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cohelmec ensemble - next - souffle continu records - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Jazz - Spiritual / Cosmic & Soul Jazz

1. Teotihuacan (Ou Encore Le Tambourinaire Des Limbes)/Nadine O Sort/Colchique Dans Les Pres
2. ... !
3. Deser Angel
4. Culculine D'Ancone
5. Le Tic-Tac Des Sapopitheques
6. Danse Finlandaise
7. ... ?
8. Le Passeur
9. Le Boa Constrictor/Le Heron Chagrine/L'Ours Qui Frappe Du Pied/Ligeia's Alabaster Azalea
10. Fouchtra
11. Anti-Blues Coarazien

repress from their second LP, from 1971, with guitarist Joseph Dejean from the Full Moon Ensemble propelling the music forwards, as pianist Dominique Elbaz stands down.

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The sound swells and contracts dramatically across the eleven tracks and interludes, with fresh senses of break-down and silence, and new intimacy. There is some Steve Lacy to its fierce repetition of key phrases; some Sharrock to Dejean; sparing experimentation with effects; portions of central African polyphony (Boa Constrictor), summer-breeze funk (Desert Angel), and plenty of characteristically rootsy prog and cosmic skronk.