Sbatax + Gross pushes Bertrand Denzler and Antonin Gerbal’s already volatile saxophone and drums language into rougher, stranger terrain, with Jean Philippe Gross feeding the duo’s velocity through crackling electroacoustic interference and destabilized texture. What begins as propulsion becomes abrasion, then density, then a kind of ecstatic mechanical turbulence, as loops, feedback, and fractured signals knot themselves around Denzler’s tenor and Gerbal’s relentless pulse. It is a ferocious and rigorously physical set, where free jazz force is continuously bent, smeared, and reassembled into something at once punishing and precise.
Sbatax + Gross. Bertrand Denzler - tenor saxophone. Antonin Gerbal - drums. Jean-Philippe Gross - electroacoustic device.
Music by Bertrand Denzler, Antonin Gerbal, Jean-Philippe Gross. Recorded by Benjamin Pagier at Instants Chavirés, Montreuil, France, on November 29, 2024. Mixed by Benjamin Pagier. Mastered by Taku Unami. Front cover photo by Benjamin Denzler. Graphic design by Spl@t!. Special thanks to Benjamin Pagier and Instants Chavirés.
