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Plaistow

Formed during spring 2007 in Geneva by Johann Bourquenez (piano), Raphaël Ortis (bass) and Cyril Bondi (drum) of Diatribes-fame, Plaistow released a first EP on the Swiss Insubordinations Netlabel in September 2007. The three members met through various netaudio and improv-music networks, like eDogm and Audioactivity. The band name comes from a Squarepusher's track, “Plaistow Flex Out”, and the piano/bass/drums formation is a Jazz archetype. The Plaistow project is based on the common will to keep the energy and freedom found in free improvisation and mix it with an electronic Rock and Noise inspired vocabulary (without ommiting some visits to Steve Reich!). The Plaistow music goes through all extremes

Forget Old Europe: 15 European Jazz Musicians You Need To Know About

by Enrico Bettinello
August 16, 2017

Since the first half of the 20th century, the Old Continent has played a pivotal role both in welcoming and supporting jazz artists from the United States. Over the following decades it has expressed generations of passionate musicians with increasingly original languages and ever greater improvisatory skills. In the 21st century there are countless ...

Plaistow: The Crow

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 6, 2010

I Plaistow costituiscono un trio visionario la cui musica sfugge alle classiche griglie interpretative del jazz. Il loro è un esperimento di notevole spessore, volto a fare interagire le tre distinte anime dei musicisti. Ne scaturisce una musica estremamente flessibile che si sviluppa attraverso l'incontro/scontro tra pulsazione jazzistica e drive rockettaro proiettati in una spazialità aspra ...