News from the Front by Marc Ducret [CD]

Description: Performer Notes: Personnel: Marc Durcet (acoustiv & electric 6- & 12-string guitars, fretless guitar); Herb Robertson (trumpet, flugelhorn); Yves Robert (trombone); Francois Verly (drum machine, percussion).Recorded at Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany on June 23-26 & July 24-25, 1991.Personnel: Marc Ducret (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar); Herb Robertson (trumpet, flugelhorn); Yves Robert (trombone); Fran?ois Verly (drum machine, percussion).Recording information: Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany (06/23/1991-07/25/1991).As auteur Stefan Winter finally gets around to re-releasing his back catalog (his JMT sides were issued in the U.S. during the 1990s and distributed by Polygram, but sadly are no longer), certain forgotten gems creep to the surface. This set by guitarist Marc Ducret is just such an item. Trumpet and fl?gelhorn boss Herb Robertson, trombonist Yves Robert, and percussionist (organic and drum machine) Fran?ois Verly join with Ducret to play through a series of loose, wiry compositions by the guitarist where harmonic and dissonant interplay are given weight and equal consideration with textural, dynamic, and spacious elements that are structured, tempered, and finally juxtaposed. Ducret plays both electric and acoustic guitars on these knotty sides, and his melodic sensibility is here more evident and striated than anywhere else in his catalog. The beautiful "Can I Call You Wren?" features strummed acoustics and edgy electrics, which are layered on top of a drum machine and dissimilar contrapuntal melodies by Robertson and Verly. Or there's the swampy bottleneck intro on the title track that gives way to a minor-key investigation of short linear phrases that gradually open up onto an entire new harmonic precipice before exploding into an array of noise guitar and drums. These are just two examples of one of the most engaging recordings from his shelf. This is provocative music to be sure, but it is refined and restrained, elegant even. ~ Thom Jurek Producer: Stefan Winter Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo Country: (not USA) Studio/Live: Studio Guest Artist: Herb Robertson; Yves Robert Release Date: 1 February, 2004 Label: Allegro Corporation *** Dimensions: 14.3 x 15.3 x 1.5 centimeters (0.09 kg)

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