On July 28, 2023, I decided, on a whim, to call TiVo’s metadata support on the telephone. About five years prior, they had decided to remove my and all of my band’s albums and information from their database, thereby erasing me from AllMusic.com’s (and AllMovie.com) database. I was really upset about that, because I felt …
Words of Parting I don’t belong here When does the pain end? Nothing goes right I didn’t belong here The intolerable pain has finally ended Nothing went right I’m not in a better place; I’m finally at rest A variation of Percy Bysshe Shelley The world is dreary, and I am weary, of wandering without …
Interview sent by Mahdi Hazaveh on April 17, 2025. Answered between April 20-28, 2025. Edited on April 29, 2025. Published on April 30, 2025. Echoes of Emotion: The Story Behind Vision Eternel These questions are too generic for me to answer. I feel uninspired. Most don’t even relate to Vision Eternel. But I made an …
List of stock questions originally sent by Christopher Gonda on February 18, 2024 Answered between February 23-28, 2024 Edited between February 28 – March 1, 2024 Gonda refused to publish the interview, always giving me a different excuse and ultimately shaming me for asking about its publication. He even called me on the telephone to …
Interview originally sent by Kevin Press om February 11, 2024 Answered on February 18, 2024 On February 20, 2024, Kevin Press emailed me to tell me that he wasn’t sending me more questions and would not publish this interview and that I had to censor my answers if I wanted coverage on his website. So …
Interview sent by Aaron Badgley on April 2, 2024. Answered between April 5-6, 2024. Edited on April 6, 2024. Published on April 11, 2024 SPILL FEATURE: ECHOES FROM FORGOTTEN HEARTS – A CONVERSATION WITH ALEXANDER JULIEN OF VISION ETERNEL Because I knew that Aaron was going to be writing a feature article from my answers, …
Interview sent by Brett Van Put on January 15, 2024 Answered between January 17 and February 10, 2024 Edited on February 9-10, 2024 Was supposed to be published in the February issue but I couldn’t finish it by the January 28, 2024 deadline. It was then supposed to be in the March issue, which was …
Interview sent by Stitch Mayo on January 25, 2024. Answered between January 27-31, 2024. Edited (by me) on January 31 – February 1, 2024. Edited (again) and butchered by Ilker Yücel without my approval Published on March 12, 2024 Was supposed to be published on February 22, 2024, but Ilker Yücel (the editor of ReGen …
List of stock questions sent by Christopher Gonda on February 18, 2024 Answered between February 23-28, 2024 Edited between February 28 – March 1, 2024 Gonda refused to publish the interview, always giving me a different excuse and ultimately shaming me for asking about its publication. He even called me on the telephone to make …
Interview sent by Kevin Press om February 11, 2024 Answered on February 18, 2024 Never published. On February 20, 2024, Kevin Press emailed me to tell me that he wasn’t sending me more questions and would not publish this interview and that I had to censor my answers if I wanted coverage on his website. …
Interview sent by John Montoya on January 4, 2024 Answered between January 5-7, 2024 Edited by Rain on January 8, 2024 Published on February 6, 2024 VISION ETERNEL’s “Echoes From Forgotten Hearts”: an in-depth journey through emotional landscapes of melogaze Why did Vision Eternel start? Aside from wanting to share your sonic and poetic vision, …
Interview sent by Brett Van Put on February 14, 2023. Answered between February 17 and 22, 2023. Edited (by me) on February 20-22, 2023. Published. Was supposed to be published simultaneously in the digital fanzine issue 32 and on the website on March 1, 2023, but the fanzine was only published on March 13, 2023. …
Interview sent by Nikita Sestak on July 23, 2022. Answered between July 23, 2022 and August 4, 2022, and some answers were revised on December 16, 2022. Edited (by me) between August 4, 2022 and August 7, 2022. Was originally meant to be published on Balkan Rock, then on Abbadon Magazine, but both webzines passed …
