an independent music release platform and a secretive production powerhouse
a turbo demo engine
confidential by nature
focused in its approach
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superchamp
Ladida
2025
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Never Down For Long
2024
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bermont
Frenzy
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p. sharp & g. flat
Heaven Today
2021
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about
turbine(tɜːbɪn, -baɪn)noun
etymology
from french turbō (“whirlwind”), from latin turbāre (“to throw into confusion”)
definition
(mechanics) rotating device driven by a fluid and communicating its movement to a machine
(slang) brain
home to some of the best rough, home-recorded and self-distributed music
la turbine is a confidential “home-label” specialising in the composition, production, distribution and promotion of music, with a focus on mental health.
it sits on a staggering amount of demos recorded — in both french and english — by the artists in its roster since the early 1990s.
“it’s a sort of turbo art-brut engine, and it’s incredible” is how Tébastien Cellier, one of la turbine’s recording artists, best described us.
appreciation for anonymity
respect of artistic freedom
leisurely work
slow process
no ego
no commitment
neurotic realism and ingenuous candour, never in concert, always in contradiction. dark on one side, light on the other, devilish songs and monologues. repetitive and candid, revolutionary yet resilient. it talks about the struggles to find one’s way, to embrace one’s emotions. it always hits the wrong notes, the right way. it’s my breath of fresh air.
Jerome Oeniker
rudimentary, naive, crippled, honest, quirky, candid, deviant, haphazardous. it aims at “comforting the disturbed, while disturbing the comfortable”, and that’s what art is all about.
Julienne Mill
the most primitive and fractured pop songs I’ve ever heard, coming from a myriad of artists who seem to share an innocence, an “ultra”-sensibility, and a total lack of musical education… it’s both confusing and therapeutic, and I love it.
