Chilly Gonzales
Solo Piano II

Recorded in January 2015 by Serge Morattel (Year of No Light, Basement, Ventura, Knut) 10 tracks that 52 minutes is the band’s third album since 2006. After crossing bands on the road as Mono, Grails, Pneu, Marvin, Shub and Don Caballero. Goodbye Diana has a 4-year break to come back as a trio of guitar, bass and drums. Always instrumental the band from Montpellier travel between math rock and post rock, not hesitating to mix fine melodies buried under sheets of delay and rhythmic and catchy riffs.The artwork cover is inspired by the work of Swiss artist Ueli Hofer.

Transversales Disques presents for the first time on LP, François de Roubaix’s full score for the French TV series Les Secrets de la Mer Rouge, an adaptation of the epic travel, through the Middle East, of the famous writer and explorer Henri de Monfreid. This album is a collection of the original (1967) themes and those recorded later in 1975 when the TV series was continued.In the 1967 soundtrack, de Roubaix uses various flutes, marine conches, and for underwater views, unexpected instruments such as a celesta or a crystal xylophone. By 1975, electronic technology had dramatically developed and this evolution is clearly apparent when one listens to the recordings of the two seasons. For the later 1975 series, de Roubaix composed a new music score, mixing old and new sounds, a great combination of EMS VCS3 synthesizer subtly mixed with acoustic instruments.For François de Roubaix, there was never a border between fiction, life and music, and writing music for Les secrets de la Mer Rouge was an extension of his love of the open sea.

Foolish Seasons : le premier album de Dana Gillespie fait ses débuts en vinyle au Royaume-Uni dans cette sortie spéciale RSD de l’un des grands albums perdus de la pop britannique des années 1960. Cet album TRÈS rare et recherché de 1968 du légendaire auteur-compositeur-interprète britannique n’a jamais été publié aux États-Unis et au fil des ans, la réputation du LP parmi les collectionneurs s’est développée avec des copies originales qui se vendent désormais régulièrement pour des sommes à trois chiffres. Bien qu’il ne soit jamais sorti en Angleterre, Decca a gardé les maîtres du pressage britannique prévu qui contenait deux morceaux auto-écrits inédits; le blue-eyed soul bop ‘Goin’ Round in Circles’ et l’orchestre ‘Come To My Arms’ qui aurait presque pu être un thème Bond.

Prior to their new album Small World, Metronomy surprise released a 5 track collaborative EP on digital only. Each song featured a rising artist of the next generation including Biig Piig and Spill Tab. This very first vinyl Edition of the EP, pressed exclusively for RSD on purple vinyl also includes bonus instrumental version of all songs.

Tibor Szemző is not only a skillful and experienced Hungarian musician but also a media artist with a vast imagination. His last LP, ARBO X – Csoma Grooves, refers to his full-length film A Guest of Life released in 2006, for which he not only directed but also composed all the music. The film is inspired by the life of Alexander Csoma de Körös, a remarkable polyglot from the 19th century who set out from his native Transylvania to central Asia on foot to look for the roots of the Hungarian language. He reached Tibet, dedicated the rest of his life to study of Tibetan manuscripts and finally became the founder of tibetology. After 14 years Tibor Szemző decided to explore the theme further and composed the cinematic performance, Silverbird and the Cyclist, where he as narrator presented the story of Csoma from a different perspective.ARBO X is the music from this performance and it is based on the soundtrack of the original movie but the material has been restructured and enhanced by new layers. There are fourteen relatively short tracks on the album and each of them has a very specific character, sometimes mysterious as the titles of the tracks themselves. Their arrangement is ingeniously composed. Szemző’s typical bass flute and voice with percussion accompaniment on the first track Axis is a very impressive introduction to the whole album. The following tracks build up a series of colorful sound parables, which are in no way descriptive. Every element, whether it’s a double bass, viola, soprano voice, vocal trio or electronics, fits perfectly within the overall sound fabric with effective timing. Listening to ARBO X one unwittingly concentrates on interweaving details without loosing the sense of the whole. It’s certainly a great benefit, as in previous recordings, that most of the musicians participating in the recording of ARBO X are very familiar with Szemző’s music and his collaboration with some of them goes back to Group 180, a new music ensemble he founded in 1978 and soon earned international acclaim. This most recent album belongs among a long line of recordings that Tibor Szemző has released during his musical career and displays great compositional complexity and a keen sense of a perfectly balanced sound spectrum.Alexandr Krestovský

13 ans après « Meets A.S Dragon », ‘La Nuit est Là’ est un nouvel album en public, enregistré avec A.S Dragon aux Trois Baudets cet automne. Il comprend également cinq titres au New Morning en 2009 avec AQUASERGE, ainsi que des improvisations au piano.Invités sur cet album: Winston McAnuff, Jef Barbara, Sen-Yattanoel, Anouk Ross, Louis & Joseph BonaSortie aujourd’hui lundi 3 mars 2014 en version numérique, CD et vinyle (tirage limité à 500 ex)