Description

STRANGE TRAFFIC
2009 / Juste Une Trace

An incisive and colorful album with original compositions nourished with live energy and projecting a mutant jazz. Lyrical and uncompromising choruses, frenzied collective improvisations, themes that sometimes flirt with blues, instrumental pop-rock, free-funk, calypso …

Playlist

1. Prise triviale (Ozma) 5’13
2. Sirène (Ozma) 5’19
3. Nana bozo (Ozma) 6’31
4. Vilniusian Dance (Ozma) 4’21
5. Voik (Ozma) 6’21
6. Titubation Matinale (Ozma) 4’33
7. The Wizard (Ozma) 7’44
8. Flibusto (Ozma) 3’48

Line up

David Florsch (saxophones)
Matthias Mahler (trombone)
Adrien Dennefeld (guitar)
Edouard Séro-Guillaume (bass, voice)
Stéphane Scharlé (drums)

+ Pascal Schumacher (Vibraphone) on “Nana Bozo” and “Vilnusian Dance”, Jean Louis Marchand (Clar), Thomas Frand (Sop), Claude Spennlehauer (Bar), Christophe Rieger (Alto), Guillaume Nuss (Tuba) on “The Wizard”

Co-produced by OZMA

Recorded by Matthieu Pelletier and Didier Houbre | Studio Downtown
Mixed by Matthieu Pelletier
Masterised by Alan Ward | Studio Electric City

Photo by Sophie Dungler
Artwork by Achile

Release date : 09-11-2009