Tom Bourgeois - Murmures / Rumeurs

NEUKLANG

£20.65

Cat. no: NCD4240
Format: CD
Barcode: 4012116424034
Release Date: 22 Apr 2022
Genre: Jazz

Mystical, introspective, spiritual and then suddenly angry, exalted, heretical, the music of Tom Bourgeois has something solemn and pagan at the same time

This double album is to be understood as a mirror: two line ups, two discs, "Murmures" and its (almost) anagram "Rumeurs", in which each title responds to its counterpart on the other disc.

On the frst CD, "Murmures", four musicians accompany the saxophonist: Lois Le Van (voc), Thibault Dille (acc), Florent Jeunieaux (l) and Veronika Harcsa (voc) as a guest, who makes a few forays, as to prepare us for “Rumeurs”, the second CD, where we fnd the same musicians to which are added Thomas Mayade (tp), Quinten De Craecker (tb), Ruben Verbruggen (as, bs), Esinam Dogbatse (f , perc), Dorian Dumont (p), Victor Foulon (cb) and Jelle Van Giel (dm).

Behind some titles, we can recognize Ravel ("Sonatine II"), infuences from Tom Yorke ("La tête dans la radio" and "La radio dans la tête"), John Dowland ("Tell Me, True Love" and “Love, Tell Me The Truth”), and references to The Wire series, the points of view of two lovers. We walk from renaissance and baroque to jazz, from improvisation to chamber music, with sometimes some points of blues and dislocated swing. It could be fun fnding the commonalities or the differences between the two sides of this double disc, but it is better to let oneself be carried away by the murmurs - or the rumors - of these enigmatic musical stories.

Tracks: Sonatine 2 / Stir Up a Hornet's Nest / Tell Me / Left on the Napkin / Soir (29) / Please / Slow / La radio dans la tˆte / Isolate / Sonatine 2 / Bubble's depot / Love Tell Me the Truth / The Familiar Note / Soir (29) / Asleep / Fast / La tˆte dans la radio / Etalosi