released February 3, 2020
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Marlon Wolterink at White Noise Studio, October 2019
Artwork by Emilie Škrijelj
www.emilieskrijelj.com
www.tomalmendier.com
Videos :
youtu.be/G11GCyuJGPY
youtu.be/v7etEsYF-yM
"The first piece «Des carottes dans les cheveux» (Carrots in my hair) demonstrates best Škrijelj and Malmendier interplay. Super-fast, playful, inventive, and insatiable. They sound as if they are all over the electronics set of devices and the drum-set, busy exchanging ideas and strange, cartoonish sounds and voices with a great sense of timing and sharp humor while creating countless, nuanced electroacoustic storms. I guess that Škrijelj and Malmendier borrowed some theatrical stunts and expressive pathos from Brel, but, again, distilled all into their personal aesthetics." Jan Granlie, Salt Peanuts, nov 2020.
“Cette musique sans pulsation, fût-elle irrégulière, nous cloue véritablement sur notre siège. Un jeu nerveux, une tension insistante. L’accordéon mime l’électronique, qui en retour le parasite. Les mots d’une langue non répertoriée viennent s’y mêler, les grésillements, les crépitements, les ondes radio d’un autre temps aussi. Les roulements sur les peaux, continus, assombrissent cette atmosphère, viennent ponctuer, casser, hacher le continuum électronique. Ici, nulle recherche d’éclats, de figures, mais simplement la contribution à des paysages insolites dessinés par Les Marquises.” Jazz à Paris, Mai 2020
Review :
Salt Peanuts
salt-peanuts.eu/record/emilie-skrijelj-tom-malmendier/
Jazz à Paris
jazzaparis.canalblog.com/archives/2020/04/02/38137989.html
Citizen Jazz
www.citizenjazz.com/Emilie-Skrijelj-Tom-Malmendier.html
Jazz around
jazzaroundmag.com?p=23826
Draai om je oren
draaiomjeoren.blogspot.com/2020/06/cd-les-marquises-les-marquises-eux-saem.html
Spontaneous music
spontaneousmusictribune.blogspot.com/search/label/Emilie%20%C5%A0krijelj?m=0
Revue&Corrigée, Jan 2021