Journeys
Nocuts · Album · 2020
Journeys is the culmination of personal paths taken since 2012.
Through this album, Nocuts offers a true emotional journey, an invitation to explore, inspired by the paths of composer Olivier Roch and his musicians.
The quartet’s music oscillates between written passages and unbridled improvisations, blending melodic elegance and rhythmic contrasts, in a constant search for the unexpected and a sense of discovery.
The music of Journeys stands at the crossroads of these aesthetics, in the vein of artists such as Tigran Hamasyan, Avishaï Cohen, or Anne Paceo.
Accessible yet demanding, the group’s music develops a nuanced and dreamlike style, distinguished by the unique sound of the clarinet in a modern jazz context.
TRACKLIST
1/ Unknown
2/ E.S.T.
3/ Adventure
4/ Official Copy
5/ Interchange
6/ Oriental
7/ Pulsation
Olivier Roch : clarinet
Julien Defontaine : drums
Guillaume Burkhardt : double bass
Charlie Faure : piano (tracks 1 to 5)
Gaëlle Coquempot : keyboard (tracks 6 & 7)
Credits
Recording & mixing: Florian Tirot
Mastering: Erwan Boulay — Studio Libretto
Graphic design: Flore Delessard
Photography: Sahar Dowlatshahi & Club Photo Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
Tracks 1 to 5 recorded in October 2018 at Mélodium studio
Tracks 6 & 7 recorded live at New Morning in April 2019
Itinéraires a été présenté en concert dans de nombreuses salles et festivals, notamment au Sunset / Sunside, au New Morning, au Triton, à la Péniche le Marcounet ou encore au Centre culturel Baschet.
