Here's the 4th track from Alco Frisbass. 
"La Suspension Ethéréenne" is one of the highlights from Robert Houdin's magic shows. Or how to make a human levitate, float in the air, in front of totally stunned spectators... This title was sugested by Paskinel's first musical proposal, to start this new track. The sounds and harmonies create there a certain tension and suspending atmosphere... The rest is made of violin melodies, strong contrasts, piano cuts and devil drums groove, crunchy rythmic guitars, and, of course, as it is our main recipy, analog vintage keyboards interacting to each other... This time, it seams that both Chfab and Paskinel have achieved a real fusion in their working process, working together every sequence of it. Although they still play and live in two different places, in France, their virtual contribution have melted, following every step of the creating process, but still keeping a great liberty and spontaneous feelings. The result is a great success to them, in stimulating each other, in order to play and find chords, ryhtms and changing moods they probably never would have found separately. So we can say, after just three tracks working together (just few effective months of collaboration!), that they forged their own style now. Something greater than their respective personnalities, and something else than a simple duo. An real alchemy, Robert Houdin or Georges Méliès might have perhaps said...

La Suspension Ethéréenne [04 10 13]

This is the 5th track we worked on. At that point, we are in a real perspective for making an entire record. This version was made for facebook, but the final version was helped byThierry Payssan, from Minimum Vital, who very graciously offered to participate with us, for a solo or two of one of his legendary keyboards. We intend to reveal that definitive version, on the album. So wait and enjoy this one, meanwhile! Very warm thanks and admiration to Thierry, it was an honor for us to collaborate with him, as Minimum Vital is one of our favorite bands, ever,  for Paskinel and I...    Chfab

Judith Coupeuse De Tête (version Facebook Finale) [12 01 14]

Tout Y Passe est le premier morceau créé par le duo AlcoFrisbass. Cette pièce conséquente, entièrement instrumentale, a été construite sur la base du cadavre exquis, chacun des compositeurs (Chfab et PASKINEL) fournissant une séquence, sans consultation préalable, l' assemblant à sa précédente, ou tout simplement ouvrant le morceau... Ainsi, peut on lire la Pâte de Chfab, pour commencer, puis Paskinel, et enfin Chfab de nouveau, les thèmes de Paskinel étant réintroduits pour la conclusion. Cette pièce évoque la manière effrénée et exponentielle avec laquelle nos sociétés privilégient la norme sur l'individu, l'appartenance à la singularité, la simplification à la complexité. Les codes barre se substituent peu à peu à l'immatériel, à l'invisible. La magie, le mystère et la poésie reculent, c'est l'ère du rayon X...

Tout Y Passe [10 02 13]

This second track, from ALCO Frisbass, was build the same way than the first, that is to say the "cadavre exquis" one... This time, Paskinel started the opening sequence, with the main theme, which will be reprised by Chfab at the end of the track... The title evocates the musical works debut of Paskinel, when he was about 20, in the end of 80s, when at that time Atari was ruling the computer world... It seems that things have changed though...! Atari subject logo was, and still is, Mount Fuji, in Japan... In Paskinel's room, sometimes, mountains of cables, keys and buttons were surounding him, it maybe took a long time to climb every musical hills and paths to get to the top of each piece. Which meant finish it... And then, some of them are not achived yet, untill now!... You need to improve your patience when you're alone in music...

Fuji Days (Paskinel-Chfab) 05 01 13]

This is the third piece from Alco Frisbass. This time, Paskinel & Chfab have decided to really build this track together, giving up the systematic cadavre exquis process, too much identifiable, and therefor trying to operate a fusion with their both musiccal personnalities... The image chosen to illustrate Pas A Pas (Step By Step) is taken from the incredible creations of Georges Méliès, grand magician and inventor, father of all special effects in cinematograph. Here, he appears as a musician conducting 6 replicas of himself playing different musical instruments... The analogy with our work was so evident, as we discovered, time after time, how multiple we were, Paskinel and I, diecting, conducting, playing, obeying and trying to keep a certain independense... It took of course longer time to build and achieve this piece, which, as we believe, gives life to a true new identity: Chfaskinel, or Paskifab... That is ti say: 1+1=1

Pas A Pas [27 05 13]

ALCO Frisbass is a duo for new progessive musics. His members are Paskinel and Chfab, two multi instrumentists, oriented on neo Canterbury and Symphonic RIO sound... It is  a virtual collaboration through computers and web. ALCO Frisbass is inspired by Georges Méliès, who was a magician, before becoming the father of modern cinematography language studio and realisation. Alcofrisbas was one of his stage names... 

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