Cortex – Troupeau Bleu (50th Anniversary Edition)

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Cortex – Troupeau Bleu (50th Anniversary Edition)An essential French jazz funk grail gets the reissue treatment it deserves. Originally recorded over just two days in July 1975, Troupeau Bleu by Cortex is a genre defying masterwork sun drenched, mysterious, warm, and weird in all the right ways. A dizzying mix of spiritual jazz, funk, psych, and cinematic soul, this record does not sit still. Led by pianist composer Alain Mion, with drummer Alain Gandolfi and bassist Jeff Huttner, Cortex created a

It’s music built from intuition and atmosphere: interlocking guitar lines

Kevin McCormick and David Horridge leaned toward something far more meditative—an intersection of acoustic guitar

finely wrought set of instrumental pieces that sit at the crossroads of hip-hop

with a heavy focus on ballads of the existential and deeply human sort

Kaleidoscope is a 12-track journey through the psychedelic pop imagination of French composer Jack Arel

Los Wembler’s

and cosmic instrumental arrangements shine once again in its original utilitarian red cover

On the flip

their third full-length and first to feature the soulful lead vocals of Kellee Webb after a decade rooted in instrumental

blending post-electronica

Following a catastrophic hard-drive crash during the pandemic

heavier sound since 2014’s Burnt Offering