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Jac Berrocal is a 1946-born musician (trumpet player), poet and sometime film actor who came of age in the ‘70s Paris improv scene, where the boundaries between music, art and theatre were porous and begging to be breached. Inspired by bebop, chanson, free jazz, beat poetry, early rock ‘n roll and myriad Eastern influences, and with an iconoclastic, anything-goes approach to instrumentation and technique that would later align him with post-punk sensibilities, Berrocal blazed an eccentric and unstoppable trail across the underground throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s, both solo and as part of the Catalogue group he co-founded. During this time his uproarious performances routinely wound up jazz and rock audiences alike, but earned the admiration of many musicians: Steven Stapleton invited him to perform on two Nurse With Wound albums, and other notable collaborators in his career include Sunny Murray, Lizzy Mercier-Descloux, Lol Coxhill, Yvette Horner and James Chance. In the 90s his protean achievements were celebrated on the Fatal Encounters compilation, but far from slowing down in the autumn of his life, Berrocal has maintained an extraordinary work-rate, keeping studio dates with Pascal Comelade, Telectu and Jaki... afficher plus
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paru le 26 novembre 2020

Jac Berrocal: Trumpet, Voice

David Fenech: Voice, Lyrics, Drum Processing, Electric Bass, Electric Guitar, Rhythmic Patterns, Hand Clapping, Electronic Rhythm, Percussion,

Vincent Epplay: Synthesizer, Electronics, Voice, Sampling, Persephone, Effects, Drums, Field Recordings

All tracks written by Jac Berrocal, David Fenech, Vincent Epplay
Recorded and mixed by David Fenech and Vincent Epplay
2016 – 2019 in Paris and Villejuif
Guy Harries was recorded Live at Café Oto, London by Shaun Crook

Cover design by Vincent Epplay
Front cover photography by Stéphane Broc
Layout by Akuphone

Mastered and cut by Noel Summerville
Thanks Walter Robotka, Fabrice Géry, Sayoko Papillon, Guy Harries, Mick Hobbs, Stéphane Broc

© 2020 Berrocal, Fenech, Epplay ℗ 2020 Akuphone