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01. Florian Pellissier Quintet - The Weed
02. Florian Pellissier Quintet - Carnaval de Barranquilla
03. Florian Pellissier Quintet - Archie et John (feat Archie Shepp)
04. Florian Pellissier Quintet - The Movie Critic
05. Florian Pellissier Quintet - La Naissance de la Comédie
06. Florian Pellissier Quintet - Wonderful World Leaders
07. Florian Pellissier Quintet - Pacifiques Biches
08. Florian Pellissier Quintet - Only Fan (feat Iggy Pop)
09. Florian Pellissier Quintet - Où C'est? Qui sait? (Feat DjeuhDjoah)
10. Florian Pellissier Quintet - Jazz Myst (Pacifiques Biches Original Sketches) (CD Bonus Track)
ARTIST
TITLE
Pacifiques Biches
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
HC 088CD HC 088CD
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RELEASE DATE
12/5/2025

Wild by nature, the Does of the Florian Pellissier Quintet could never be contained in a creative pen that would have forced them never to cross potential geographical limits. Travelers, spending their energy without restraint to let the hard bop of their jazz wander and export itself wherever the groove guided them, they went as far as Africa or South America, from the Cape of Good Hope to Rio. Rio, precisely where, for their last appearance, exposure to a brief electric current had carried them into outer space. A revelation. Furious strides, exhausting gambols, the Does had done so much that they could not escape the obvious call of calm and serenity. Freed from distances, and after a stop in Colombia to mingle with the crowd at the Barranquilla carnival, it was California and its Pacific coast they reached, to rest before the peaceful immensity of the ocean. One hundred sixty-five million square kilometers, an infinite expanse to contemplate in order to fling wide open the gates to an even vaster space. A spiritual domain conducive to the search for new sounds. That of the open sea, where measuring miles is neither relevant nor meaningful, and where the only compass becomes the musical tracks the Does follow. Beneath their coppery hooves, to the crystalline sound of the Fender Rhodes and the sweep of electric layers, the path to take revealed itself in this meditative and abstract realm they had never before explored. Invited to join the purely organic textures, the synthetic notes distilled a few aromas of sweetness into an album of ten tracks, where the FPQ abandoned written scores on some pieces in order to be guided only by the inspiration born of a newfound freedom. Blue when they began their journey five albums ago, their coat has now taken on the colors that illuminate the Pacific coast. That moment when, as you gaze at the horizon swallowing the sun, only glowing shades filter through -- reddish, orange, violet. Departing without haste or frenzy from one of the shores bordering the ocean, the voices of Archie Shepp, Iggy Pop, and DjeuhDjoah still resonating in their antlers, the Does may now be on the opposite shore. Carried all the way to the Japanese coast by Hokusai's wave.