At the forefront of the new and abundant French jazz fusion scene, the quintet Monsieur Mâlâ is made up of five musicians whose complicity is long-standing, all leaders or sidemen recognized in the sphere of jazz and its satellites... With as a common base an infinite love for grooves of all kinds and improvised music.Their technical baggage, their cosmopolitan influences and their traveling souls stir a concoction of funk and rock, African and Caribbean music, while ingesting the new urban and electronic trends. Nothing is stuck or merged, everything flows. This feeling of fluidity prevails on an album released just a year ago and which could only be titled with the name Monsieur MÂLÂ. Named in reference to the rosary used for the recitation of mantras, the collective seeks and achieves transcendence, in the studio as on stage where its reputation fills the halls.Writing and improvisation, charisma and interaction, chaos and tranquility, but also groove, joy, elevation... In this same quest for plenitude, the five composers alternate intimate propositions, daring to express their joys or their sorrows, sublimated by the collective. Sometimes poignant or dancing, often both at the same time, this collective is a machine whose components are anything but robots....
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At the forefront of the new and abundant French jazz fusion scene, the quintet Monsieur Mâlâ is made up of five musicians whose complicity is long-standing, all leaders or sidemen recognized in the sphere of jazz and its satellites... With as a common base an infinite love for grooves of all kinds and improvised music.Their technical baggage, their cosmopolitan influences and their traveling souls stir a concoction of funk and rock, African and Caribbean music, while ingesting the new urban and electronic trends. Nothing is stuck or merged, everything flows. This feeling of fluidity prevails on an album released just a year ago and which could only be titled with the name Monsieur MÂLÂ. Named in reference to the rosary used for the recitation of mantras, the collective seeks and achieves transcendence, in the studio as on stage where its reputation fills the halls.Writing and improvisation, charisma and interaction, chaos and tranquility, but also groove, joy, elevation... In this same quest for plenitude, the five composers alternate intimate propositions, daring to express their joys or their sorrows, sublimated by the collective. Sometimes poignant or dancing, often both at the same time, this collective is a machine whose components are anything but robots.
A l’avant-garde de la nouvelle et foisonnante scène jazz fusion française, le quintet Monsieur Mâlâ est formé de cinq musiciens dont les complicités sont anciennes, tous leaders ou sidemen reconnus dans la sphère du jazz et de ses satellites... Avec en socle commun un amour infini pour les grooves en tous genres et la musique improvisée.Leurs bagages techniques, leurs influences cosmopolites et leurs âmes voyageuses touillent une décoction de funk et de rock, de musiques africaines et caribéennes, tout en ingérant les nouvelles tendances urbaines et électroniques. Rien n'est collé ni fusionné, tout circule. Ce sentiment de fluidité prévaut sur un album sorti il y a tout juste un an et qui ne pouvait qu'être titré du nom de Monsieur MÂLÂ. Baptisé en référence au chapelet utilisé pour la récitation des mantras, le collectif cherche et atteint la transcendance, en studio comme sur scène où sa réputation remplit les salles.Écriture et improvisation, charisme et interaction, chahut et quiétude, mais aussi groove, liesse, élévation... Dans cette même quête de plénitude, les cinq compositeurs alternent des propositions intimes, en osant exprimer leurs joies ou leurs peines, sublimées par le collectif. Tantôt poignant ou dansant, souvent les deux à la fois, ce collectif est une machine dont les composants sont tout sauf des robots.
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