Set up in Lyons in 1983 alongside Pascal Aubert and Chrystelle Marin, the main project of boundless electronic pioneer and innovator Laurent Prot – In Aeternam Vale,
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Results1Essentially the project of a single man, Laurent Prot, In Aeternam Vale was created in Lyons in 1983 under the heavy influence of punk-rock nihilism, Kraftwerk roboticism and cold, aggressive industrialism.
Bridging EBM, proto-techno and synthesised dark pop, Laurent Prot was making fearless music in the ’80s being recently reinterpreted (by the likes of Silent Servant, Regis and James Ruskin) as equally or more important than Detroit’s influence on the current electronic music landscape.
Experiencing a strong revival on the underground techno scene, his work has been getting a second look via Minimal Wave, Jealous God and other modern imprints including Samuel Kerridge’s Contort Records.