Four electroacoustic improvisations recorded in Italy between Jean-Marc Foussat on Synthi AKS, piano, toys & voice, Guy-Franck Pellerin on saxophones & percussion, and Eugenio Sanna on amplified guitar, metal strips balloons, cellophane & voices, an album of unconventional orchestration and approach that fascinates in its unusual sonic journey.
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Jean-Marc Foussat-Synthi AKS, piano, toys, voice
Guy-Franck Pellerin-saxophones, percussion
Eugenio Sanna-amplified guitar, metal strips balloons, cellophane, voices
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UPC: 3491570055229
Label: Fou Records
Catalog ID: FR-CD 59
Squidco Product Code: 34869
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2023
Country: France
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded in Castiglioncello, Italy, on July 7th, 2023
"A consultation of the metal handler nominates the beginning of the alphabetical order. No, I didn't start singing the syllable with great vocal clamor. Ascend the point and the guard to the next level. Il filo sottile cinge la mente prodiga di lucentezza che ben riflette se stessa. Loro si muovono e seguono indefessi i suoi alacri compiti. The movement generates space, adjusted with a small spiral on a mobile skate. And here it is."-Fou
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• Show Bio for Jean-Marc Foussat "Jean-Marc Foussat (born March 19, 1955 in Oran ) is a French composer and improvisational musician ( guitar, piano, live electronics ). Since the mid-1970s, Foussat had belonged to groups such as Lézard Marçio, in which he contributed the sounds of concrete music with magnetic tapes. In 1981, he finished his first solo album, Abattage, which was released in 1983. In the ensemble Marteau Rouge (with the guitarist Jean-François Pauvros and the drummer Makoto Sato), he also collaborated with Evan Parker. Together with the saxophonist Sylvain Guérineau, he formed the duo Aliquid, which also appeared with Joe McPhee ( Quod, 2014). In addition to soloprograms, he also starred with Noël Akchoté / Roger Turner, Samuel Blaser, Émilie Lesbros, Jean-Luc Cappozzo, Sophie Agnel, Daunik Lazro and numerous other musicians, as well as the Fortuna 21 Octet of Raymond Boni and the department of education psychique on." ^ Hide Bio for Jean-Marc Foussat • Show Bio for Guy-Franck Pellerin ^ Hide Bio for Guy-Franck Pellerin • Show Bio for Eugenio Sanna "Eugenio Sanna guitarist was co-founder of CRIM (Centro per la Ricerca sull'Improvvisazione Musicale) in Pisa, Italy in 1976. Since that time he has been an active music improviser having worked with the leading artists in this genre. A sought after performer he has appeared in music festivals throughout Europe. Sanna is also known for his collaborative works with theater groups such as Giuseppe Chiari's Fluxus, and Flavia Bucciero's Movimento In Actor. Sanna has been a guest performer and lecturer at New York University, as well as in the NYU Summer Music, Dance and Technology Program in Italy. His articles have been published by Jazz Magazine(France), Museo Teo-Art Fanzine (Italy) Sottotiro Review( Italy), Jazz 360 (Switzerland), and Blow Up (Italy). Sanna has recorded for labels including Splash Records, Burp Sonic Inventions, WM Boxes Ed., Ada Records, and AFK records." ^ Hide Bio for Eugenio Sanna
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Track Listing:
1. Passage 13:38
2. Touche 11:25
3. Sourire 20:10
4. Approche 9:25
Improvised Music
Free Improvisation
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Electro-Acoustic Improv
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 | Foussat, Jean-Marc / Daunik Lazro Trente-Cing Miniutes & Vingt-Trois Secondes (Fou Records) |
| Titled for the length of the album (Thirty-Five Minutes & Twenty-Three Seconds) the duo of Foussat & Lazro, who have performed as a trio with Evan Parker and in the Clifford Thornton Memorial Quartet, concentrate their work into this incredible merging of transformative synthetics and textural sax expression, with moments of lyrical and alien beauty emerging from their sophisticated dialog. | |
 | Foussat, Jean-Marc / Guy-Frank Pellerin Les Beaux Jours (Fou Records) |
| The title translating to The Good Days, Fou label leader and synth player Jean-Marc Foussat joins with soprano & tenor saxophonist Guy-Frank Pellerin (Dieci Ensemble) for three extended electroacoustic improvisations and a shorter coda, employing piano, toys, field recordings, a whispered poem from Tristan Tzara, and a sense of limitless creativity and imagination. | |
 | Foussat, Jean-Marc / Sylvain Guerineau Rustiques (Fou Records) |
