French
Avant Garde Music Trio Sidony Box Release New CD Recorded By
Magma/Gong Legend Venux Deluxe
Paris,
France - Much to the anticipation of music aficionados around the
world, French avant garde music troupe Sidony Box have released their
third album 'Sidony Box Rules'. Award-winner of the “Rezzo Jazz a
Vienne 2010” showcase and selected for the AFIJMA's “Jazz
Migration 2011” tour, Sidony Box has earned its scenic reoutation
through Europe and already released two albums acclaimed by
international press. Sidony Box is back on stage with a luminous and
heavenly third album recorded by Venux Deluxe, well known for his
work with legends such as Magma and Gong, taking the sound of the
ensemble to a new plateau in sonic expression. This album installs
the power jazz trio in the tradition of its illustrious elders, while
keeping the devastating energy that made the initial force of the
band. Free electrons spinning in the same direction... Exploring
musical boundaries with remarkable consistency by creating an
imaginary artistic landscape, Sidony Box is now writing a new page of
its history, becoming impossible to miss from now on!
The
best way to present the music of this trio is probably to emphasize
the state of mind in which it arose as well as its aspirations.
Urgency and obviousness first characterize Sidony Box, which was
created at the beginning of the summer 2009, not as a conceived
project but more a happy consequence of an unpremeditated encounter.
While the three musicians play for the first time together, a genuine
sound and the will of a common musical direction intrude naturally.
Far from the classically well-ordered styles, each individual of this
band brings in its own musical identity to design rapidly a unique
repertoire inspired by the contemporary world, blending with ease
separate musical universes. From then on, extemporaneous feelings and
a savant mixture of influences are expressed in the name of
spontaneity. While guitarist Manuel Adnot's reference artists are
numerous and eclectic such as Deftones, Happy Apple, Sigur Ros or
Radiohead; drummer Arthur Narcy is an ardent trance and “working
sound” devotee, and alto sax player Elie Dalibert is more anchored
in the jazz tradition yet naturally open to all sound cultures. De
facto present here and there, pop accents, metal, or noise are always
underlain by an improvised speech which is the foundation of their
pieces. Their only motto is to play totally. All in all the credo of
the trio is to play the music of the moment rather than to lock
itself in a definitive style. The pieces are most often collectively
woven from a written pattern to a band composition in which three
individualities blend to a unanimous speech, to the sound of the
band.
Says
guitarist Manu Adnot, “Our new release 'Sidony Box Rules' is the
result of all our work since the band's birth in 2009. All music
styles are played at their paroxysm: free jazz music, pop song.
hardcore, electronics, post-rock... This is what we wanted when we
started together; playing very different styles with only a trio
formation, without bass. We looked also in a new way of thinking for
us with more completely free improvisations; this time we really have
left the things coming out naturally, and we took time to play again
and again for getting out the best energy. This album is the results
of all that; free way of thinking, free way of playing music, and a
lot of pure emotion. Hope it will touch you too.”
Here's
what the press raved about Sidony Box's previous releases:
“Their
music, which blends shoegaze and modern prog-rock with jazz
improvisation, feels expansive... With droning guitar and undulating
waves of rhythm, the music is textured and layered, so much so that
it sounds like a few more than three musicians...the trio draws on
the aesthetics of certain rock bands – Radiohead, Tortoise, and
Sonic Youth, in particular – as it constructs songs” - Boston
Globe
“Sidony
Box boasts a style that melds jazz, pop and hard, in-your-face rock,
bursting with urgency – a blazing and obstreperous crew. Even when
the band drifts, it does so with a certain intensity, conjuring
images of a waning star emitting a cold, radiant electronic wave, on
a drift through deep space, and announcing that Sidony Box is a
conglomerate with an oddly metallic synchronicity.” - All About
Jazz
“By
the time this complex and challenging ride is over, musical
categories lay in pieces on the ground.” - Something Else Reviews
“This
French power trio dishes up a very satisfying blend of avant-jazz,
prog-tinged rock, and free-ish improvisation, with wonderful
dynamics, brilliant instrumental interplay, lovely melodies, and
highly engaging guitar work by Adnot.” - Guitar Player
For
more information: http://sidonyboxband.blogspot.fr/
To
purchase Sidony Box – Sidony Box Rules CD:
http://v2.seventhrecords.com/catalogue-ex-tension-33/sidony-box-rules-cd-dvd-1119.html
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