Dale Cooper Quartet and the Dictaphones reviews, music, news

Formed for the improvisation nights' Dynamo in Brest, France, this quartet made of musicians covering a wide variety of musical styles (theyare former members of Tank, Osaka, TF and ex-groove combo Loupous) creates a music that mixes electronic (samples, cuts, soundtreatments) and acoustic (guitars, saxophone, trumpet). They play moody ballads that sounds as if they come out from one of David Lynch's movies. Like in the Hollywood master of bizarre's pieces,there is something like a dark and poisonous colour broken by red thunderlights and blue cigarette smoke. The music spawned som ...read more

Formed for the improvisation nights' Dynamo in Brest, France, this quartet made of musicians covering a wide variety of musical styles (theyare former members of Tank, Osaka, TF and ex-groove combo Loupous) creates a music that mixes electronic (samples, cuts, soundtreatments) and acoustic (guitars, saxophone, trumpet). They play moody ballads that sounds as if they come out from one of David Lynch's movies. Like in the Hollywood master of bizarre's pieces,there is something like a dark and poisonous colour broken by red thunderlights and blue cigarette smoke. The music spawned some odd characters and landscapes while the listener makes out some more friendly faces that loom up out of thisnowhere place: the voice of Zalie Bellaccico, Milanese streets sounds, a lazy flute, some distant breathing swim on the surface of this deeptroubled waters. "Parole de Navarre" is an invitation for opening the red curtain of this Dark Jazz cabaret made of shimmering and whirling walls.The Dale Cooper Quartet & The Dictaphones have played some shows and festivals in the past and will tour with new material later in 2010. « hide