| A study of contrasts as French improvising synth player Jean-Marc Foussat joins with legendary saxophonist & bass clarinetist Sylvain Guerineau, whose work in both jazz tradition and free playing finds him a lyrical and expressive player, bringing flexibility in combination with a seemingly disparate foil in Foussat, heard in six succint dialogs of unconventional compatibility. | |
 | Foussat / Parrenin / Rollet Haut-Coeur (Fou Records) |
| Emphasizing the electronic aspect of ea-improv, the trio of Jean-Marc Foussat on Synthi AKS, voice & toys, Emmanuelle Parrenin on hurdy-gurdy & voice and Quentin Rollet on alto and sopranino saxophones & small electronics, are heard in an immersive performance at Allumes du Jazz, in Le Mans, France in 2023, for a superb concert of unrestricted free improvisation. | |
 | Marteau Rouge / Keiji Haino Concert 2009 (Fou Records) |
| An extraordinary and powerful concert at the 2009 Jazz in Luz Festival recorded at Marquee of Luz-Saint-Sauveur when Japanese improvising guitarist and vocalist Keiji Haino joined the electroacoustic improvising trio Marteau Rouge of Jean-Francois Pauvros on electric guitar, Makoto Sato on drums and Jean-Marc Foussat on analog synthesizer & voice. | |
 | Fousatt, Jean-Marc Les Vraies Richesses [VINYL + DVD] (Fou Records) |
| Two concerts by improvising keyboardist and vocalist Jean-Marc Foussat, on the LP a recording at the Tout Rennes S'Emmerde event organized by From Town to Town, Capital Taboule, Consternation, L'Effroyable Association Western Soviets Satanist and Dream'in Noise, the 2nd a DVD of Foussat performing live on the beach as part of the 13th Farniente Festival. | |
 | Fousatt, Jean-Marc Nouvelles [VINYL 2 LPs + DVD] (Fou Records) |
| A vinyl reissue of improvising synth, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Jean-Marc Foussat's 2001 Potlatch album, originally released as a CD-ROM and here with an accompanying DVD titled "Hope for Happiness" including 3 silent films, two of which relate to the album; performed with Pascal Bouscailloux, Jac Berrocal, Jean-Francois Pauvros, Roger Turner, &c. | |
 | Foussat, Jean-Marc / Thomas Lehn Spielgelungen (Fou Records) |
| The EMS Synthi AKS was introduced in 1972 as a portable analog synthesizer, used in many avant rock & electronic settings; on Spielgelungen both Jean-Marc Foussat and Thomas Lehn perform on the Synthi, their adept skills and experience with the instrument in free improv highlight both their incredible creative drive and the flexibility of the AKS. | |
 | Foussat, Jean-Marc / Daunik Lazro / Evan Parker Cafe OTO 2020 [2 CDs] (Fou Records) |
| A momentous 2020 concert at London's Cafe OTO, presented in two discs, the 1st with label leader Jean-Marc Foussat in a solo improvisation on synth and voice, the 2nd in a trio with Daunik Lazro on tenor & baritone sax, and Evan Parker on soprano sax, the 2 saxophones weaving and responding to Foussat's remarkable alien soundscapes and vocalization in an immersive extended improvisation. | |
 | Leimgruber, Urs / Jean-Marc Foussat Face to Face [2 CDS] (Fou Records) |
| The perfect foils for each other, German saxophonist Urs Leimgruber and French AKS sysnthesist Jean-Marc Foussat are heard in two complete concerts, one at the WIM in Zurich and one at the Kunsthalle in Lucerne, both exploring sound, timbre, momentum and atmosphere through extended techniques and extreme playing, and an amazing display of soundscape and sonic force. | |
 | Luo, Bao / Jean-Marc Foussat Surface Calme (Fou Records) |
| A 5-part work of improvisations on keyboards, voice, guzheng and flute from French improviser Jean-Marc Foussat and Bao Luo (Beijing Talking), a mysterious album of nocturnal sounds, grand expressions, furtive language, and rich textures and timbres, as Bao Luo provides a guiding voice in song and speach to their beguiling dialog; an exotic and expressive album. | |
 | Fouick: Blick & Jean-Marc Foussat Mastic Boreal (Fou Records) |
| Primarily a creative filmmaker, Blick here provides narrative improvisation--phonemes, gutturals, word fragments, and spoken word--over improvising keyboardist Jean-Marc Foussat's Synthi AKS, creating expansive landscapes or curious audio aberrations, through four recordings demonstrating a diverse set of sonic environments interweaving voice and sound. | |
 | Camarasa, Xavier / Jean-Marc Foussat Dans les Courbes (Fou Records) |
| Matching two distinct keyboards--Xavier Camarasa's piano with Jean-Marc Foussat's synthi AKS--two improvisers present two extended works roughly translating to "The Immensity of The Instincts" and "There, or all is water ...", contrasting between melodic and otherworldly sounds, a complex tapestry that guides and excites the listener in an unusual convergence. | |
 | Barbares (Bopp / Foussat / Petit / Sato) Debris d'orgueil (Fou Records) |
| Two live recordings at Theatre au Clain, in Poitiers, France and at le Bistrot, in Bayonne, from the free improvising quartet of Christiane Bopp on trombone, Jean-Marc Foussat on synth & voice, Jean-Luc Petit on bass clarinet and sopranino sax, and Makoto Sato on drums, for submersive interchanges blending electronics and acoustics in remarkable ways. | |
