February 11, 2023

François Bréant – La Nuit Des Lapins Géants (2019, CD, France)


Tracklist:
1 La Nuit Des Lapins Géants 3:16
2 Les Douze Huîtres 4:48
3 Gahan Seul Dans Paris 5:04
4 La Mousson A Montmartre 3:34
5 La Sieste Andalouse 4:16
6 Aventures Dans Le Grenier 6:19
7 Le Gardien De Phare 5:48
8 Break A Leg 3:53
9 Certaines Planètes Ont Des Orteils 4:44
10 L'Aquarium De La Porte Dorée 4:19
11 Les Promesses Du Couchant 5:22
12 Le Chagrin Des Banquises 2:09

Musicians:
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Daniel Beaussier
Keyboards, Balafon, Accordion, Backing Vocals, Percussion, Composed By, Arranged By – François Bréant
Percussion, Electronic Drums, Sound Designer – Thomas Dalle
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Nicolas Gueret
Trumpet, Bugle – Christian Martinez
Violin, Viola – Jean Lou Descamps


What a great joy it is to see this new one from keyboardist/composer François, fully 40 years after “Sons Optique” and “Voyeur Extra-Lucide”!
This is a rich, very composed music with ties to jazz, contemporary composition and prog and is a really enjoyable listen!
“It's not jazz, but sometimes it has the scent of jazz.
This is not classical but aspects of some twentieth century composers roam here.
This is not prog-rock but the specters of Soft Machine or King Crimson can surprise you here and there.
This is not world music but we hear gongs, balafons, kalimbas and bongos.
In the manner of a Frank Zappa, an Andre Popp, a Fred Pallem or Beatles, Bréant agglomerates and digests a whole lot of junk styles as in psychedelic posters.
He straddles a heterogeneity claimed and shameless and dares a place where Ravel, Kurt Weil, Zawinul, Lalo Schiffrin, Pink Floyd, Piazzola, coexist in a mischievous broth...”