The Cry
Gizeh, 2023
9/10
The trio of Christine Ott (Ondes Martenot, piano), Mathieu Gabry (keyboards, effects) and Pierre-Loïc Le Bliguet (drums, percussion), as The Cry they turn improvisation into a refined science via their progressive, jazz fueled ways.
“Fire Of Love” opens the listen with much ambience, as the chilling effects are met with 21+ minutes of sci-fi exploration, warm drumming and melodic gestures of prog-rock ideas, and “In My Mind” follows with gentle piano that flows with much beauty.
In the middle, the atmospheric “Chorus Alpha” is quite haunting in its cryptic and alluring demeanor that mixes agile drumming with eloquent keys, while “Evergreen” carries a cozy buzzing that’s full of oddly dreamy key manipulation.
The final track maintains the creativity of the rest of the album, where “Ouverture Coda” is quite eerie, cinematic and pairs the organic versus the synthetic in fascinating ways.
A listen that flirts with avant-garde ideas and Krautrock moments, this is a texturally absorbing listen that’s electro-acoustic in ways that require multiple listens.
Travels well with: Luumu- Elephant Love Song; Quadro Nuevo- Odyssee- A Journey Into The Light