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Par Manuhoz, le 21 March, 2011%
Smooth Danger
(2010, Obliqsound) France & NY
 Late Leo Tardin’s album and once again a very good one.
I saw Roulette live before this cd released and that song obsessed me. I really love the research with the synthesizers and with Karsh Kale playing Tablas in the song Sleepwalk too.
You will probably love Clairvoyance which sounds like a movie soundtrack, and I love the drum riff at 1:19.
Revolver is a kind of electro song, a little apart of the others, totally funny and I can’t get bored of it.
Infidel is a very interesting build-up.
Mike Ladd offers us a great vocal performance in Domestic Bliss.
Can’t wait for the next one.
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COUP DE COEUR : MY TOP 5
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| 1. Roulette (Feat. Black Cracker, Karsh Kale) |
| 2. Clairvoyance |
| 3. Revolver |
| 4. Infidel |
| 5. Sleepwalk (Feat. Black Cracker, Karsh Kale) |
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The Biggest Piano In Town
(2008, Obliqsound) France & NY
 I discover that band through my colleague Amélie Marchier who invited me to Grand Pianoramax’s live at la Machine (Moulin Rouge).
I always am a great fan of synthesizers and Grand Pianoramax feeds my hunger.
Leo Tardin evolve in a jazz/progressive rock style very interesting.
Ride I, The Race is a song which really rocks live, with powerfull drum breaks.
Mike Ladd’s performance in Showdown is really classy too.
Coup de coeur with The Hook and Spleen’s featuring that I love.
It’s amazing to see Leo play the piano riff of Ride I, The Race in Ride II, Driftin’ with a synthesizer.
A great album.
Par Manuhoz, le 7 September, 2010%
Never Stop
(2010, Universal) USA, Minneapolis
 I just received The Bad Plus’ last album, one of my favorite band ever.
In this album you just have original compositions, which is a first compare to all their past albums, with many covers.
I just really like four songs in this album, and I found the others a little bit boring.
I really like this low piano in My Friend Metatron, the groovy rythm of Super America and the crazy build-up of The Radio Tower has a Beating Heart.
Berry Loves To Dance is my favorite song on the album.
I can’t wait for see them live.
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These are the Vistas
(2003, Columbia Records) USA, Minneapolis
 The Bad Plus These are The Vistas My friend Mainro had a musical project in Valenciennes’s University, where I studied. With his band, they decided to do a cover of Aphex Twin’s Flim, and that’s why Mainro made me discover The Bad Plus Flim Cover.
“These are the Vistas” is in my opinion a major album in music history.
It’s a virtuoso trio : Bass, Drum and Piano, who play a music between Jazz and Progressive Rock. They are very famous for the following covers : Flim, Smell Like Teen Spirit, Heart of Glass…
But it’s more for their original compositions (mainly composed by Reid Anderson, the Bassist) that I love them and precisely Big Eater.
Their music is complex and dissonant, but pretty much composed which let you easily remind the piano riffs.
I love too the 1972 Bronze Medalist song and its drum solo at 4:50.
They record their music in one shot, no overdub, that’s rare nowadays.
I heard that The Bad Plus was one of the last Jazz band who still sells CDs and signs on Major Labels, and it’s easy to understand it : They really brought a new view on this music with many talents.
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http://www.myspace.com/badplus
Par Manuhoz, le 1 August, 2010%
Architectures
(1998, Sketch) Italia
 Giovanni Mirabassi Architectures I never was a Jazz specialist, I owe the most part of my discoveries to my friends Milan and Mainro… First of all, I was attracted to the weirdest and most modern branches of Jazz : The Bad Plus, John Zorn etc… who I’ll review next. Then I had a crush on Mirabassi who plays in a more conventional Jazz Style.
I saw him live in 2008 at Tourcoing Jazz Festival on the 21st of October, before Avishai Cohen Trio. I think I always had a wide sensitivity for piano, and that’s probably why I love so much Place de la Mairie song, which plays loop on my sound system. I don’t really know how to describe it technically, it’s mainly the well-composed theme that remains in my head. Giovanni plays it in so many differents and interesting ways.
I found this album very recently, because it is out of print. I love the song Dimanche de pluie which has an ambiance between drama and intensity and has powerful low piano chords and intense waves well-dosed throughout the song. I noticed Giovanni’s piano virtuosity in his melodic escapes.
Really don’t match is in my opinion the most original song of “Architectures”, with audacious scales and complex rythmics and an impressive drum solo at 3:00. I only kept three songs in my top 5, as the others are very slow and didn’t catch my attention. This is probably due to the fact I’m too young for it. I just hope that my musical taste matures faster than my deafness does.
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| 1. Place de la Mairie |
| 2. un Dimanche de Pluie |
| 3. Really don’t Match |
http://www.myspace.com/mirabassi
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Late Leo Tardin’s album and once again a very good one.
I discover that band through my colleague Amélie Marchier who invited me to Grand Pianoramax’s live at la Machine (Moulin Rouge).
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