(Fusion, Jazz-Rock) [WEB] Initiative H (feat. Mederic Collignon, Emile Parisien) - Dark Wave - 2015, FLAC (tracks), lossless

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Analyzed: Initiative H feat. Claire Suhubiette & Lou Ferrand-Suhubiette / Dark Wave (1)
          Initiative H feat. Emile Parisien / Dark Wave (2)
          Initiative H feat. Mederic Collignon & Claire Suhubiette / Dark Wave (3)
          Initiative H feat. Mederic Collignon & Emile Parisien / Dark Wave (4)
          Initiative H feat. Mederic Collignon / Dark Wave (5)
          Initiative H / Dark Wave (6-9)
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DR12      -0.10 dB   -16.05 dB      8:46 07-Transmission
DR12      -0.10 dB   -15.66 dB      7:06 05-Silent Storm
DR11      -0.10 dB   -14.03 dB      3:55 09-Time to Pretend (Bonustrack)
DR10      -0.10 dB   -12.21 dB      6:15 02-Blackout
DR11      -0.10 dB   -13.44 dB      7:02 04-L(ove) & D(eath)
DR11      -0.10 dB   -14.62 dB      6:50 01-Dark Wave
DR10      -0.10 dB   -12.62 dB      3:26 03-The Search
DR11      -0.10 dB   -12.88 dB      5:28 06-Black Knight
DR12      -0.10 dB   -15.90 dB      6:36 08-Lost in Paradise
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Number of tracks:  9
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           648 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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“H” isn’t an escapee from cheesy dance act Steps but instead step forward saxophonist/composer/vocalist David Haudrechy joined here by some leading new generation Eurojazz players including saxophonists Médéric Collignon, Émile Parisien and keyboardist Vincent Artaud among others in a biggish ensemble.
A year on from the release of earlier Initiative H album Deux Ex Machina this is sprawling and sometimes uneven. An audacious punky thrash momentum on ‘Blackout’ complete with bizarre scatting and hyperactive beats competes for our best attention although the ensemble sound settles into more conventional post-bop later and even becomes surprisingly melodic, Haudrechy fashioning striking themes played on saxophone or a firm momentum emerging from a thicker ensemble sound.
Mostly the leader’s own compositions partly inspired by the 1970s and 80s “dark wave” style, a Gothy-variant on New Wave popular in Germany and France plus an airy cover of dance act MGMT’s ‘Time to Pretend’, overall it’s an odd sometimes eccentric confection, the brassy beginning of ‘The Search’ a euphoric world away from the album’s more anarchic proggy moments.
Recorded in a Toulouse studio in May this year Dark Wave feels like the work of a bunch of musicians who haven’t quite found a consensus sound although there are plenty of moments where sparks threaten to fly. Full marks for inventiveness then even if not everything is quite as coherent as it could be.

David Haudrechy – direction, saxophones, keys, machines
Ferdinand Doumerc – saxophones, flute
Gaël Pautric – saxophones, clarinet bass
Nicolas Gardel – trumpet
Cyril Latour – trumpet
Olivier «Lapin» Sabatier – trombone
Lionel Segui – trombone basse
Florent Hortal – guitar
Amaury Faye – piano, keys
Julien Duthu – bass
Pierre Pollet – drums
Florent «Pepino» Tisseyre – percussions
guests
Médéric Collignon – trompette, saxhorn, voice
Émile Parisien – saxophone
Vincent Artaud – synthesizer
Olivier Cussac – synthesizer
Romain Quartier – VJing
Thomas De Pourquery – saxophone, voice