Stubbleman’s second album, 1:46:43 – The Ventoux Trilogy (due out 06.06.25) transforms the legendary Mont Ventoux cycling ascent into music, using real-time ride data—heart rate, speed, power, and cadence—to drive evolving modular synth sequences. Enriched with field recordings, melodies, and rhythms, the album’s 18 pieces span three movements, mirroring the mountain’s changing landscape in recurring themes and variations. One ride. Four parameters. Eighteen compositions.

‘In the company of oaks’ is the second release, setting the stage for the album’s second movement and marks the transition into a dense, towering forest, where the unyielding grey tarmac pitches sharply upward, winding through a cathedral of ancient oaks whose vaulted canopy casts dappled shadows across the road. The air is thick with the scent of pine and earth, a heady mix of stillness and strain. Each breath grows heavier, each movement more deliberate, as the solitude of the climb sets in. The only sounds are the rhythmic cadence of breath, the whir of the chain, and the occasional rustling of leaves stirred by a fleeting breeze.

In the company of oaks 
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