Magnetic Ensemble - Rainbow (2018) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Magnetic Ensemble
- Title: Rainbow
- Year Of Release: 2018
- Label: Airfono
- Genre: alternative, acoustic, electro
- Quality: 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC; 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC
- Total Time: 41:20
- Total Size: 216; 426 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Magnetic Ensemble is a bit like a reptile. It may shed its skin but will always stay true to its nature: keen, lithe and serpentine., One night in 2012, at l’Atelier du Plateau (a creative hub in the Northeast of Paris), Magnetic Ensemble sparked into life as the dancing and percussive fantasy of Antonin Leymarie – the drummer of Surnatural Orchestra and songwriter with a fetish for the theatrical works of Joël Pommerat. Magnetic Ensemble subsequently evolved into a collective of mutable contours, inclined to stage concerts in the very midst of the audience. As likely to veer into avant-garde jazz as it was to take flight into ecstatic pop, the all-terrain sextet counted among its members Thomas de Pourquery, Jeanne Added, Eve Risser, Linda Olah and Mazalda’s own Adrien Spirli. Today, the group has constricted into a trio, yet without shedding its characteristic openness to the most diverse collaborations (having lined up a host of new guests to feature on various nights of its upcoming tour). Whereas Magnetic Ensemble has often grown new limbs, vibraphonist Benjamin Flament has been something of a mainstay. Well, it’s one thing to say vibraphonist. Over time, the former member of Radiation 10 and MeTal-O-PHoNe has assembled his very own “percussive cookery set”. Impossible to define, Benjamin’s unique brand of percussion beats at the heart of the original “Magnetic sound”. This cunning blend of organic and synthetic, acoustic and electronic, sophistication and DIY is something with which the latest addition to the group is well acquainted. At a crossroads between electro (with Cie Supernovæ), theatre and jazz, drummer Matthieu Desbordes wonderfully embodies the Magnetic Ensemble universe – or rather universes – which lay claim at once to the patronage of Dawn of Midi’s hypnotic jazz and the minimal techno of Robert Hood.
Magnetic Ensemble is principally a story of percussion. In this latest incarnation more than ever, each in their own distinct way, Antonin Leymarie, Benjamin Flament and Matthieu Desbordes approach rhythm like a tennis player follows through the ball. “We want it to be dirtier, more animalistic and organic than what’s typically done in techno,” explains Antonin. Without doubt, all three artists have a propensity for blurring the lines. The 2018 iteration of the Magnetic is not just electro, not just improv, but above above all an invitation to dance. It channels the culture of trance – not in the sense of what you hear in nightclubs but of African musical traditions. In the same breath as prepared piano (when the pianist places objects on the piano strings to change the instrument’s classical sound), you will find these artists talking of “augmented drums”. “By culminating in three percussionists,” enthuses Antonin, “we’ve hit upon something more powerful than using a bassist or keys – we have to be inventive to make it work. We can’t ease off the pedal.”
Indeed, this epitomises the spirit of Magnetic Ensemble: seatbelts off. Which isn’t to say speeding across a mountain over the alcohol limit! No, this is a car that stops to pick folks up along the way, which takes the disused sideroads and chooses fresh air over air conditioning. Most peculiar of all, the whole journey was unplanned. One day when the full sextet couldn’t get together, Antonin, Benjamin and Matthieu rehearsed as a trio and chanced upon something special. The signs were subtle but nonetheless clear that their discovery was not a mere coincidence. As a result, they doubled down on fully improvisational shows as a means to find their bearings in this new dynamic. Such a notion of evolutionary creativity aligns perfectly with the ethos of the group’s new record label, Airfono. With Julien Princiaux at the helm, the fledgling label gives free rein to artists harboured among its ranks, whether it be the hybrid raï of Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda, the organic electro of Fabrizio Rat or the jazz hip-hop of The Wolphonics.
Testament to this is Rainbow, the first true album by Magnetic Ensemble after a string of notable and noted EPs. Both a beginning and an end, a birth and rebirth, a baptism and confirmation all at once, it treads a more assertive line than its predecessors: darker, deeper, more confrontational, conspicuous and “fulfilled”. It’s as if the group, which has long disclaimed the tag of electro, has risen to appropriate it but on its own terms; like a triumphant emergence, issuing a call to emancipation – could this be the inspiration behind the rainbow, or at its end? The whole arcs from a congenial constellation of accomplices, equally as “transgenre”: the otherworldly voice of Nosfell, the stellar guitar of Maxime Delpierre (Limousine, Viva and the Diva, VKNG), the seraphic singer Sabina Sciubba (Brazilian Girls), the group’s former stalwart behind the piano Fabrizio Rat and, not least, the unmistakable Cristal Baschet of Thomas Bloch (Radiohead, Gorillaz, Tom Waits). With the release of Rainbow, the group’s own name takes on a new-found resonance. No longer are they simply an ensemble who call themselves magnetic, but musicians who themselves become Magnetic Ensemble. One might say this is very definition of traditional trance.
