Yolk Records

Following the album "PIGMENTS & the clarinet choir" (Yolk J2083), dedicated to the poems of Guyanese poet Léon-Gontran Damas—who, along with Aimé Césaire and Léopold Sédar Senghor, founded the Négritude movement— Guillaume Hazebrouck continues to pursue his dream of “Francophone jazz poetry” and delves into the world of James Noël, a leading figure in contemporary Haitian literature known as a performance poet, novelist, and founder of the journal IntranQu’îllités.

"James Noël’s poetry offers me the chance to once again explore a unique combination of instrumentalists already brought together on the previous project Pigments & the Clarinet Choir, this time augmented by the presence of vocalist Laurène Pierre-Magnani, whom I met on the opera Les Sauvages. Comprising three trios—a vocal trio (spoken word, singing, and beatboxing), a clarinet trio, and a rhythm trio (keyboards, bass, and beatboxing)—this original orchestration opens up a wide field for experimentation.”

From the collection “Le Pyromane adolescent” (Éditions Mémoire d’Encrier, 2013. Reissued by Points/Seuil, 2015), the musician selects twelve poems and immerses them in a syncretic soundscape blending jazz, contemporary music, and hip-hop. From collages and creolization emerges a musical suite where one hears the clamour of an island at the epicenter of global chaos, and where, amid blood, fire, and laughter, a new poetics of the world rises.

It's not an exhaustive list.

Jean-Jacques Birgé - Club médiapart

1. En état de pyromanie 2'02
2. Mes fusibles 2'03
3. Un jour les muses poseront nues pour les poètes 6'50
4. Pour prendre le large 4'23
5. Le mot de passe 3'09
6. Ogou fè 1'55
7. Démesure 6’00
8. Amour à mort 6'02
9. Ce que fait l’encre 4'27
10. Pour une explosion planétaire de l’amour 4'15
11. Fête des morts 3'14

TOTAL TIME : 44’24

Texts : James Noël
Music : Guillaume Hazebrouck
En toute pyromanie inspired from the book "Le Pyromane adolescent", Mémoire d’Encrier editions, 2013. Reedition, Points/Seuil, 2015.

Recorded and mixed by Jonathan Marcoz at Peninsula Studio
Mastering by Pierre Attyasse
Producedt by La Cie Frasques & Yolk with the support of the city of Nantes
Photos : Cover © Antoine Tempé — back © Marie Pétry
Design by Jean@animaproductions.com
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Pigments & The Clarinet Choir >> Léon-Gontran Damas’s Jazz Poetry.

Pigments & The Clarinet Choir >> Léon-Gontran Damas’s Jazz Poetry.

Hazebrouck sextet >> frasques
Olivier Themines trio >> miniatures
Hoarse >> Happy Camper
Pigments & The Clarinet Choir >> Léon-Gontran Damas’s Jazz Poetry.



NoSax NoClar >> KAHMSÏN
NoSax NoClar >> Rëd Sisters
Pigments & The Clarinet Choir >> Léon-Gontran Damas’s Jazz Poetry.
NoSax NoClar >> No Dåhïss

A suivre... x'tet >> paris-calvance
Olivier Themines trio >> miniatures
A suivre... x'tet >> suite... de danses
Quiet >> Quiet
Pigments & The Clarinet Choir >> Léon-Gontran Damas’s Jazz Poetry.