« ... 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒈𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 » (Musiczine)
« 𝐀 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 » (𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬)
« … 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 » ★★★★ (𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞)
« 𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 » ★★★ (𝐋𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐞)
« 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 » ★★★ (𝐋𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐢𝐫)
« 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 » (𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞)
« 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞, 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 » (𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚)
«𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐞́𝐬𝐢𝐞, 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐢𝐬.𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐨 𝐧’𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞́𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐮-𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚̀ 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬. 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐮. » (Jazzques)
julien tassin solo
primitiv (Ramble Records, 09.2022) is the third solo album by Julien Tassin, and successor to the critically acclaimed records ‘Momentum’ en ‘Pictures From Home’. The central theme of the album encompasses the human being in its most primitive and essential form. An interpretation of how humans began to move on earth, to mix, to gather and to divide. It sets to music the initiatory dimension of existence.
primitiv is a quest for the essence, approaching a less is more attitude. A collection of sparse notes, sometimes solely, sometimes as a recurring mantra. This leaves a lot of space for improvisation, free of any constraints.
The album is a mix of blues, jazz, avant garde and ambient. Music with a universal character, blending European, American and African elements.