Club Hikari Records / HIKARI 029 / 2026
Nuits d'Almaty
Nuits d'Almaty is a fusion of ancient echoes and futuristic pulse - a story that maps the vast distance between two entirely different worlds, only to find them colliding in the dark. A cinematic melodic house album blending icy, industrial textures with an unprecedented French-Kazakh vocal dialogue.
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The Story
In the artist's words
Nuits d'Almaty is a fusion of ancient echoes and futuristic pulse - a story that maps the vast distance between two entirely different worlds, only to find them colliding in the dark. A cinematic melodic house album blending icy, industrial textures with an unprecedented French-Kazakh vocal dialogue.
Told through delicate French whisper-pop and the warm, rhythmic cadence of modern Kazakh soul, the album follows a Western traveler arriving in the heart of Central Asia, guided by a local voice. It opens in the freezing, hyper-modern glass skyline of Astana - a cold, alien beauty where the anticipation of the journey first takes hold, and the ice begins to melt under the weight of connection.
As they move south, the landscape opens. The futuristic city gives way to the immense, echoing silence of the Great Steppe. Here, the air carries the history of the Silk Road, conversations drift effortlessly between two languages, and the pulse of the journey begins to synchronize with the ancient rhythm of the earth.
Through the night, the album descends into the underground. The open plains are replaced by the heavy concrete and neon of Almaty’s hidden club scene. Moments of explosive, heavy-bass euphoria in an abandoned factory melt into late-night intimacy, where whispered secrets are shared close to the ear, shielded from the chaos of the room.
And when the first light arrives over the snow-capped Tian Shan mountains, the heavy beats dissolve into pure, freezing mountain air. What remains is a quiet resolution - a final, soulful reflection in the absolute silence of the heights, where a single voice lingers long after the night has passed.
From plucked Dombra melodies and icy synth pads to industrial techno grooves and euphoric sunrise strings, the album flows like a continuous crossing of continents and cultures.
A fusion of languages.
A journey from the ice to the underground.
A night that gently becomes a memory.
Listen, stay awhile.
Love,
Guillaume
Tracklist
melodic house — Languages: French
The Visual World
Dust and gold



Credits
- Music
- Guillaume
- Production
- Club Hikari Records
- Mixing
- Guillaume
- Mastering
- Hikari Mastering
- Artwork
- Club Hikari Studio
- Photography
- Club Hikari Studio
- Creative Direction
- Guillaume
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