Tag: matt robert mclennan quintet

  • Voices #33

    voices #33
    ◦ “voices” is the place where we ask, artists reply and you read.
    here we got:

    MaTT Robert MCLennan

    answering some questions. We have already observed his quintet experimental / noise jazz / post-rock work here.

    [1. IDEA]

    ■ The A. O.: The track from “J’Peux” that we prefer is “tea tide pool”. Can you tell us how it came to light?

    ► Matt Robert McLennan: “tea tide pool” was the first track we laid down and it is completely improvised around a guitar refrain that I play repeatedly and, somewhat obstinately, outside of the metre of what the percussion and bass were doing. On this track, you can really hear us calibrating our sound and finding our roles – which I don’t think is at all a bad thing. It’s a fairly optimistic track despite the dark tonalities.

    [2. CREATION]

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  • Observation n.59

    observation n.59

    Matt Robert McLennan Quintet

    J’Peux

    ○ Feb 2025 | Label: Independent

    ■ Genres: Experimental / Noise Jazz / Post-rock
    ■ Rating: 8.7/10
    ■ Favorite track: “tea tide pool”

    ► When you use too many ingredients, the risk is that you don’t feel anything. This doesn’t happen here. The meeting between different elements and styles (electronic, jazz, post-rock) is both fluid and jagged, spacious and constricting. We find ourselves drunk on a drifting boat, but alive and curious. A really noteworthy work.