Title: not just another electro-jazz cd
Product review: It takes a few listenings to really get into it, but whoaw, what a treat. It's dark, athmospheric, with multiple layers of sounds and weird samples, yet this never overshadows the sheer beauty of Lourau's melodies. It's a gambit in that he scraped his former Groove Gang to get into this (thankfully keeping Magik Malik whose flute works wonders in the electronic environment), but all his usual world music influences are still here. If you like it (and you will), try also another french guy's take on te style: Booster's "loop in release" (Blue note), although this one is a little bit on the lighter side of things. Also, prepare to be amazed by Mister Lourau's latest, a fantastic back-to-not-so-basics acoustic album called "The Rise" (Label Bleu), where latin meets arabic meets eastern european jazz. How does he do it?
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