Country : France (Martinique) Label : Tricatel Genres and styles : Contemporary Jazz / Electronic / Indie Pop / Jazz / Pop Year : 2020

Ludi

· by Alain Brunet

A graduate of the Berklee School of Music, Christophe Chassol has the wind in his sails, having worked notably with Frank Ocean and Solange Knowles in the U.S., and Sébastien Tellier and Phoenix in France. This shows the notoriety acquired by the French musician from Martinique. A seasoned keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist, he is above all a composer, improviser, director and orchestra leader. Essentially, his trademark is the musical transcription of spoken language, a process imagined by Quebec’s René Lussier (“Le trésor de la langue”), American Steve Reich (“Different Trains”) in the 1980s or Brazilian Hermeto Pascoal (Festa dos Deuses) in the early 90’s. The practice has been repeated here and there since then, without becoming commonplace. In 2020? Chassol takes the matter much further by adapting it to several compositional contexts, far beyond a single work. Thus, the musician applies himself to duplicating on the keyboards extracts of spoken or sung voices, which is undoubtedly the most distinctive material in this music based on groove, real rhythmic complexity, harmonic richness (contemporary jazz, soul/R&B, modern music of classical tradition, musica popular brasileira, etc.) and also on textural exploration specific to electronic music. Bilingual (French and English), this sixth album by Chassol aligns some 30 pieces, generally short but of varying lengths ranging from 20 seconds to almost nine minutes. Far from being a puzzler, as suggested by the abbreviation of ludique (“playful”) serving as a title, this album combines the qualities of compositional substance and free pleasure. The spirit abounds!

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