Archetypal Syndicate - Happy Transmutation (2025) [Hi-Res]

This album is limitless because it goes everywhere where music unfolds by itself. 13 tracks and as many universes, or rather facets of an indivisible entity. Noise, rock, minimal, traditional music, polyrhythmic jazz. Everything is united in a matrix of improvisation that draws music into the depths. Improvisation that, as in jazz, is primarily concerned with the "microscopic" life: groove, drive, melodic intelligence. From this primordial energy, the form emerges by itself like a fractal structure. An evolution that is almost impossible to reproduce on disc because it takes place over the long periods of time (one hour, one and a half hours, two hours) of the trio's concerts. But you will find "snapshots" of this trance in which the three musicians become experts. With the ambition of sharing this feeling of eternity in a few minutes.
Music of welcome and sharing as demonstrated by the remarkable artists featured (Sarah Colomb, Richard Comte, Clément Janinet, Tatiana Paris, Julien Pontvianne). Let us highlight the exciting collaboration with Richard Comte, guest guitarist but also sound engineer who was able to bring all their artistic dimension to each of the production stages. And there will be other collaborations as the trio exerts an aura that attracts proposals from all sides. Entering the music of archetypal syndicate is as simple and attractive as entering a forest, or diving into the sea. Play with this record. Lie down on its ground or dance in its breath. Be part of its ecosystem. Like any living assembly, there is always room for newcomers.
Music of transformation. Transformation first of its three main protagonists but it concerns them. Then transformation of the sound, between shadow and light, between breath and matter, between dance and meditation. Finally, we hope, transformation of the listener. Open the handle of one of its thirteen doors. You will enter a colorful maelstrom that will naturally take you from one point of matter to another, all the while revolving around the same singularity that makes music a living thing, an organism larger than each individual who produces or listens to it. If you enjoy the experience, you will come away with the conviction that every living thing is beautiful, whatever its principle or form.