IMPRESSION / FLU(O)
Genres: 21st Century Modern, Eclectic Fusion • France

Though it was always urban, Impression’s music is now clearly oriented towards rock, while still mixing written music and improvisation. Always on the lookout for new sounds, the quintet allows for unusual uses of instruments, unexpected combinations, and limitless experiments. The influences are numerous, but always kept at a distance: we can hear echoes of Ornette Coleman, Paul Motian, Tim Berne, Steve Coleman or Jim Black… A hybrid universe, which plays on confrontations between the acoustic and the electric, where rhythm is of the essence, as well as a dynamic exchange between the band members. This music is free, contrasted, electric; it evades us, but still creates a whole world of its own, dense and eclectic. from bandcamp After having released two records in 2000 and 2004, the band Impression comes back with new colors as Flu(o) : an improvised and energetic jazz that loves to get rid of labels. Air circulation and read more...