HENRI TEXIER レコード& CD

Review: ***B-STOCK: Creasing to corners of outer sleeve with split on spine, but otherwise in excellent condition***


French double bassist and composer Henri Texier has made some superb albums over the course of his epic career, but few are quite as exceptional as his 1976 debut, "Amir". Now available on vinyl again for the first time since 1979, the set sees Texier and his collaborators mix elements of traditional jazz with of folk, traditional French music, hypnotic raga jazz and some seriously blissful, hazy chanted vocalisations. It's a blend that's in parts hazy, atmospheric, wide-eyed and surprisingly experimental, despite the easy pleasantness of the majority of tracks. The album has previously been championed by Balearic DJs as much as jazz heads, and listening to this reissue it's easy to hear why.

Review: French double bassist and composer Henri Texier has made some superb albums over the course of his epic career, but few are quite as exceptional as his 1976 debut, "Amir". Now available on vinyl again for the first time since 1979, the set sees Texier and his collaborators mix elements of traditional jazz with of folk, traditional French music, hypnotic raga jazz and some seriously blissful, hazy chanted vocalisations. It's a blend that's in parts hazy, atmospheric, wide-eyed and surprisingly experimental, despite the easy pleasantness of the majority of tracks. The album has previously been championed by Balearic DJs as much as jazz heads, and listening to this reissue it's easy to hear why.

Review: Ninja Tune know how to come up with the goods for RSD, and they've truly hit the nail on head with this epic two-tracker from legendary French jazz bassist Henri Sexier, reimagined by the mind of Bonobo. The original cut of "Les La-Bas", which resides on the B-side, is a wonderfully loose blend of raw guitar strings and violin cello strings held together by a delicious beat jingle; the Bonobo remix manages to carry that musical power onto an effective house swing that ends up somewhere in the region of a Larry Levan classic. Don't miss it!