Mathieu Durand
Tracklist:
01. Magnetic Ensemble - Désert jaune (4:03)
02. Magnetic Ensemble - Bleu de perse (7:07)
03. Magnetic Ensemble - L'étendue (Bim Salem) (5:54)
04. Magnetic Ensemble - Satyr auf Saturn (5:14)
05. Magnetic Ensemble - Pink (6:45)
06. Magnetic Ensemble - Red Scarlet (4:06)
07. Magnetic Ensemble - Noir contre temps (8:13)
Magnetic Ensemble is principally a story of percussion. In this latest incarnation more than ever, each in their own distinct way, Antonin Leymarie, Benjamin Flament and Matthieu Desbordes approach rhythm like a tennis player follows through the ball. “We want it to be dirtier, more animalistic and organic than what’s typically done in techno,” explains Antonin. Without doubt, all three artists have a propensity for blurring the lines. The 2018 iteration of the Magnetic is not just electro, not just improv, but above above all an invitation to dance. It channels the culture of trance – not in the sense of what you hear in nightclubs but of African musical traditions. In the same breath as prepared piano (when the pianist places objects on the piano strings to change the instrument’s classical sound), you will find these artists talking of “augmented drums”. “By culminating in three percussionists,” enthuses Antonin, “we’ve hit upon something more powerful than using a bassist or keys – we have to be inventive to make it work. We can’t ease off the pedal.”
Indeed, this epitomises the spirit of Magnetic Ensemble: seatbelts off. Which isn’t to say speeding across a mountain over the alcohol limit! No, this is a car that stops to pick folks up along the way, which takes the disused sideroads and chooses fresh air over air conditioning. Most peculiar of all, the whole journey was unplanned. One day when the full sextet couldn’t get together, Antonin, Benjamin and Matthieu rehearsed as a trio and chanced upon something special. The signs were subtle but nonetheless clear that their discovery was not a mere coincidence. As a result, they doubled down on fully improvisational shows as a means to find their bearings in this new dynamic. Such a notion of evolutionary creativity aligns perfectly with the ethos of the group’s new record label, Airfono. With Julien Princiaux at the helm, the fledgling label gives free rein to artists harboured among its ranks, whether it be the hybrid raï of Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda, the organic electro of Fabrizio Rat or the jazz hip-hop of The Wolphonics.
Testament to this is Rainbow, the first true album by Magnetic Ensemble after a string of notable and noted EPs. Both a beginning and an end, a birth and rebirth, a baptism and confirmation all at once, it treads a more assertive line than its predecessors: darker, deeper, more confrontational, conspicuous and “fulfilled”. It’s as if the group, which has long disclaimed the tag of electro, has risen to appropriate it but on its own terms; like a triumphant emergence, issuing a call to emancipation – could this be the inspiration behind the rainbow, or at its end? The whole arcs from a congenial constellation of accomplices, equally as “transgenre”: the otherworldly voice of Nosfell, the stellar guitar of Maxime Delpierre (Limousine, Viva and the Diva, VKNG), the seraphic singer Sabina Sciubba (Brazilian Girls), the group’s former stalwart behind the piano Fabrizio Rat and, not least, the unmistakable Cristal Baschet of Thomas Bloch (Radiohead, Gorillaz, Tom Waits). With the release of Rainbow, the group’s own name takes on a new-found resonance. No longer are they simply an ensemble who call themselves magnetic, but musicians who themselves become Magnetic Ensemble. One might say this is very definition of traditional trance.
Mathieu Durand
Tracklist:
01. Magnetic Ensemble - Désert jaune (4:03)
02. Magnetic Ensemble - Bleu de perse (7:07)
03. Magnetic Ensemble - L'étendue (Bim Salem) (5:54)
04. Magnetic Ensemble - Satyr auf Saturn (5:14)
05. Magnetic Ensemble - Pink (6:45)
06. Magnetic Ensemble - Red Scarlet (4:06)
07. Magnetic Ensemble - Noir contre temps (8:13)
Year 2018 | Alternative | Electronic | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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