‘Melted Moon’ by Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick — perfect Samhain listening.

Taken from the upcoming collaborative record Tragic Magic, out on InFiné in January.

Tragic Magic brings together two of contemporary ambient, experimental and electronic music’s most celebrated composers, for a unique collaboration at the Philharmonie de Paris, with extraordinary access to the Musée de la Musique’s instrument collection, in partnership with the French label InFiné. The album features seven immersive, evocative compositions guided by the human spirit – intimate, grounded in friendship, both earthly and cosmic – and part of a greater continuum, reflecting the solace and transformative power of artistry across generations.

Lattimore selected harps tracing the instrument’s evolution from 1728 to 1873, while Barwick chose several iconic analog synthesizers, including the Roland JUPITER and Sequential Circuits PROPHET-5. In freeform dialogue between voice and instrument, they create a meditation on tragedy, wonder, and the restorative power of shared experience.

Since 2017, InFiné and the Philharmonie de Paris have collaborated to showcase the Musée de la Musique’s prestigious instrument collection. Beyond preservation and archiving, the partnership invites contemporary artists to reinterpret historical sounds, weaving together past, present, and future. Previous projects, such as InBach (2020) by Arandel and Saturn 63 (2022) by Seb Martel, demonstrated the capacity of rare instruments to be reimagined, bringing their history to life for today’s audiences.