Manafactur - Flambitres
Bleeping space-music, laid back rock drumming, sophisticated bass playing, Jazz, virtuoso trumpet babble, modernistic electronics, blended into a cinematic soundscape. Manufactur, a Swiss 4 piece manages to navigate this Jazz Electro crossover safely around the cliffs of the cliché. Manufactur are never, ever lounge.

Monotony and free flow, repetition and action in perpetual change. Dominik Burkhalter’s distinct, complex drumming grooves and thumps in along in steady dialogue with Oli Kuster’s electronic noodling, while bassplayer Urban Lienert is drawing dots and dashes between them.

‘Cliché’ sounds like it came from the pen of Laurent Garnier,  the bass lines pulls you onward  and is punctuated by dissonant cymbal crashes. Keys and brass form a call and response with discordant beauty. ‘Funn Manzini’ is a post rock like a triumphant scene from Donnie Darko – it makes you want to turn and walk away with a knowing smile on your face.

“Flambitres” is full of dense and multi-layered songs that require countless listens (preferably with headphones on some of those) and manage to find the right balance between experiment and convention.

THINK: Tord Gustavson Trio meets Laurent Garnier
READ: Thier hompage or myspace
BUY: Flambitres from their label Rent-a-dog