Jazz Articles about Ensemble Pamplemousse

Ensemble Pamplemousse: This Is The Uplifting Part

by Karl Ackermann
March 22, 2017

This Is The Uplifting Part by Ensemble Pamplemousse, is an unusual album not just in content, but also in format. Offered only as a video release, it is available on a limited USB stick (encased in a replication of a cassette) or as a video download. A non-conventional collection, the album incorporates acoustics and electronics, extended technique and an assortment of non-musical sounds. Presented as it is, in the video format, it is as much performance art as music, though ...