Hifiklub, Matt Cameron, Daffodil, Reuben Lewis - Rupture (Vinyl/Record)

HIFIKLUB:  Toulon, France.

Collaboration is an essential ingredient to this open band’s creative approach, forming a recurring theme in Hifiklub’s extensive discography and filmography. Based in Toulon, the hyperactive experimental rock collective offer a diverse ever-evolving catalogue that now boasts over 200 artist collaborations since they started in 2006.

A unique musical piece in 6 movements recorded by Hifiklub with Matt Cameron (drummer for Pearl Jam / Soundgarden), Daffodil (producer already in charge of Hifiklub's latest releases) and Reuben Lewis (experimental jazz trumpeter).

Much more than a futile "quarantined" label already obsolete at the time of writing, in the aftermath of the deconfinement, spring 2020 above all offered us the luxury of time. Eight weeks of unplanned creation during which Hifiklub was able, on the one hand, to provide the single Staying At Home with Jad Fair for the Joyful Noise Recordings compilation Safe In Sound - Home Recordings From Quarantine but also, on the other hand, to record this brand new album remotely with Matt Cameron, Daffodil and Reuben Lewis. All this while reformatting the group's internal balance, returning to an "open trio" formula - and no longer a quartet - around permanent members Pascal Abbattucci Julien, Jean-Loup Faurat and Régis Laugier. All this, above all, by having only the means at hand in such circumstances.

The instrumental character of this new recording phase, made up of six distinct movements, is only disrupted by rare vocal interventions supporting passages where the music becomes more intense. This veritable sonic puzzle assembled by Daffodil reveals the darkness and modernity characteristic of his latest productions. His meticulous mixing work allows this 25-minute musical piece, conceived as a whole, to evolve through unexpected rhythmic and harmonic ruptures during which trumpet and more electronic sounds constantly restart the machine.