About



Hey. My name is Marc and I am a 26 years-old PhD student from Nancy, North-Eastern France. One thing I have to acknowledge is that I'm not very good at talking about my music.

The project started in summer 2005, when I decided to compose pieces of music on my own, after having been evicted from my former band, the year before. Originally, I did not intend to produce anything formalised, such as albums: the only goal was to enjoy playing music again.

Thus, I bought an audio controller, so that I would be able to hear the music I was producing. After a while, some friends lent an ear to what I had recorded, and convinced me to give the whole thing a new direction, and that was when I decided to record albums and stuff. I named this project No Opera after a track by Chris Cole's Manyfingers.

So, I started releasing things, mainly through free-of-charges downloads. Two long plays and two extended plays have been released so far. In the beginning of 2009 I aslo acquired the electronic equipment required to perform my music live, and rewrote most of the songs in a gig-oriented way.

Also, I want to say that this whole project must not be regarded as professional. I am not a professional recording artist, nor a professional recording engineer, and I have absolutely no intention to ever become the former or the latter. I am not interested in promoting this music to the largest possible audience, or in performing it live except under exceptional conditions (living-rooms are the best). So please, keep your money and your time to support people who still dream to live thanks to music.

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Discography

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Violence
Released November 30th, 2010.
Extended play.
Total time. 25’ 04”.

After the Ink Dries
The Flood
Layers
The Mirror

Credits
Sarah Martin plays the violin on ‘After the Ink Dries’ and on ‘The Flood’.
Photograph by Laurent Baillet.




Ad Nauseam
Released January 6th, 2008.
Extended play.
Total time. 12’ 55”.

Ad Nauseam (Equilibrium)
Ad Nauseam (Disambiguation)
Ad Nauseam (Paradigm/Opacity)
Ad Nauseam (Asymmetry)




Architecture • Architecture
Released July 13th, 2007.
Long play.
Total time. 44’ 55”.

The Flight
The Perjury
Architecture
Kings
One More Step
The Trial
Yballul
Alois
The Wine
(A Ballad for) Kim Peek

Credits
Drawings by Clément  Szewczuk.
Artwork by Enten-Eller.




Songs to Forget
Released October 13th, 2006.
Extended play.
Total time. 28’ 00”.

With the Lights on
The Faint
The Picture
The Machine
Little Argument with Myself (Low cover)
The Pills
Out of Sight (part one)
Out of Sight (part two)

Credits
Artwork by Enten-Eller.




Waltzing for Æons
Released February 26th, 2006.
Long play.
Total time. 55’ 20”.

Permafrost (part one)
Cytheria
Mine
Alone
No Answer Required
Maximumillenium
Permafrost (part two)
The Walls
Chewis is my Co-Pilot
Down
Dirty Prince
I Don’t Know How to Waltz
For Æons

Credits
Artwork by Enten-Eller.