The sound art trio formed by guitarist Julien Desprez makes its debut in Norway in April 2023. After repeated postponements ABACAXI eventually performs in Bergen on April 26th and in Oslo on April 27th. The gigs will include new music commissioned by Nattjazz 2021.

Somewhere between late 60’s rock and sound art, ABACAXI has a heart full of candy and a skin made of spikes. Formed by Julien Desprez, this brand-new incarnation of the classic rock line up guitar/bass/ drums presents an intense electric sound sculpture, carved by the rock and funk idioms. The trio, with Francesco Pastacaldi on drums/synth and Jean François Riffaud on bass, creates an highly energetic new music full of noisy brightness and sharp edges – completed by a choreography of flashlights.

Julien Desprez is a musician and performer based in Paris. Jazz and rock were his early musical loves but they evolved rapidly to free forms where body and space find their places through sound. As his practice progressed, his conception and approach to his instrument as well, and music and space changed. He is now considering the guitar more like a battery, an organ, a modifiable instrument deployable at will.

Francesco Pastacaldi, Julien Desprez, Jean-Francois Riffaud (c) Sylvain Gripoix

Julien Desprez Guitar, light and composition
Jean-François Riffaud Electric Bass
Francesco Pastacaldi Drums and synth

26/04 Bergen, Landmark / Bergen Jazz Forum
27/04 Oslo, Victoria / Nasjonal Jazzscene

In the frame of the French Nordic Jazz Transit, exchange program by the Association Jazzé Croisé.

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Booking: Danielle Oosterop music management

 

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