka as creative director and co- director of the performance – merged ballet and urban folklore; sound art and soap opera.

A modern-day danse macabre, Baiser Mortel (trans. ‘The Kiss of Death’) cast Lala &ce in the title role. Unfolding over thirteen songs, the musical narrative follows Death as she navigates the realm of the living, and the encounters – desire, romance, spiritual awakening, and adventure – which validate the human experience. […]

A sonic representation of the musical’s themes, Baiser Mortel the album – produced by Low Jack and written by Lala &ce with artwork by Pierre Debusschere – moves through the distorted strings of its opening track, 'Goûter' and gathers sonic and lyrical intensity on each successive song. 'Lune,' the melancholically autotuned midpoint of the album, marks the beginning of the musical’s second act and sets the tone for its tragic resolution. Mechanical sounds mix with sonic influences spanning the Global South throughout the album, honoring both Low Jack and Lala &ce’s musical heritage and influences, while developing a new musical lexicon that defies comparison.

As a theatrical production, Baiser Mortel represents a departure for both artists. A veteran of Parisian subculture, Low Jack’s collaboration with Lala &ce represents a new model of artistic mentorship based not on age but on experience, with each artist leaving a distinct signature on the work.

Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin is an experimental album by Eartheater released with the Berlin record label PAN. No Más studio designed the album and used Carta Nueva for the album title and track list.

The studio shared, “Eartheater’s ethereal frequencies and her brutally intimate lyrics work greatly with Carta — it’s like her lyrics were written in Carta in the first place. There is this gravity to it that enchants and draws you into this cinematic universe.”

Read and see more of Carta Nueva on Sharp Type News.

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