La Fiancee Du Pirate

Windsleepers
Shaa Music
Jazz | Jun 2006

Reviews

Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2006-11-05
Female vocals and soprano sax, in a fusion-y setting that's got a bit too much synth. The mostly wordless singing harkens back to that '60s jazz style, those "floating with the universe" songs with really complicated melody and unrhyming lyrics (see 6) ... if you dig that, you'll be at home here. Large sections feel improvised here, including some aggressive free-jazz moments (2,3) and segments of European-style improv (the band is from France and Germany). It's experimental and a little cheesy at once.

1- Sparse blip, 42 seconds
2- Fast wild jumble. Last half turns slower and surreal
3- Dark, chaotic attack. Fast.
4- Mid/fast floating. Catchy bass riff, soprano sax, female vocal. Silent stop about 5 minutes in before a mood change to sour, abrasive sounds. Ends in "nice" mode again.
5- Slow and strange, sparse.
6- Light and breezy, gets into a ferocious group jam. w/lyrics.
7- Floaty slow. Oddly bouncy vocal riff in the middle, kinda catchy
8- Mid/fast, a '70s straight-jazz feel. Fast electric piano solo; gets crazy from there
9- Slow, dark... maybe even spooky
10- Abstract, untethered improv. Slow, disjoint.

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Charting

2006-11-12 — 2007-01-14 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Jan 14 1
Nov 26 2

Track listing

1. Xtine's Dream
2. La Fiancee Du Pirate
3. Exit N
4. Dance On A Cloud
5. Chimeres
6. The Wind Sleepers
7. Isetta Go
8. Winter Walk
9. Blue Mood
10. Incertitude Mireille