Maritlantic Distribution was founded on August 13, 2021 for the purpose of anonymously selling off releases which I had accumulated for free over the years. Normally freebies that people sent me. I wanted to sell them on Discogs at a cheap price, just $1, plus the exact cost of shipping, and offer combined shipping to …
Interview sent by Aaron Badgley on February 7, 2021 Answered on February 11, 2021 Edited on February 12, 2021 Published on February 14, 2021 SPILL FEATURE: MOMENTS OF NOSTALGIA – A CONVERSATION WITH ALEXANDER JULIEN OF VISION ETERNEL What are the origins of Vision Eternel? Where did the name come from? Vision Eternel started …
Interview sent by Mick Reed on January 6, 2021 Answered between January 6-11, 2021 Edited on January 17, 2021 Published on January 21, 2021 https://newnoisemagazine.com/interview-vision-eternel-moments-of-clarity-a-mist-of-memory/ Can you give us some insight into the meaning behind the title of your EP? Vision Eternel’s For Farewell Of Nostalgia is a concept extended play, so its title …
Interview sent by John Montoya on December 10, 2020 Answered between December 12-14, 2020 Edited on December 15, 2020 Published on December 27, 2020 Examining VISION ETERNEL’s new record “For Farewell of Nostalgia,” as Alexander Julien explains heartbreak *Initially, John heavily edited my answers. I complained to Karol Kaminski, Idioteq’s editor, and my full answers …
Interview sent by Klemen Breznikar on November 24, 2020 Answered between December 2-6, 2020 Edited on December 8, 2020 Published on December 24, 2020 Vision Eternel | Interview Your sound is focused on emotion, heartbreak and love. What was the main concept when starting with Vision Eternel? I started Vision Eternel in January 2007. …
Interview sent by Kevin Press via Facebook and email between December 9-19, 2020 Answered between December 11-17, 2020 Not edited. Not published; Kevin was asking me irrelevant questions, or ones that I had already addressed in my past answers. He was unprepared and unprofessional. A lot of his questions did not even apply to me …
Interview sent by Tomaz Vogric between November 23-30, 2020 Answered between November 23-30, 2020 Conducted over Facebook Messenger Edited on December 2, 2020 Published on December 5, 2020 https://terrarelicta.com/index.php/feature-all/interviews/11104-vision-eternel-interview Even though Vision Eternel has been around since 2007, and has already released a plentiful discography, it remains quite an unknown name for a lot of …
Interview sent by William Zimmerman on November 15, 2020 Answered between November 15-18, 2020 Edited on November 20, 2020 Published on November 24, 2020 An Interview With VISION ETERNEL (ethereal, dark ambient) Hello and thanks for the interview. Could you start off by giving us a bit of a background on Vision Eternel? I began …
Interview sent by Caleb Newton on August 3, 2020 Answered between September 17-20, 2020 Edited on September 20, 2020 Published on September 28, 2020 Alexander Julien Of Vision Eternel Explains His New Album Of Illustrious ‘Melogaze’ Finding the Way to Creativity Captured Howls (CH): How would you describe any guiding principles that you had …
Interview sent by JJ Koczan on September 6, 2020 Answered between September 7-8, 2020 Published on September 16, 2020 Six Dumb Questions with Vision Eternel The theme of “moments” speaks to an ephemeral glimpse at something – a moment passes. What does framing the songs on For Farewell of Nostalgia as moments allow you …
Interview sent by John Ellison on August 7, 2020 Answered between August 7-20, 2020 Not published, see emails for John freaking out. Link would have been https://goatpalacezine.com/2020/08/20/vision-eternel-the-mind-behind-the-concept I feel we should start with the visually arresting LP artwork you’ve chosen for your new Vision Eternel record. There’s a paradox in this choice, I think — …
2007 February Vision Éternel was formed in the tears of late nights. As love was not permitted, songs were created. And thus were born the firsts of this vision. Éternel creates concepts within all creations, and once done releases masterpieces of beauty. 2007 May 12th Vision Éternel is an ethereal wave band by Virkelix. …
Created the name of this company on January 29th 2018 when submitting my music videos to IMDB.
