ERIK TRUFFAZ

French trumpeter Erik Truffaz always looks ahead. He is known for crossing musical boundaries and incorporating different styles into his music. In the late nineties Truffaz gained cult status with albums The Dawn and Bending New Corners, with an eclectic mix of organic jazz, hip hop and drum ‘n’ bass.

Truffaz was born in the early 1960s, in a no man’s land that is neither really France nor quite Switzerland, the Pays de Gex, with its brass bands and Saturday night dances where music has only a few precise purposes: to break down inner and outer walls, to drench the back, to make the feet ache and to find a shoulder to cuddle up on. All the portraits of Truffaz insist on the experimenter, the all-rounder, his ability to nestle in a symphonic work, behind Indian tablas, or distorted guitars that clash with walls of sound. We’ve understood nothing of his intimate odyssey if we can’t see that music is first and foremost, for him, an unstoppable trigger to fall in love.

In 2023 he released two albums under the Blue Note Records label, both paying homage to classic French cinema and reimagening iconic soundtracks. “rollin” is released in April and “clap!” in October 27th. Listen to the first single ‘L’Alpagueur’ here.

Territory: Benelux

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