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Chat Noir: Hyperuranion
by Glenn Astarita
Celebrating its seventh releaseand third album by this London-based band for Rare Noiseis an eclectic union of progressive rock, krautrock, jazz and ambient-electronica with pathways into futuristic techno-like permutations. In addition, pioneering Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer performs on four tracks. At times the program conveys sonic characteristics of a cathedral recording due to resonating licks and textures that dissipate into deep space, generating a semblance of spiritual activity. The musicians' parallel Plato's relatively deep doctrine, Hyperuranion, concerning ...
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by Dan McClenaghan
Coming up with a title for a recording is an art form, and creative oddities pop up regularly. In 1963 bassist Charles Mingus presented Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (Impulse! Records); 2014 saw the release of saxophonist Branford Marsalis' Four MFs Playin' Tunes (Marsalis Music). And now the group Chat Noir moves in a more cerebral direction--in terms of titles--with Hyperuranion... In Plato's universe, the Hyperuranion is a realm of ideal forms where the soul waits before ...
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by John Ephland
There's something about RareNoise Records that keeps you on your toes. Listen to any title side by side, and you're likely to end up scratching your head, if not enjoying a gentle smile or subtle rhapsody. Okay, some of the music can be scabrous, perhaps unlistenable. But guess what? It all fits under the RN moniker, somehow, someway. Take the Italian trio Chat Noir's Nine Thoughts For One Word. It exhales on a theme of Harold Budd, himself ...
read moreRareNoise To Release Chat Noir in April
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By organically blending elements of electronica and ambient music with bits of chamber music and jazz, Chat Noir, the innovative trio of pianist Michele Cavallari, bassist Luca Fogagnolo and drummer Guiliano Ferrari has come up with a wholly unique sound on Elec3Cities that may establish a daring new direction for the piano trio. This delicate balance of electronic experimentalism and acoustic piano jazz has been evolving gradually from the group's initial release in 2006, Adoption, and continued on 2007's Decoupage ...
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Italian Trio Chat Noir Stretches Out On Daring RareNoise Release Elec3Cities
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Antje Hübner
By organically blending elements of electronica and ambient music with bits of chamber music and jazz, the innovative trio of pianist Michele Cavallari, bassist Luca Fogagnolo and drummer Guiliano Ferrari has come up with a wholly unique sound on Elec3Cities that may establish a daring new direction for the piano trio. This delicate balance of electronic experimentalism and acoustic piano jazz has been evolving gradually from the group’s initial release in 2006, Adoption, and continued on 2007’s Decoupage through 2008’s ...
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Free MP3 Download: Christoph Irniger's "Mania" from Chat Noir
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All About Jazz
Download Mania," a free MP3 from Christoph Irniger's latest release Chat Noir.
Download: Mania Christoph Irniger Quartet 5:43 From: Chat Noir
About Christoph Irniger Christoph Irniger, born in 1979, began his musical career with the age of 11. From 2000 till 2004 he studied at the Jazzschool of Zurich with Christoph Grab, Thomas Grnewald and Rtus Flisch, as if from 2004 till 2006 at the Jazzschool of Lucerne with Nat Su, John ...
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