Eve Risser, Red Desert Orchestra – Eurythmia (2022, France/Europe/Burkina Faso)

Continuing our journey through the epic Fedi-sourced catalogue of must-hear albums, our next spotlight is on number 679 on The List, submitted by platenworm. The Red Desert Orchestra is a free jazz group headed by French composer and pianist Eve Risser, its core members originating from various spots in Europe alongside, for this record, three Burkinabe musicians. Composed by Risser but then improvised and arranged by the entire group, the resulting collaborations seamlessly blend and layer jazzy horn and piano sections into West African percussion solos on top of electronic bloops and bleeps and abstract vocals, often with a hypnotic, minimalist tempo. Beautiful.

Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2026/02/27/eve-risser-red-desert-orchestra-eurythmia-2022-france-europe-burkina-faso/

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's the Bandcamp: https://cleanfeedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/eurythmia

Happy listening!

#EveRisser #RedDesertOrchestra #FreeJazz #BurkinaFaso #WestAfricanMusic #music #1001OtherAlbums

Eve Risser, Red Desert Orchestra – Eurythmia (2022, France/Europe/Burkina Faso)

Our next spotlight is on number 679 on The List, submitted by platenworm.

The Red Desert Orchestra is a free jazz group headed by French composer and pianist Eve Risser, its core members originating from various spots in Europe alongside, for this record, three Burkinabe musicians: Antonin-Tri Hoang (alto sax, analog synth), Sakina Abdou (tenor sax), Grégoire Tirtiaux (bari sax, qarqabas), Nils Ostendorf (trumpet, analog synth), Matthias Müller (trombone), Tatiana Paris (electric guitar, voice) Ophélia Hié (balafon, bara, voice), Mélissa Hié (balafon, djembe, voice), Fanny Lasfargues (electro-acoustic bass), Oumarou Bambara (djembe, bara), and Emmanuel Scarpa (drums, voice).

The songs are each titled in a language belonging to one of the musicians and integrate a wide variety of elements, as might be expected by reading the list of instruments involved. The effect is rather stunning, seamlessly blending and layering jazzy horn and piano sections into West African percussion solos on top of electronic bloops and bleeps and abstract vocals, often with a hypnotic, minimalist tempo. While all songs are noted as being composed by Risser, she didn’t provide written notation for the musicians so as to prevent posing a barrier for those who didn’t read music. The group instead worked through the pieces together and provided their own improvisations, and each individual musician is given the opportunity to shine at one point or another in the album. The result is that all the musicians are credited for the fantastic collaborative arrangements, and the listener is left wanting more. Beautiful.

• Bandcamp: Eve Risser, Red Desert Orchestra – Eurythmia
• Discogs: Eve Risser, Red Desert Orchestra – Eurythmia

UNDERGROUND IN MONTREUIL
https://blogs.mediapart.fr/jean-jacques-birge/blog/231225/underground-montreuil

#aeri #montreuil #everisser #antoninleymarie #oscarviret #ibrahimadiabate #jeanjacquesbirge

L'ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE
https://blogs.mediapart.fr/jean-jacques-birge/blog/271125/lensemble-ensemble

#everisser #tomagouband #bmcrecords #cd #jeanjacquesbirgé

Januar 2026 in Münster: „Shortcut“-Ausgabe rückt kontrastreiche Jazzkultur in den Fokus

https://jazzpages.de/januar-2026-in-muenster-shortcut-ausgabe-rueckt-kontrastreiche-jazzkultur-in-den-fokus-2511231/

The shipment has arrived! Another wonderful addition to my collection of albums by:
#maryhalvorson
#adamofarril
#BenGoldberg
#AngelicaSanchez
#everisser

#music #jazz #cd #dmg #downtownmusicgallery

GRAND BAZAR CHEZ L'HABITANT
https://blogs.mediapart.fr/jean-jacques-birge/blog/160525/grand-bazar-chez-lhabitant

#everisser #antonintrihoang #jocelynmienniel #ligeti #carlabley #aphextwin #jeanjacquesbirgé

LE FILM
https://vimeo.com/50785500

Great free jazz recording!

“This is not merely an album but an invitation to abandon preconceived notions of musical structure and surrender to pure unbridled sonic exploration.” (AllAboutJazz)

#music #jazz #everisser #freejazz

https://nobusinessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/la-grande-crue

Great impro!

Eve Risser / En Corps

#music #jazz #improvisation #EveRisser

PIQUE-NIQUE AU LABO 1-2
https://blogs.mediapart.fr/jean-jacques-birge/blog/141020/pique-nique-au-labo-la-fete

#samuelber #sophiebernado #amandinecasadamont #nicholaschristenson #medericcollignon #pascalcontet #elisedabrowski #JulienDesprez #LindaEdsjo #JeanBriceGodet #alexandragrimal #wassimhalal #AntoninTriHoang #karstenhochapfel #Fannylasfargues #mathiaslevy #SylvainLemêtre #BirgitteLyregaard #JocelynMienniel #EdwardPerraud #JonathanPontier #hassepoulsen #sylvainrifflet #everisser #vincentsegal #christellesery
#raviShardja #JeanFrançoisVrod