Polar Star Initiative H

• 1Abyssal Zone07:56
• 2Dark Lightning03:22
• 3Ice Breaker07:47
• 4Silent World06:04
• 5Crystal Trap06:51
• 6Isolation05:29
• 7Polar Star04:57
• 8Bright Sight05:52
• 9White Ocean04:30
• 10The Watchers (Bonus Track)03:12
• Total Runtime56:00

Info for Polar Star

The French neo big band celebrates its 10th anniversary with a live concert broadcasted live on the French radio station France Musique.

INITIATIVE H succeeds in the bet for a large format ensemble (12 musicians, 2 technicians) to celebrate their 10 years of existence. This important project for the whole team has evolved over 10 years through 5 original creations, 7 albums and EPs, collaborations with artists such as Émile Parisien, Thomas De Pourquery, Vincent Artaud and fifty concerts in major Jazz festivals (Jazz in Marciac, Jazz à Vincennes, Jazz à Juans, Millau en Jazz, Jazz sur son 31, Toulouse d'été, Soleil Bleu, etc.), as well as in concert halls: proof of the commitment of the musicians in this large-scale creation.

Faithful to its first four creations (Deus Ex Machina, Dark Wave, Broken Land, IH x Moondog), the big band presents a real suite once again with POLAR STAR as David Haudrechy likes to compose his works.

The genesis of this one is an ode to the explorers who went to visit "the ends of the world", the North and the South poles. Between icebergs, extreme cold, icy waters, infinite landscapes, clear skies and current and crazy expeditions as led by Jean-Louis Etienne with Océan Polaire.

POLAR STAR embodies the visual and soundtrack of these crazy epics: a music that is at the same time intimate, fragile and epic, and sometimes abyssal to escape in a dreamlike exploration movie.

It is an "awareness" album, taking care of the extreme beauty of the world, but also a message full of hope: to be amazed and to continue to be. POLAR STAR reveals a new breath, at the same time powerful, sensitive and luminous. It is an epic whirlwind that immerses us into the depths of a progressive jazz with rock, electro, and sometimes pop fragments.

“We love what amazed us and we protect what we love“ Jean-Yves Cousteau

David Haudrechy, composer, director, soprano saxophone, voice, additional synthesizer
Ferdinand Doumerc, alto saxophone & flute
Gaël Pautric, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet & clarinet
Nathanaël Renoux, trumpet
Cyril Latour, trumpet
Olivier "Lapin" Sabatier, trombone
Lionel Segui, bass trombone
Amaury Faye, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer
Florent Hortal, electric & acoustic guitar
Philippe "Waterballs" Burneau, electric bass & additional synthesizer
Simon Portefaix, drums
Florent "Pepino" Tisseyre, percussions
Guests:
Romain Barbot, modular synthesizer (on Abyssal Zone)
Lou Ferrand Suhubiette, additional voice (on Abyssal Zone, Bright Sight, Dark Ligtning, Polar Star, White Ocean)

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Booklet for Polar Star