Hypomaniac by Camila Nebbia, Gonçalo Almeida, Sylvain Darrifourq

This is the debut album from that modern free jazz impro trio. Hypomaniac recorded on March 15th 2025 at Thessaloniki-Greece during ''Take 2'' festival organized by defkaz records and Mikri Skini venue. The end result is absolutely fascinating, bringing a fantastic journey that is hypnotic and build up like a sonic storm setting the house on fire. The interplay between the trio sounds organic, flowing and inventive, despite their different approaches. Collective chaos but always grooving very hard!
Nebbia bridges the gaps between free jazz tardition and contemporary jazz creating beautiful lines with her saxophone that floats and forms shapes in the air. Her distinctive and sophisticated musical lanquage becomes one body with the psych - harsh playing from Gonçalo Almeida and the deep active rhytmic support from Sylvain Darrifourq. Here, Almeida flirts with extremes in volume and sound density, pushing the acoustic bass into noisy groovy reaches. Darrifourq empraces with light touches of sound percolating from space evolving into an abstract solid theme. His work on the drum set manages to stay on a permanent red level of energy, while being hypnotic and psych in the same time!

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