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FIJM | Misc: Beat Bouquet Well Garnished!

by Alain Brunet

You had to be at Foufounes Électriques to feel the fragrance, as it was the occasion to present Beat Bouquet‘s launch concert, released at the end of May. The Montreal trio took center stage, surrounded by hundreds of fans who could observe, circulate, applaud and shout their contentment.

Misc likes to create special events, beyond the concert, and the installation at Les Foufs was comparable to a concept implemented by the same trio, this time at the Centre Phi to defend the material from their previous album, Partager l’ambulance.

Made up of keyboardist Jérôme Beaulieu, drummer William Côté and bassist Jérémi Roy, Misc’s seemingly jazz-influenced mix is typical of the movement of recent years, although it also features a variety of digital, electro ambient and hip-hop influences, as well as prog rock and post-rock. These authentic trippers have even convinced Daniel Bélanger, always prone to experimentation, and Zouz, one of QC’s finest rock bands of the moment, to each contribute a piece to the new album – Resté couché (November) and Feu de batteries respectively.

Since their beginnings (in the previous decade), these guys have been tripping together in the studio, their six-handed, three-headed compositions the result of long play sessions from which emerge the inspiration and works presented in Wednesday’s premiere.

They love complex rhythms, complex chords, complex sounds, they also love the grooves inherent in jazz or rock, they love chaos and they love organizing chaos. In short, they aim for a mix of the familiar and the new, a mix that’s well-balanced enough to go beyond the realm of the initiated. The performance was excellent. You need to be an educated instrumentalist of a very high standard to play what Misc play. And all to our great pleasure.

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