Artist: Olivier Laisney, Yantras, Franck Vaillant, Magic Malik, Damien Varaillon, Romain Clerc-Renaud
Album: Monks of Nothingness
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2021
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 48 kHz
Duration: 46:46
Total Tracks: 9
Total Size: 529 MB

Tracklist:

01. Magic Malik, Franck Vaillant, Olivier Laisney, Romain Clerc-Renaud, Damien Varaillon & Yantras feat. Mike Ladd – Spiral Down (03:38)
02. Olivier Laisney, Yantras, Franck Vaillant, Magic Malik, Damien Varaillon, Romain Clerc-Renaud – L’hermite (04:46)
03. Olivier Laisney, Yantras, Franck Vaillant, Magic Malik, Damien Varaillon, Romain Clerc-Renaud – La papesse (05:10)
04. Olivier Laisney, Yantras, Franck Vaillant, Magic Malik, Damien Varaillon, Romain Clerc-Renaud – Intro sonnet (01:07)
05. Magic Malik, Franck Vaillant, Olivier Laisney, Romain Clerc-Renaud, Damien Varaillon & Yantras feat. Mike Ladd – Sonnet (07:21)
06. Olivier Laisney, Yantras, Franck Vaillant, Magic Malik, Damien Varaillon, Romain Clerc-Renaud – L’homme vague (05:38)
07. Olivier Laisney, Yantras, Franck Vaillant, Magic Malik, Damien Varaillon, Romain Clerc-Renaud – Secret Swordplay Instruction (05:39)
08. Olivier Laisney, Yantras, Franck Vaillant, Magic Malik, Damien Varaillon, Romain Clerc-Renaud – Ithaqua le marcheur de vent (05:45)
09. Olivier Laisney, Yantras, Franck Vaillant, Magic Malik, Damien Varaillon, Romain Clerc-Renaud – Le pendu (07:37)

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Yantras come from Hinduism. They are cards bearing geometrical symbols that capture dynamic forces and that are used as support to gradually stabilize a vision. Symbols and geometry often coexist in the systems used by music composers. It is no exception in trumpeter Olivier Laisney’s new quintet : each musician will pick material from a set of melodic and rhythmic items in order to create and communicate.This material not only includes Olivier Messiaen’s modes of limited transposition and Taleas Color (used in the 14th century European polyphonic music – Ars Nova) but also sounds and grooves that can be heard in today’s hip hop or electronic music.

Having worked on Olivier Messiaen’s work for several years, composer and trumpeter Olivier Laisney has developed a rich and unique vocabulary around these modes: for they are symmetrical, they allow to step outside of the tonal system and therefore to experiment with new textures and new colours so cherished by Messiaen.