Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Nicolas Souchal / Michael Nick / Daunik Lazro / Jean-Luc Cappozzo - Neigen (2021 Ayler Records)

« neigen », from the German verb: to tend towards.

Improvisers aspire to the unpredictable, in a relationship of mutual trust. Each one, braced in the moment, is inhabited by the memory of countless music played, heard, dreamed of. Determined by instrumental practice, acquired experience, and by instinct and thought of one’s own.

They strive for those suspended moments where they surrender to this magic that runs through them, of which they become receivers, conducting bodies. They cultivate an appetite for these intense plateaus where one experiences, sometimes fleetingly, an intuitive connection between musicians linked by a telepathic thread.

1. Neigen 04:05
2. Connexe 03:35
3. Point d'assemblage 08:05
4. Narcisse Watered 03:18
5. Apnée D'Aphné 09:29
6. Super Spell 03:49
7. Fenêtre de périodes impaires 07:42
8. Terra motu 04:15
9. L'attracteur étrange 05:13

Nicolas Souchal, trumpet, flugelhorn
Michael Nick, acoustic violin, electro-acoustic octave violin
Daunik Lazro, tenor & baritone saxophones
Jean-Luc Cappozzo, trumpet, flugelhorn, objects