More than five years after “Suspended,” the third album by his electrifying band URBEX, Antoine Pierre returns to jazz as a leader with a brand new quartet, much to our delight!
Next.Ape, whose songs blur the boundaries between genres, and VAAGUE, his electro solo project with its unapologetic technological leanings, have not distracted him from his first love. On the contrary: his creativity has been stimulated more than ever outside his comfort zone. Through the discoveries and encounters created by his deliberate breaking down of barriers, he has taken the time to let ideas for his next “jazz baby” come to him and mature.

And so here is Antoine Pierre Quartet “Fall Up.”

You will be captivated by the zeal of Jesse Van Ruller's electric guitar, which purrs a few bass notes beneath his galloping arpeggios, his frenzied squeaks, and his reassuring chords. You will be carried away by the fiery rhythms of Antoine Pierre's drums, sprinkled with almost cubist motifs that only he knows how to create.
You'll feel like you've grown wings when you hear Ketija Ringa Karahona's flute with its subtle vibrato, and fins when you hear Bo van Der Werf's baritone saxophone with its aquatic tone that's both powerful and light...

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Be ready for an escape into a landscape at the crossroads of the four elements: a glowing sunset, your feet in the sea, your hair blowing in the wind, soft sand between your toes and crystallized salt on your skin.

The compositions echo the sunny music scene of Los Angeles, with the joyful and moving oddities of albums by Pino Palladino, Sam Wilkes, Genevieve Artadi, Blake Mills, and Louis Cole. With a little detour to Thelonious Monk's living room, and not forgetting a distant nod to Olivier Messiaen...