Unessential Oils
Unessential Oils est le nouveau projet de Warren Spicer, chanteur du groupe montréalais Plants and Animals. Le projet est inspiré par le jazz, le folk, le Tropicália, Jorge Ben, Daniel Lanois, Miles Davis et plus encore. La musique a été conçue dans un bain. Très ouverte et malléable, elle a été comparée à Alabaster DePlume, Connan Mockasin, Hermanos Gutiérrez et Devendra Banhart.
Unessential Oils is a search for something authentic. Bits and pieces of Warren Spicer’s life’s traumas and weaknesses, successes and breakthroughs, moments of clarity and enlightenment mixed with the mundane and menial. The weight of grief and anger imposed on the joy and ecstatic freedom of new life. “The process was the therapy of working through, the result is more a document than construction, it’s what happened, not what I made happen,” he says.
Warren is widely known as the front-person for Montreal band Plants and Animals and as a producer, engineer and mixer (La Force, Comment Debord, Ludovic Alarie). This is his first solo record, an opportunity to take his collective experience and focus on a singular vision.
The result is an album that’s somewhat like a jazz record in that it’s about the musicians’ performances. Many of the songs are quite minimal in terms of songwriting, but the execution and the playing are very adventurous with room for embellishment and playing around. The songs are filled with small patterns that loop again and again, and the musicians were encouraged to play whatever they want, to react to the music and to each other. The mics were turned up loud and everyone played quietly, complementing Warren’s vocals, which are more conversational in terms of range and volume, almost under-sung. The four backup singers are singing in unison – a hat tip to the backing-vocal style in Brazilian Tropicalía records – gently enveloping the lead vocals.
This isn’t a cerebral record, it’s an emotional one.
Unessential Oils was created with co-producer and keyboardist Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux (Chocolat, Organ Mood, Lesser Evil), bassist Miska Stein (Patrick Watson, Teke Teke, Fhang) and drummer Tommy Crane (Aaron Parks, Martha Wainwright). Tommy’s drumming was crucial to realizing a lot of jazz possibilities on the album. When percussionist Martin Dicham (Sade, Talk Talk, Mark Hollis, Tina Turner) joined the project it was the final piece in the puzzle that let the songs take their full shape. His percussion arrangements and his distinctive Martin Dicham sound helped define the songs in this strongly percussive album.
Rémi Gauvin
Parolier et chanteur montréalais reconnu pour son rôle au sein du groupe comment debord, Rémi Gauvin nous revient cette fois seul sur scène pour dévoiler quelques pièces d’un nouveau projet solo à paraître. Soulignés par la critique, ce sont ici véritablement les textes sensibles et originaux de l’auteur-compositeur-interprète qui sont mis de l’avant. À travers des compositions inédites, il dévoile une œuvre plus intime, nourrie par ses relations et expériences personnelles.
Un spectacle touchant et authentique à ne pas manquer.
Montreal-based songwriter and singer Rémi Gauvin, known for his role in the band Comment Debord, returns to the stage this time alone to unveil a few tracks from a new solo project to be released soon. Critically acclaimed, it is truly the sensitive and original lyrics of the singer-songwriter that are highlighted here. Through new compositions, he unveils a more intimate work, nourished by his personal relationships and experiences.
A touching and authentic show not to be missed.
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Ce contenu provient de POP Montréal et est adapté par PAN M 360
