Hypomaniac by Camila Nebbia, Gonçalo Almeida, Sylvain Darrifourcq

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!

''Hypomaniac emerges as an irresistibly compelling strain of free jazz, capturing Nebbia, Almeida, and Darrifourcq in their rawest forms and at their highest level of mutual trust. In the process, they forge a triumphant identity all their own.'' Jazz Trail

''The trio experiments with a fragile, ethereal drone on the third piece, where the tenor sax, double bass, and drums melt into a mysterious, resonant entity, but are eventually disturbed by Almedia's noisy bass. This promising trio concluded its fascinating, exploratory journey with a patient return to its intense, fiery storm, but locking it with a powerful groove. The appreciative, enthusiastic response of the audience should be met with more releases of such great stuff.'' Eyal Hareuveni

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