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Written during the pandemic and following a breakup, Blais has used his distinctive musical voice to create a defiantly uplifting record with glistening instrumental textures and warm major tonalities. The album’s title refers to the “aubade”, a Middle Ages morning love song about lovers separating at daybreak, a dawn serenade.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDespite the difficult global and personal backdrop, Blais described the time writing this album as a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e“fruitful moment of creativity for me. We started having hares in the park, beautiful butterflies flying everywhere. It was a time of lots of blossoming, and also a moment when I blossomed from being a pianist into a composer.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMusical ideas captured in over 500 recorded piano improvisations were transformed by Blais into 11 compositions performed by a 12-person ensemble. 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Le titre de l'album fait référence à l’« aubade », un terme médiéval désignant une pièce chantée lorsque des amoureux se séparent au crépuscule, une sérénade de l’aube. Blais s'est d’ailleurs inspiré de textures musicales de la Renaissance et du Moyen-Âge, ainsi que de l'éthique artistique social-démocrate du poète, designer et activiste anglais du XIXe siècle William Morris.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBien que la dernière année ait pour plusieurs été difficile professionnellement et personnellement, heureusement pour Jean-Michel, ce fut aussi une période de catharsis et d’inspiration, avec comme résultat aubades, un nouvel album à la direction audacieuse. « Personne n’a échappé aux évènements de la dernière année, mais pour moi, ce moment a aussi été fructueux et créatif. Des lièvres sont apparus dans le parc et soudainement, de sublimes papillons volaient partout. C’était un moment d’épanouissement. 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