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Azure Hiptronics: Ignacio

Read "Ignacio" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


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 ...


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