Jean Louis - Morse (2010)

Artista: Jean Louis

Álbum: Morse
Año: 2010
Género: RIO / Avant-Prog / Jazz en Oposición
Duración: 48:32
Nacionalidad: Francia

Lista de Temas:
1. Lady Crash
2. Schaerbeek
3. Tartaglia
4. Doom
5. Junky Clown
6. 5 Tournant
7. Morses from Mars
8. Morse
9. Milwaukee
10. Sapiens
11. Doomus

Alineación:
- Aymeric Avice / trompeta
- Joachim Florent / contrabajo
- Francesco Pastacaldi / bateria

Otro disco de estos geniales y salvajes franceses, en otra muestra del talento que se despliega en cada entrega que hay en el blog cabezón, otro disco compartido por el Mago Alberto, y no dejo muchas reseñas extras porque no tengo tiempo, pero al fin y al cabo la reseña que vale es la de Alberto y es la siguiente:

Siguiendo con la internación en la sala sicoterapéutica a full seguimos presentando otro trabajo de Jean Louis, este trío francés que rozando lo experimental y la locura nos presenta un disco con la tónica del anterior posteo, mucha trompeta procesada y una base poderosísima. Un coctel infalible que seguro va a hacer las delicias de los cabezones afines a este estilo.
El comienzo ya nos predispone a otro vuelo fantástico, donde todo se entrelaza de forma ajustadísima y envolvente, estos franchutes se encargan de poner todo el caos posible en sus estructuras musicales, entran en una especie de ruido organizado para llevar el despelote sonoro hacia lugares supercontrolados, la trompeta entra y se va envuelta en sonidos extremos, y de pronto hay momentos de tensa calma, para volver al caos de nuevo.
Sin dudas estos chicos entran y salen de la salita de Moe para volver a sus camisas de fuerza, donde seguramente los sedan para volver al otro día a los cuadros caóticos.
Este trabajo es más extremo que el anterior posteo y el grado de inspiración parece no tener fin, porque las texturas aparte de ser extrañas no encajan en ningún tipo de género, aún así esa locura musical está direccionada y es sumamente disfrutable si escuchamos muy atentamente, y hago hincapie en esto porque es un material que no es agradable para oidas superfluas, hay que darle su tiempo y su momento.
Al fin de cuentas no siempre se encuentra un trío que roza varios estilos sin comprometerse con ninguno, música libre, sin ataduras, extrema experimental y con un alto grado de rebeldía.
Jean louis es un grupo tipo "tomalo o dejalo", no hay medias tintas, así que cabezones: el que quiera navegar que le de para adelante, esta música no te lleva a ninguna parte, te atrapa o pasa de largo... como la suerte.

Alberto

Ya conocen a la banda por un anterior posteo, esto es más extremo, más salvaje y más experimental aún. Como dice uno de los comentarios en inglés, son los pioneros del "Industrial Tech Jazz" pero falta mencionar el RIO y el Avant-Prog, aunque a mi me gusta más el término Jazz en Oposición, en este caso JIO extremo.
Vamos con algunos comentarios en inglés y a disfrutar este disquito en el fin de semana:

The masters of Industrial Tech Jazz have returned! Whereas their debut album might have been a little simple and messy, this album is more mature and closer to a masterpiece. The songs lead into each other more fluently and the music is calmer and jazzier. There is also more variety and colour to the album.
The first piece is 'Lady Crash'. This features the sound of a car race and some noises. It actually makes a great intro 'Schaerbeek', a song with a bit of a car race ambient(don't ask me how). It also has a surprisingly catchy melody in the second half of it.
'Tartaglia' starts off more chilling than any other Jean Louis song I've ever heard, but the madness does kick in after a while. Still one of the calmer pieces of the album.
'Doom' is what it claims to be, doom, and eight minutes of it. Very creepy atmospheres and frantic drumming make that this is one of the best pieces here.
'Junky Clown', a short weird acid piece with a lot of squeaky sounds. The band probably thought that the previous two songs were too normal...
'5 tournant' is a jazz rock piece with a lot of odd time signatures. One of the most accessible pieces and also one of the calmer ones, apart from the outrageous drumming.
'Morses from Mars' is a creepy interlude with a strange buzzing sound that leads into 'Morse'.This is a classic Jean Louis piece with a lot of effects, extremely aggressive drumming, heavy bass at no more than 100 Hz, screaming trumpet and again many different time signatures. If you liked their debut album, you will like this song as well.
'Milwaukee' is an another creepy interlude with dog barks and (I think) synthesizers.
When we're almost at the end, there is still a great piece to come, 'Sapiens'. This is my favorite song of the album and it's different from anything you've heard from the band. Less bass, more guitar, more fluently build up and more progressive than what you're used to.
The album ends in the short 'Doomus'. This one is an incredibly funky ending to an excellent album.
Overall the sound varies from the death metal of Gorguts to the jams of Frank Zappa to the free jazz of Miles Davis.
As a whole this album is at least as good as 'Jean Louis' and a must for avant-jazz fans.

twseel

The second album by this great, surprising, energetic, unknown and totally great French trio. Why did they choose the name "Jean Louis", when no one in the band has that name? I can't tell you. I can tell you that the band consists of Aymeric Avice : trumpet, slide trumpet, Joachim Florent : double bass, guitar, Francesco Pastacaldi : drums, and Aymeric uses many boxes and devices on his horn, giving him a sound way, way beyond a trumpet/bass/drums trio sound - veering into smeary electronics with tasteful noise elements added, while Joachim and and Francesco play a hard-driving beat that still remains 'jazz'. Is it jazz? Is it jazz-rock? Is it electronica-jazz? I dunno, but it stomps and rocks and swings and takes no prisoners and you should definitely check it out. Their first album was one of the great 'out of nowhere' releases of the last few years and this second is possibly even better and adds some new elements to the mix. This comes in a great package; a little, silk-screened metal film cannister, ala PIL's "Metal Box", but CD-sized! Highly recommended.

WaySide

I'm sure that Jean Louis is one of the most innovative and surprising RIO bands of the last years. Their debut is really shocking and powerful, full of enjoyable sections that mixes the most wild RIO of the new century, jazzy moods, some chamber rock and freaky syncopated rhythms. With their secind release, Jean Louis just confirm the superb talent of their musicians when they create that singular kind of music.
Even when you can find lots of influences, the truth is that the sound of Jean Louis (complex, dark, heavy and constant changing) looks very unique. The openers Lady Crash and Schaerbeek, are two clear examples of the "musical earthquake" that you'll find along the11 tracks of this amazing album full of tension, experimental fusions of different genres and construction of hard atmospheres in which crescendos leaded by trumpet and bass are totally delightful.
Some other highlights are the noisy Doom,, 5 Tournant, Morse and Sapiens, tracks in which you find a lot of great and wild moments of brilliant jazzy-heavy-RIO... I had to insist: This is one of the most interesting, experimental and innovative bands of the last years and you would't repent of take this album and listen from the first to the last second... It's a noisy trip that you deserve to listen once and again...

Iván Avila

Espero que les guste, otra de las sorpresas que les brindamos desde el blog cabezón para que vayan experimentando con todas estas maravillas subversivamente sonoras que presentamos día a día. Para que escuchen atentamente en el fin de semana...