Jazz Articles about Franck Vaillant

Frederick Galiay: Time Elleipsis

by Glenn Astarita
October 6, 2020

This largely electric French quintet discloses a vastly experimental and often fascinating series of works that intertwine into a multipart suite of indexed titles directed by bassist Frederick Galiay. As the press material states, the bassist “was a laureate for a Hors les murs residency program initiated by the French Institute," spanning Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar. Here, the musicians explore subterranean depths via shadowy sonic textures and on the opener “Naga Convulsions," venture into electronic minimalist terrain amid the ...