Jazz Articles about Quartet Base

Quartet Base: Allo ?

by Henry Smith
July 3, 2009

Pulling from a number of musical outlets, Quartet Base--part of the exciting French Circum collective--voids genre delineations on this, its first offering. Largely stemming from its unique instrumental line-up, including guitarist Sebastien Beaumont, trumpet and vocalist Christophe Motury, bassist Nicolas Mahieux and drummer Peter Orins, the group is able to find the common ground between, at various points, funk, metal, free improvisation and experimental rock, melding them into a unified and distinctive whole.

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Quartet Base: Allo ?

by Mark F. Turner
April 9, 2009

Quartet Base is a free jazz chameleon. Viewing the group from multiple angles reveals different perspectives, each quite fascinating. Funk, rock, club, traditional, avant-garde and experimentation are like rapidly changing colors and contours of the group's changing skin. This ability is understood as the members are comprised of the Circum collective, a group of jazz musicians founded in 2000, based in the Malterie, the renown brewery/art complex in Lille, France. In this case, hearing Allo ? (rather than seeing) is ...