Four fine French improvisers come together here to pay tribute to their fallen colleague, the vocalist and artist Annick Nozati. Obviously a good deal of the expressive mood that inhabits this performance, divided into seven different pieces, would come from the resulting important feelings of loss, of contributing something back to her memory. On the other hand, or better four sets of hands, the music flows beautifully due to the kind of decisions that would have been common in the work of Nozati herself: the right instrumental combination and the right people playing. A pair of guitars and a pair of horns has proven to be an effective arsenal in the small armies of free improvisation, the long-lived German group Doppelmoppel being just one obvious example. Here it is the saxophone of Daunik Lazro and the trombone of Theirry Madiot, baritone and bass horns respectively, that are matched against the interplay of guitarists Dominique Répécaud and Camel Zekri. The latter pickers' collective skill at reaction and instant orchestration of their combined 12-strings could certainly cause the sympathetic listener to feel giddy. A great sense of space and quiet makes this performance something special. It was originally recorded in 2000 but apparently only issued on CD more than half a decade later. The collective sound does build sonic power, yet at least the programming of the CD moves away from a full-out assault on the mind. The final lengthy Sideral does indeed start out as if the guitarists were riding a mad elephant through the brains of the horns; more commonly, however, the musicians move slowly toward climaxes, the excellent recording and mixing of François Dietz placing every detail in a pristine place. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, Rovi

1		Le Reveur S'Envole
2		Brulure Sourde
3		Erectile
4		Sans Aile
5		Sang Limite
6		Spectral
7		Sideral

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