Jean-Luc Guionnet
L'Epaisseur De L'Air (2LP)
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*2022 stock.* After more than three decades with the alto, heavyweight French artist and multi-instrumentalist Jean-Luc Guionnet arrives with his debut solo saxophone recording, a double-LP masterpiece, “l’épaisseur de l'air” (the thickness of air). Recorded in a barn in Brittany, the album merges texture, repetition, gesturality and architectural acoustics to create a definitive statement on the profound physical relationship between improviser and instrument. A student of Xenakis’ at the Sorbonne, Guionnet imbues the language of the saxophone with a sensual richness rife with a devastating sense of bliss.
Format
Recorded at night, by JLG, in a semi-open shed, Berivanel, France, January 2018.
Mastering by Rashad Becker
DMM by Calyx Mastering
Artwork by JLG
Notes by Will Alexander, Andrew Choate
Design by SEEN Studio
Heavy tip-on jacket including debossed and embossed inserts, gloss film laminate gatefold and textured uncoated paper. Includes download card.
Release notes
Recorded at night, by JLG, in a semi-open shed, Berivanel, France, January 2018. DMM by Calyx Mastering. Heavy tip-on jacket including debossed and embossed inserts, gloss film laminate gatefold and textured uncoated paper. Includes download card.
| A1 | I A 1 | 12:02 | |
| A2 | I A 2 | 5:47 | |
| B1 | I B 1 | 6:30 | |
| B2 | I B 2 | 5:25 | |
| B3 | I B 3 | 9:14 | |
| C | II C | 19:50 | |
| D1 | II D 1 | 6:26 | |
| D2 | II D 2 | 4:33 | |
| D3 | II D 3 | 5:42 |
- Jean-Luc Guionnet
- Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax Solo], Artwork [Drawings], Recorded By
- SEEN
- Design
- Andrew Choate
- Liner Notes
- Will Alexander
- Liner Notes
- Rashad Becker
- Mastered By