 | Foussat, Jean-Marc L'oiseau [VINYL] (Fou Records) |
| An amazing album of electronic experimentation from multi-instrumentalist Jean-Marc Foussat, dedicating the album to the late painter and son Victor Foussat, through two extended and far-ranging works that blends concrete sounds with intense playing and sonic environments. | |
 | Capurso, Maria Luisa / Jean-Marc Foussat En Respirant (Fou Records) |
| A live recording at POP in Berlin between synth and electronics player Jean-Marc Foussat and vocalist and electronicist Maria Luisa Capurso, subverting the voice through electronics and effects to create wildly encompassing sound environments that contrast Foussat's synthetics with the organic quality of the human voice; rich, hallucinatory, wonderful. | |
 | Foussat, Jean-Marc / Jean-Luc Petit ...D'Ou Vient La Lumiere ! (Fou Records) |
| A wonderfully eccentric, complex and surprising set of extended improvisations between French clarinetist & saxophonist Jean-Luc Petit and synth and electronics artist Jean-Marc Foussat, ranging from intensive and detailed interactions to beautiful soundscapes, as the two show great compatibility and intent in their approach to free-form improvisation. | |
 | MarsaFouty (Jean-Luc Foussat / Fred Marty) Concerts (Fou Records) |
| Synth improviser Jean-Marc Foussat and double bassist Fred Marty join their names and playing together for an absolutely impressive album of exploratory improv, Foussat taking their music into hallucinatory territories while Marty provides both a solid anchor and flights of textural nuance; supberb. | |
 | Foussat, Jean-Marc / Ramon Lopez Ca Barbare, La! (Fou Records) |
| Jean-Marc Foussat joins drummer Ramon Lopez for an album of inventive sound and rhythm, spontaneous compositions of unusual approach and texture, Lopez using an array of percussion and drums including tablas to provide punctuation and depth to Foussant's other-worldly playing. | |
 | Foussat, Jean-Marc / Simon Henocq Nopal (Fou Records) |
| An unusual and gripping album of electronic improvisation on guitar and synthesizer between keyboardist Jean-Marc Foussat and guitarist Simon Henocq, taking alien and abstract landscapes into intense territory over two monumental tracks. | |
| Foussat, Jean-Marc L'oiseau (Fou Records) |
| An amazing album of electronic experimentation from multi-instrumentalist Jean-Marc Foussat, dedicating the album to the late painter and son Victor Foussat, through two extended and far-ranging works that blends concrete sounds with intense playing and sonic environments. | |
 | Camoes, Joao / Jean-Marc Foussat A La Face du Ciel (Shhpuma) |
| Portugese violist Joao Camoes, living in Paris, in a duo with Jean-Marc Foussat on electronics and voice, which he approaches like those of the acoustic improvised music and free jazz; the two present two long works where Foussat processes and extends Camoes' sound. | |
 | Camarasa / Foussat / Maffiolo Seuil de Feu (Fou Records) |
| Three improvisations recorded in concert at Impromptu, in Bordeaux, France and at Cameleon, in Toulouse, between Xavier Camarasa (MILESDAVISQUINTET!) on Fender Rhodes and Jean on Marc Foussat on Synthi AKS, voice & toys, with Marc Maffiolo joining on baritone saxophone for one piece at Cameleon; rich interactions of incredible texture & detail and unforeseen twists & turns. | |
 | Bouquet, Luc Au Bal Clandestin (Fou Records) |
| Applying unique techniques to percussive instruments and drums, French free jazz drummer Luc Bouquet (Pli Urgent Quartet, Cyanur) performs six improvisations as an homage to his father--a ballroom and jazz drummer who risked his freedom to perform at "Clandestine Balls" during the WW II German occupation--reflected in Bouquet's edgy sonic palette and overall narrative in presentation. | |
 | Foucher, Anne / Jean-Marc Foussat Chair Ca (Fou Records) |
| Four journeys in passionately rich sound merging synthetics, acousmatic sources, field recordings and acoustic violin from the duo of Anne Foucher, who has worked with the Acousmaki collective, on violin and electronics, and Jean-Marc Foussat on Synthi AKS, piano, toys and voice, captured live in 2022 at rue Floreal, in Montpellier and at rue de Genac, in Bignac, France. | |
 | Foussat, Jean-Marc / Urs Leimgruber / Carlos "Zingaro" L'Aile D'Icare (Fou Records) |
| A remarkable journey in free improvisation and free form electroacoustic improv from the trio of Jean-Marc Foussat on synth & effected voice, Urs Leimgruber on soprano & tenor saxophones and Carlos Zingaro on violin, three masterful improvisers who employ unusual sonic palettes and remarkable technique in a carefully controlled conversation drawing on diverse styles. | |
