Recorded in le DOC (CAEN) en printemps 2011. Composition de Benjamin Dousteyssier.

Enregistré live au DOC (Caen). Composition de Benjamin Dousteyssier arrangée par Actuum.

Live at Umea Jazz Festival 2012.
Recorded on 28/10/2012.

Benjamin Dousteyssier : saxophone
Louis Laurain : trumpet
Ronan Courty : double-bass
Julien Loutelier : drums

ACTUUM is distopia.

A chaotic soundscape loosely organized by unstable laws, we exist in a permanent climate of insecurity.
Fierce attacks/blitzkrieg govern our sound-politico structures, where sonic alliances soon disintegrate into betrayal but reverse once again.
With this, our music commands a heightened state of action/reaction, compelling listeners towards a rare sense of purpose, direction, and feeling.

Winner of the 2012 Jazz Migration competition by AFIJMA !
 Actuum won the " Keep an Eye Jazz awards" in Amsterdam (best band, best composition).
