Fransoafran - 'Survivors'
French-born, Sydney based modern-classical composer Fransoafran (Francois Mathian) reflects on 2020 with urgent offering, ‘Survivors’.
Written in February 2020, ‘Survivors’ originally saw Fransoafran draw inspiration from the Australian bushfires tragedy. ‘Survivors’ is a cinematic and sorrowful composition that bleeds urgency, and weeps sadness through its grieving strings and melancholic piano notes courtesy of Lena Matienko.
Speaking of the ideas behind the track Fransoafran explains how he put the song on hold when the pandemic started, explaining, “I finally decided to record it and release it, as the track took a wider meaning for me as the year unravelled”.
‘Survivors’ is also a resilient track that flutters to a lofty and thrilling crescendo. The composition encompasses a sense of serenity and an emblazoned sense of compassion and solidarity for all the ‘Survivors’ who have made it through testing times.
Words of Karla Harris