could get single copies made through Amazon’s CreateSpace or Boobkbaby (more expensive)
Detente Publication is a food-industry book publishing house founded in November of 2015. It was originally created on November 8th of 2015 under the name “141 Detente Publishing”. The word “publishing” was more of a mistake, as I was thinking that I could use that in the book publishing business, but it was in fact …
Here is a list of all the known graphics and material that I can possibly remember, in hope that some day these will be found. Some of these are incredibly far fetched and will never be found, but as a list-maker this list is of great interest. List of Hard Drives and Crashes Summer/Fall 2001-January …
impromptu photo shoot after seeing the fog come out spent all day in bed with Rain watching Schits Creek season 3. came down around 7:30 to take the dogs out and feed them, noticed a thick fog in the backyard and got the idea to go out and do a photoshoot. was supposed to get …
Squick (April 2012): with Jeremy Roux, Poutine-finding app with integrated reviews and checking-in. Combined Googlemaps and Four Square, maybe even Facebook. Bitter Reviews (2013?): Bitters review blog/website. Bar Tales (March 2017): Came up with the idea to have a website for cocktails that would have recipes but also the tall-tales that surround the history of …
It came to me on March 1st 2017, while formatting my computer and looking at the Cornell Woolrich book “Four Novellas of Fear”, that Abridged Pause Publishing may not be the right imprint title for any biography or short story book printing. The Cornell Woolrich book was labeled by as an A.J. Cornell Publications. It …
Albums: Alexisonfire – Watch Out! Anna Rose Carter – Silver Lines Bathory – Hammerheart Bathory – Twilight Of The Gods Bernard Herrmann – Psycho Boys Night Out – Trainwreck Castevet – The Echo & The Light Castevet – Summer Fences Clint Mansell – Moon Clint Mansell – The Fountain Dissection – Storm Of The Light’s …
Emotional films: (500) Days of Summer A Place in the Sun All that Heaven Allows American Beauty Beauty and the Beast Casablanca Chilly Scenes Of Winter City Lights Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Gabriel Hannah and Her Sisters High Fidelity Holiday Interiors Magnificent Obsession Marty One Hour Photo Say Anything September Shallow Hal Singles …
After working with U-Iliot Records and Klink Publishing for a couple of years I thought about doing this for a living. In May/June of 2012 I worked as an archivist for Trigonix. possibly shortly after that I considered going into business for myself. Probably came up with the name Abridged Pause Archiving in 2012/2013. December 13th …
2013-08-19 Merge How Can They Intend to Heal, Sadness By Name and Abridged Pause Recordings News together as the Abridged Pause Blog On December 27th 2013 I registered it officially at the same time as Abridged Pause Archiving. I recall waiting a while to do it, and doing it right after Xmas, so that it …
-2012 Attempt On July 6th 2012 my grandmother passed away. She had been a mother figure for me my entire life. In fact as far as anyone is concerned, she was my mother. The following couple of weeks I just isolated myself in my bedroom and watched the entire Twin Peaks series back to back, …
This Vision Éternel photo shoot was taken by Rain using her Canon PowerShot SX520 HS camera at the Saint-Emile Church parking lot in Entrelacs. It was intended to promote the planned upcoming Vision Éternel cassette issue of “Echoes From Forgotten Hearts” which Feather Witch Records was going to release in January. After the release fell through, I …
Interview sent by André Laniel on October 10, 2015 Answered between October 10-12, 2015 Published on October 26, 2015 Printed fanzine Explique nous le concept de Vision Lunar. Vision Lunar est un projet black métal atmosphérique fondé en octobre 2006. À la base, l’idée était de sortir un nouveau démo a chaque pleine lune, une fois …
Interview sent by John Larsen on October 14, 2015 Answered on October 22-24, 2015 Published on October 26, 2015 https://occultblackmetalzine.blogspot.com/2015/10/vision-lunar-interview.html What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name ‘Vision Lunar’? Vision Lunar was created on October 6th of 2006, a night of full moon. At the time I was part of a circle named …
Various fishes (1990s) Bonbon, red and white fish (1990s) Bilou, Classic/Marbled Tabby cat (July 3, 2008 – September 1, 2009) Lake, Spotted Tabby cat (July 3, 2008 – September 1, 2009) Dana, Mackerel Tabby cat (September 26, 2010 – present) Leo, Chartreux cat (December 2010 – November 22, 2021) Fritz, Ginger Tabby cat (February 24-26, …
Les Rocker’s (1999) The Slopin Fairy 7 (June 2003-January/March 2004) The Tom & Alex Project (Summer 2003, 2004, 2007) Scapegoat (April 2004-October 2004) Untitled “blackened metalcore” band (Early Summer 2005) Throne of Mortality (Summer 2005-February 2007) Projection Mina (Summer 2006-November 2007) Vision Sufferance/Soufferance, Vision/Soufferance (September 2006-December 2016) Vision Solitude (October 2006-March 2010) Vision Lunar (October …
Rain took the pictures using her Canon PowerShot SX520 HS camera at the Pic Vert park in Entrelacs on August 26th 2015. These were taken as new promotional pictures for Vision Lunar’s revival that month and were used in the press kits and on social media.
