abacaxi | mainstream desire
Inspired by the funk-rock of the 60s, ABACAXI twists and deconstructs the clichés
of that time to transform into an abrasive sound sculpture.
Julien Desprez | direction, guitar, light
Jean Francois Riffaud | bass, light
Max Andrzejewski | drums, synth, light
credits
Recording Mix et Mastering by Matthieu Metzger
Artwork © Rob Mazurek
© coax records
© Carton 2021
release march 19, 2021
digital
ref cat croixcroix16
tracklisting
1. mainstream desire
2. catfish
supports
“une expérience auditive, un choc esthétique sonore. un fruit sucré, aux tranches piquantes. Magistral.”
“Abacaxi, ça ne se catégorise surtout pas mais ça s’écoute, ça doit s’écouter, dans l’implication et de préférence à volume élevé.”
abacaxi is one of the more exciting, genre-blurring and multisensory new ensembles around.
Abacaxi balafre l’air de stridences électriques dont l’impact sur le public est encore accru par des rafales régulières de lumières stroboscopiques. Un total coup de foudre.
abacaxi music simultaneously invokes hendrix, webern, and video games. desprez is the most dramatic figure to emerge in improvised music in decades