Jean Cohen-Solal - Flûtes libres '2018

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Jean Cohen-Solal studied flute from all angles, and became one of the great
French virtuosi, along with Michel Edelin who at the time was with Triode. This
was a period (1972) when flutists were very popular with the public, most of
whom had been influenced by Roland Kirk, including Ian Anderson in Jethro Tull.
Jean Cohen-Solal tells a different story, richer and centred on the instrument
itself, using the magic (yes, that again) of overdubs.

“In a dreamlike fictive and windswept Brittany, hippy pirates and wild
women more or less inspired by Gérard de Nerval fight it out in a theatre,
the magic of which brings to mind Cocteau, and where musical improvisation has
an important role: this is Noroît, a cursed film which was never released in
cinemas at the time (1976), directed by the great Jacques Rivette, where
Jean-Cohen-Solal, his brother Robert and Daniel Ponsard can be seen and heard
playing. The scene is every bit as inventive as that featuring the Art Ensemble
Of Chicago in Les Stances à Sophie!

The same magic and invention can be found on this first album by Jean
Cohen-Solal: Flûtes libres. A magic which can be keenly felt on Quelquun, a
long contemplative mantra which takes up the whole of the B side and which
anticipates the future collaboration in the mysterious universe of Jacques
Rivette.

Perhaps Paul Horn rather than Roland Kirk could be an influence, but stripped of
a classical background which was too audible and a tendency for easy listening.
In fact, in terms of comparison, open music by Bob Downes would be the closest
to the electroacoustic experiments of Jean Cohen-Solal, who, by the way, was
also close to the GRM and Bernard Parmegiani for whom he occasionally provided
sound sources.”

Tracklist:
1/4. Jean Cohen-Solal - Flûtes libres - Concerto cyclique (feat. Serge
Franklin & Marc Chantereau)
2/4. Jean Cohen-Solal - Flûtes libres - Raga du matin (feat. Serge Franklin &
Marc Chantereau)
3/4. Jean Cohen-Solal - Flûtes libres - Matière (feat. Serge Franklin &
Marc Chantereau)
4/4. Jean Cohen-Solal - Quelquun (feat. Serge Franklin & Marc Chantereau)

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