-Phase 1.1 (October 2006 – December 2006) Vision Lunar is an atmospheric, psychedelic/progressive black metal band founded by Alexandre Julien in the fall of 2006. The idea came to him on Friday October 6th of 2006 as he got off the bus on his way home from a day of working at a local café. …
-Éphémère Part One (February to June 2010) In the early months of 2010 I was very musically active and this was likely due to a dark and depressive period which I was going through. All at the same time, I was finishing and releasing the third Vision Éternel extended play; Abondance De Périls, waiting on the …
“When the Sun Folds” was originally supposed to appear on two other compilations, but was flat out rejected. Kontingent finally wanted to use it. Black Umbra – Asylum Citadel Swamp – When The Sun Folds Embers Below Zero – Strange Lights Red Abizianas – Ohm Society Kontroljet – Phantasm Mrs. Watanabe – AUM001 KTRHSS …
-2010 band started in October 2010 with Bruno Duarte, though technically my collaboration with Immundus was never part of Citadel Swamp, in 2016 I decided to merge them to prevent confusion. -2011 It was on January 17th of 2011 that I proposed to Valerio Orlandini to collaborate on some music. I had been in touch …
Abridged Pause Enterprises, often shortened as Abridged Pause, is an umbrella company that holds: Abridged Pause Recordings (founded February 2008) Abridged Pause Publishing (founded January 2012) Abridged Pause Blog (founded August 2013) Abridged Pause Archiving (founded 2012/2013) Abridged Pause Apparel (founded May 2015) Abridged Pause Enterprises (founded May 2015) Abridged Pause Publications (founded March 2017) …
Abridged Pause Apparel was founded officially on May 24th of 2015 as the merchandising arm of Abridged Pause Enterprises. The idea came to me earlier that month after Jeremy Roux founded his own motorcycle clothing line, Flying Twin Apparel, in early May. He told me about Printful, a Californian company that printed on demand and which gave …
Failed Attempts (January 2013 – February 2013) I first announced that I would be working on a fifth Vision Éternel EP on January 20th of 2013, only two days after Amorine Dallançon left me. Our relationship was short, only beginning on October 25th of 2012, and flourishing for a brief three months. But she was …
Rain came up with the name on November 7th 2014. Ordered the t-shirts on May 31st 2015. Received them on June 17th 2015. Ordered the coasters on July 11th 2017. Received them on Ideas of things to make for bar: Coasters (round or square/single or double-sided) Napkins Matchbooks or Matchboxes Lighter (Nice Zippo) Aprons Tote …
was heavily influenced by Swans and Eleventh He Reaches London When I was looking for a record label for the second Soufferance full-length album, “Adieu Tristesse”, I spent the entire night of July 30th/31st 2011 emailing over 75 record labels. One of those labels was Pale Noir Records from Wisconsin, US. Nicole Wilson Renhart got …
On February 11th 2014, I read that my friend Marc Hoyland was planning to release two new albums in the year. So I sent him a message asking if he though he had any room for me to collaborate on any of them. He responded that oddly enough, he was thinking of contacting me to …
This list is practically impossible to complete. When I started playing guitar, I printed out school binders-full of tablatures, often even printing out a band’s entire album and saving it for when I wanted to learn it. To the best of my recollection, these are the songs that I know I played from start to …
After I released “Bonjour Tristesse” and “Adieu Tristesse” on Abridged Pause in November of 2013, I started looking for labels to submit songs for compilations. One of the labels that got back to me was Roach Clip Records from Salt Lake City, Utah on November 17th 2013, after I saw a post on his website …
Interview sent by Joanna Marinova on ??? 2013 Answered on ??? February 2014 Published on February 9, 2014 Soufferance Interview for Abridged Pause Blog Editor’s Note: This interview was submitted by long-time fan, supporter and friend, Joanna Marinova in 2013. The answers were completed in February 2014 and is now published on the Abridged Pause …
This is, to the best of my recollection, the complete list of every musician I have jammed with. This list only contains physical meetings and thus none of the internet based collaborations are counted. Andy Palladino (Bass, Keyboards. First person that I ever jammed with, after I got my first guitar in December 2002. During …
There isn’t much detail to go into about this third version of Souffearnce’s “Bonjour Tristesse” EP. Like I mentioned in the CD and tape posts, this release was plagued with problems and I figured that I should do a proper, official, digital re-issue through Abridged Pause Recordings to coincide with the digital release of “Adieu …
To add: -Adieu Tristesse Recorded: November 30th 2009 – November 14th 2010 First mixing: November 16th 2010 – November 21st 2010 Second Mixing: February 2nd 2011 – May 16th 2011 Third Mixing September 9th 2011 (Marc Hoyland) Fourth Mixing (8th song) Summer 2012? Samples Mixed: August 26th 2013 Produced: November 30th 2009 – August 26th …