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After a four year break, keyboardist Leo Tardin strikes again with his Grand Pianoramax project, and presents "Past Forward".
This new 7-track EP, both danceable and at times impressionistic, revives the aesthetics of the early acid-jazz productions of the group’s beginnings.
In his trademark keyboard-drums duo format with longtime partner Dom Burkhalter, Leo Tardin also invites the voices of Swiss vocalists Gaspard Sommer and Angelo Powers. These new collaborations bring a neo-soul direction to the three songs featured on the EP, which contrast with the rap and spoken words of Grand Pianoramax’s previous productions.
Regarding the EP’s title, Leo Tardin says:
“I thought the best way to capture this return to the innovative spirit of an era, adding current ingredients to it, would be to call it something like 'Back to the Future'. But obviously this famous title was already taken."
Grand Pianoramax in a few figures and key events:
★ 6 studio albums.
★ Reaching 350,000 streams of the track "Carefree" from the album "Soundwave" released in 2015.
★ Concerts at major international venues such as Tokyo Jazz Festival, Berlin Philharmonic, Jazz at La Villette, South by SouthWest, Istanbul Jazz Festival and major festivals in Switzerland such as Cully Jazz, Montreux Jazz Festival and Paléo.
★ Collaborations with modern drumming visionaries such as Jojo Mayer, Deantoni Parks, and US progressive rappers including Black Cracker, Mike Ladd, Invincible and French artist Spleen.
This new 7-track EP, both danceable and at times impressionistic, revives the aesthetics of the early acid-jazz productions of the group’s beginnings.
In his trademark keyboard-drums duo format with longtime partner Dom Burkhalter, Leo Tardin also invites the voices of Swiss vocalists Gaspard Sommer and Angelo Powers. These new collaborations bring a neo-soul direction to the three songs featured on the EP, which contrast with the rap and spoken words of Grand Pianoramax’s previous productions.
Regarding the EP’s title, Leo Tardin says:
“I thought the best way to capture this return to the innovative spirit of an era, adding current ingredients to it, would be to call it something like 'Back to the Future'. But obviously this famous title was already taken."
Grand Pianoramax in a few figures and key events:
★ 6 studio albums.
★ Reaching 350,000 streams of the track "Carefree" from the album "Soundwave" released in 2015.
★ Concerts at major international venues such as Tokyo Jazz Festival, Berlin Philharmonic, Jazz at La Villette, South by SouthWest, Istanbul Jazz Festival and major festivals in Switzerland such as Cully Jazz, Montreux Jazz Festival and Paléo.
★ Collaborations with modern drumming visionaries such as Jojo Mayer, Deantoni Parks, and US progressive rappers including Black Cracker, Mike Ladd, Invincible and French artist Spleen.
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