Ian Williams releases companion soundtrack album ‘Le Mystère Lucie (Dossier Secret)’ – Out now
Ian Williams
London-based musician and composer Ian Williams has released his latest work, “Le Mystère Lucie (Dossier Secret)”, today, July 25. You can download it from Bandcamp.
This album serves as a companion piece to the soundtrack for the 2023 French documentary “Le Mystère Lucie (Des Espions Contre Le Nazisme)” / “Codename Lucy (Spies Against Nazism)”.
“Le Mystère Lucie (Dossier Secret)” features compositions originally intended for the documentary but not included in the final 52-minute TV broadcast, which was initially conceived as a 75-minute film.
The documentary, directed by Éric Michel and Jacques Matthey, explores the pivotal role of a Swiss-based spy network in the Allied victory during World War II. A spy network led by the Swiss-based Jewish communist Sándor Radó was instrumental in precipitating the victory of the Allies during the Second World War.
Radó received confidential strategic information from the highest levels of the Nazi state and in particular from the HQ of the German army via Rudolf Roessler, a deeply anti-Nazi Christian who he never actually met. Roessler, codenamed Lucie because he was based in Lucerne, received his information from German supporters of the resistance, aided by notable members of certain industrial circles.
Here’s “Le Mystère Lucie (Des Espions Contre Le Nazisme)” as available on Bandcamp.
About Ian Williams
Ian Williams began his music career in Edinburgh in the mid-1980s as a founder of Beautiful Pea Green Boat. He later collaborated with Lebanese choreographer Joumana Mourad and her contemporary dance company Ijad, blending Arabic, classical, techno, and ambient styles. Williams has also worked with singer Claudia Barton in the duo Gamine, producing two albums of dark, piano-led torch songs and lullabies.
His solo releases include:
- “The Dream Extortionists” (2019): A debut album of dark piano and electronics.
- “Les Blessures Invisibles” (2019): An eclectic electronic soundtrack for another documentary by Eric Michel.
- “All Becomes Desert” (2021): An album of minimalist ambiences and warm analogue soundscapes.
- “Slow-Motion Apocalypse” (2023*: Described by Electronic Sound magazine as “designed to sound as if it’s on the edge of orgasm or violence,” likened to works by Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, and Jean-Michel Jarre.
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