Pure arthouse
So moving and quietly compelling ‘Le Calme au Château’ proves in its own unforced way. The best 3 minutes and 44 seconds listening experience anywhere right now we think.
Mediterranean feel
No drums. No noise. No daft metronomic click tracks. No relentless groove.
No electronic mists descend.
‘Le Calme au Château’ wasn’t recorded with everyone remote in different countries making ample use of the Internet.
Duelling with latency issues, the vagueries of different time zones affecting players’ circadian rhythms or the high anxiety of not being able to look into one another’s eyes in the flesh don’t apply.
There is no fakery.
But by contrast yes to the provenance – a wood-panelled room located in the Bordeaux wine region of France.
Yes again the work of bass icon Lars Danielsson. It’s his tune.
A certain phatic communion
Look at the light itself in the picture streaming into the room. English guitarist the Worcestershire born John Parricelli known for his work in Danielsson’s widely toured Liberetto joins the Swede. Trumpeter Verneri Pohjola of the Finnish innovators Ilmiliekki Quartet completes the multi national line-up. He plays the main melodic forays. We are not talking of the possible ennui or despairing isolation felt in something created in a windowless basement anywhere on the track. Surprises on the piece include in its coda a dancing gavotte-like passage when the melody is broken down into something that blossoms through its staccato flourish and flair into a trio involving sense of resolution.
The track is from Trio out next month.
Vintage charm
No sheet music nor screens were needed.
Danielsson didn’t wear headphones either. All this shows as the wistful piece unfolds. Danielsson’s solo when it comes is brief but so telling.
Issuing label ACT teamed up again with Château Palmer to bring this beautiful music out. Uncork the track today.
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