Azure Hiptronics

Azure Hiptronics: Ignacio

by Karl Ackermann
December 16, 2016

Azure was established in 2006, by guitarist Rogier Scheemann and pianist Pierre-Francois Blanchard, both studying at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. Only Scheemann remains from that original group. With their first recording There Were Stars (Self-Produced, 2007), the group laid a framework for style-hopping, not just from track-to-track, but even within specific compositions. The latest iteration of the group--now rechristened as Azure Hiptronics--exponentially builds on that premise with Ignacio.As a core quartet, Scheemann is joined by keyboardist ...