Between The Needles And Nightfall

[Machine Translation] MARCO BENEVENTO ( key ) of BENEVENTO RUSSO DUO, GARAGE A TROIS completes his 3rd solo album! The album is a wonderland of dissonant sounds and melodies, featuring an important figure in the new generation jam scene! After the successful release of "Me Not Me" in February 2009, MARCO immediately began to accumulate various ideas and melodic fragments. To realize his vision, he came up with the idea of attaching a guitar pickup to a mini grand piano. The result is "Between The Needles & Nightfall," the latest release from MARCO BENEVENTO, a collection of songs born out of MARCO's strange ideas for keyboard sounds that are in the MARCO BENEVENTO style of post-rock. The songs that emerged from MARCO's oddly conceived keyboard sounds became colorful sounds and songs such as It Cames From You, a straight lullaby, and Two Of You, which could be called ARCADE FIRE meets BRAD MEHLDAU. Sometimes the sound is a toy, sometimes it's a goofy, twisty toy, and sometimes it's a gentle wrap-up, like on GARAGE A TROIS, where the distorted, zany, and over-the-top sound of MARCO's playing is often thought to be one of his characteristics, but the human side of MARCO, which is so romantic and gentle, is emphasized on this album. However, MARCO's human nature, which is full of romantic tenderness, is emphasized in the finished product. This album is already more of a MARCO sound than a jam album. It is a wonderland of romantic and dissonant keyboard melodies! Starting with GRATEFUL DEAD, PHISH, MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD, SOULIVE, and eventually fusion jams from the electric MILES DAVIS group, JOHN SCOFIELD, PAT METHENY, and in Japan, SPECIAL OTHERS. OTHERS, and even JACK JOHNSON as a surf jam. They are a jam band that has taken root in a wide range of genres. They are indispensable for outdoor festivals, but GARAGE A TROIS is a gathering of members who are especially outstanding in terms of performance. They have just arrived in Japan as a member of the band, and will also play with BENEVENTO RUSSO DUO

BENEVENTO RUSSO DUO, GARAGE A TROISのMARCO BENEVENTO(key)の3rdソロ・アルバムが完成!!新世代ジャム系シーン重要人物を迎え不協和なサウンド・メロディーのワンダー・ランドを!!!2009年2月に『Me Not Me』をリリースし成功を収めたMARCOだが、すぐさま、さまざまなアイデアやメロディーのカケラをためはじめ、その意欲は尽きることがない。その思い描いていたものを実現するためにミニグランドピアノをギターのピックアップを取り付けることを考えつく。そのアイデアにより、カラフルな鍵盤サウンドを創造することに成功し、早くも届けられた最新作『Between The Needles & Nightfall』。MARCOの奇妙な思いつきによる鍵盤サウンド、そこから生まれた曲たちは、MARCO BENEVENTO流のポストロックであるIt Cames From You、ストレートな子守唄、ARCADE FIRE ミーツ BRAD MEHLDAUとも呼ぶべきTwo Of Youなどカラフルなサウンドや曲達になっていった。時におもちゃのように急にねじ曲がるおふざけサウンドがありつつ、時には優しく包む。GARAGE A TROISのプレイのように歪んだザクザク・サウンドで大味なプレイがMARCOの特徴の一つだと思われがちだが、とてもロマンチックな優しさにあふれたMARCOの人間性が強調された作品が仕上に仕上がっている。 本作はすでにジャム系というよりはMARCO系サウンドとして完成。ロマティックで不協和なキーボード・メロディーのワンダー・ランドなのである!!!!GRATEFUL DEADに始まり、PHISH,MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD, SOULIVE, 果てはエレクトリックMILES DAVISのグループからでてきたフュージョン系ジャムのJOHN SCOFIELD, PAT METHENY、日本ではSPECIAL OTHERSさらにサーフ系ジャムとしてJACK JOHNSONまで。と幅広く根付いているジャムバンド。野外フェスには欠かせない彼らだがその中でもとくに演奏面で抜きに出ているメンバーが一堂に集結したGARAGE A TROIS。 その一員として来日したばかりで、また、BENEVENTO RUSSO DUO