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Jonathan Fitoussi is a French composer that explores an electronic music versed in futuristic tones that evokes the vision of the future as it was perceived in the 60s or 70s, mixed with the perception of a unique, utopic world, yet to be reached, yet to be build. On top of two live recordings, several collaborations and music for movies, this is his fifth solo album, and his first for Transversales Disques, a label he co-founded. Leading the electronic aesthetic of its writer towards more rhythmic, hypnotic tracks, this album is also a new step in the ever growing discography of this musician.In Plein Soleil, Jonathan Fitoussi explores the continent of his electronic instruments, watching them move along with him on his journey, like uncharted territories, beyond what’s already been said, done, composed and played. In these tracks, or should we say, between them, something new unfurls. Where, in the past, musical mechanism, melodic shades were shaped by atmospheric frames, reluctant to choose between amniotic and repetition, what’s at play here is of a different nature, more rhythmic, all made of vibrating percussion, of synthetic sparkles that bump into each other and reverberate. The hypnosis of the percussion, the trance of the desiring-machines, the synthesizers immanence, dreaming themselves as bongos, as bass, vibraphones, marimbas, while floating high above, or sometimes far below, timid waves, drones, threads connects the beats together.This is not a dance record, but this a record that’ll caught you dancing, dreaming inside of these tracks leading to other places that at first only exist because of the power of the spirit: “Rayons solaires”, “Vents magnétiques”, “Soleil de minuit”, “Continent blanc”, “Amazonie”…

Since the end of the 2010’s, a new music scene has developed in Northern/Eastern France, Belgium and Switzerland. Echoing the recent innovations brought by the UK jazz scene, or by American labels such as International Anthem and Stones Throw, this French-speaking jazz and groove revival is more suited for live shows and incorporates elements tending towards pop, club music, hip-hop and electronica.With Groove Dingueries Vol. 1, we have the pleasure to share with you this new sound through 12 tracks curated with love by Le Serveur and DJ Hyperlax.This “New French Groove” covers a wide spectrum of influences: from the mix of jazz and hip-hop by Zerolex Trio in tribute to Sun Ra, to NCY Milky Band’s sunny piece with latin band Sr. Tumbao, passing by La Récré and their "punk jazz" sweetness, the melodious pop piece of LORD$ that will please any Jacob Collier fan, Swiss group mohs. and their meditative jazztronica, or the bass music bangers from Belgian bands ECHT! and Lander & Adriaan (STUFF.’s drummer and Pomrad).credits