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Francios Bourassa Quartet: Swirl: Live @ Piccolo
ByThe twelve-plus minute "Pooloop" opens the set with an urgent and unsettled mood that eases into a contemplative drifting that then pops to life with an intense and dark-hued groove. Nothing is predictable with this tune full of waxing and waning interludes, floating in outer space one moment, diving into the atmosphere the next with a mission in mind.
The eloquent thirteen-minute "Prologue" is next, defying a prologue's expectations of opening the show and the characteristic brevity and concision of such introductions into the music that follows. Andre Leroux's flute opens in a near-subliminal mode before gathering a tranquil energy. It sounds like a deep space cloud with a gravitational aspect to it that is considering becoming a galaxy, as the stars of the leader's bright, delicate piano notes blink into existence, while drummer Guillaume Pilot and bassist Guy Boisvert collect loose matter to create a central black hole.
Those first two tunes clock in at twenty-five minutesnearly an album's worth of music in vinyl days. The four compositions that follow it keep a consistent mood of mystery with sometimes ominous overtones combined with a cinematically-beautiful eeriness and ever-changing landscapes (outer space-scapes?). Call it a suite if you will.
Track Listing
Pooloop; Prologue; Room 58; Costard; Remous; 15, Notre-Dame-De-Lorette.
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Album information
Title: Swirl: Live @ Piccolo | Year Released: 2023 | Record Label: Effendi Records
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