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Alula: Anemokory
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Saxophonists Christophe Lehoucq and Philippe Razol formed Alula in 1998 to play compositions by the former; after nearly ten years of toil, Anémokory is their début release. Alula plays well-behaved latter-day fusion, the sound decidedly, but not unpleasantly, seventies retro. (Witness the jangly guitar on Les 7 marches" or some of the synthesizer washes in the background throughout.) Most of the compositions on Anémokory are memorable in the best tradition of the genre. The ...
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