| 1 CD |
€ 14.95
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| Label Double Moon Records |
UPC 0608917147926 |
Catalogue number DMCHR 71479 |
Release date 10 April 2026 |
The formation of the The Chaining Loops team is the result of encounters that, for the most part, took place over several decades, within various third-party projects of extremely diverse aesthetics. Over the years, this gave Olivier and his associates many opportunities to share a wide range of experiences through different projects, during numerous concerts in France and abroad.
This is how Olivier met vibraphonist David Patrois in 1991, when they were both members of harmonica player Olivier Ker Ourio’s quartet, which—after winning First Prize at the Concours National de Jazz de la Défense in 1993—performed in several concerts throughout France. In 1998, Olivier met cornettist and vocalist Médéric Collignon during Paris jam sessions. Médéric went on to take part in many of the leader’s projects (duo, trios, etc.), including a quartet project featuring pianist Andy Emle. As for guitarist Michael Felberbaum, Olivier first invited him to take part in the European tour New Gravitations, which took place in 2007–2008 following the release of the album Gravitations on Altrisuoni in 2007. In 2013, trombonist Gueorgui Kornazov was already part of the drummer’s septet project Abstract, whose album was released in 2013 on Rewind Records. Double bassist Yoni Zelnik, for his part, has participated since 2015 in several one-off concerts in France and Germany as a member of the leader’s Reciprocity project. Tenor and soprano saxophonist Frédéric Borey is the newest addition to the ensemble.
The name Pulse was inspired for Olivier Le Goas by the word pulsar. A pulsar is a neutron star that rotates very rapidly on its axis. The first pulsar, known as the Cambridge pulsar 1919 (CP1919), was discovered in 1967 by Jocelyn Bell and Antony Hewish.
The Pulse septet project was born during a creative residency in 2021, which benefited from support from DRAC Bretagne. This residency made it possible to develop most of the repertoire featured on the album, with the exception of the album’s eponymous title track, The Chaining Loops, which is more recent and was composed in 2024.
It was only in June 2024, after a session canceled in 2023, that Olivier Le Goas brought the Pulse Ensemble to Studios de la Seine in Paris to record The Chaining Loops.
The album The Chaining Loops presents a special repertoire consisting of five pieces: The Chaining Loops, Direction, Friction, Fifteen Miles, and Light in the Sky.
The Chaining Loops, composed largely in spring 2024, is a large-scale piece built on the interlocking of pattern blocks and the stretching of melodic lines, with song remaining the central axis.
Direction, originally composed for Olivier Le Goas’s group Reciprocity, presents music of a lyrical and energetic character that gradually gains in density, complexity, and unity.
Friction is a suite formed by the aggregation of multiple themes, in which the main opening theme (2021) crystallizes the overall structure of the piece and is based on an interplay of blocks of forces.
Fifteen Miles, dating back to 2016, is a composition that was reworked twice—first in 2021 and again a few months before the recording. It combines an initial theme imbued with a certain gravity, contrasting with a second, more light-hearted theme.
Light in the Sky offers a form composed of multiple arrangements of different thematic and solo sections, in which unexpectedly emerge contours and masses of sound.After obtaining a 1st Price DANTE AGOSTINI Drum School (Teachers Nadia TOUCHE, Gille TOUCHE, Jacques- François JUSKOWIAK) in PARIS in 1987, OLIVIER Le GOAS began to play in trio with guitarist ERIC LOHRER, and bassist LAURENT CAMUZAT, with whom he won the 2nd price of orchestra at the 1988 DEFENSE Jazz Competition, toured intensely, and recorded two albums (Eric LOHRER trio, DANS LE BLEU). Paralelly he play, and tour with among others, the piano player Bojan ZULFIKARPASIC, the Big Band «Lumière» of the piano player, composer, and arranger LAURENT CUGNY, the doublebass player JEAN-FRANCOIS JENNY-CLARK,the vibes player David PATROIS, the piano player BENOIT DELBECQ, then joined the group MAHORI featuring the guitar player DAVID CHEVALLIER, and quintet of piano player Jean-Michel PILC. In 1995, he participated in the Jazz Workshop at the Banff Center (CANADA), where he met the Canadien English Resident bugle, trumpet player, and composer KENNY WHEELER with whom he recorded in LONDON UK14 years later the album SUR LES CORPS DES KLAXONS published on his own label REWIND RECORD ( RR1001). In 2003 he was awarded a LAVOISIER scholarship for French Students Abroad (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs / EGIDE), and went to study in NEW YORK CITY U.S.A in the departement of jazz and contemporary music program at New School University (2003 ), where he follows the teachings among others of the trumpet player Charles TOLLIVER, the piano player Peter ZAK, the guitar player Rory STUART, the composer Kurt NUROK, the drummers Jeff BALLARD and Eric McPHERSON. During his stay he plays among others with Ben MONDER, Jason LINDER, Avishai COHEN (trp), Jacques SCHWARTZ-BART, Tim LEFEVRE
Over the past fifteen years, OLIVIER Le GOAS has released six albums as a leader. First album recorded with the guitar player JOHN ABERCROMBIE, the trumpet player RALPH ALESSI and the bass player DREW GRESS at the famous CLINTON RECORDING STUDIO in NEW YORK CITY U.S.A, GRAVITATIONS was released in 2007 on the Swiss record label ALTRISUONI (AS204); released on the same label (AS260) in 2009, TRILOG Seven Ways, is a trio project recorded in Paris with ther guitar player MANU CODJIA and the saxophone player VINCENT MASCART; In 2009 Olivier Le GOAS created his own record label REWIND RECORD on which will appear successively in 2010 and 2013, SUR LES CORPS DES KLAXONS (RR1001) recorded in quartet with KENNY WHEELER, and ABSTRACT (RR1002) a project recorded in septet in PARIS FR with among others David CHEVALLIER and the saxophone player Alban DARCHE.
Composing a new repertoire, Olivier brought the guitar player NIR FELDER, the piano player KEVIN HAYS and the doublebass player PHIL DONKIN to the legendary BAUER STUDIOS - LUDWIGSBURG GERMANY in October 2015. Includes 8 new original strongs compositions, presenting polyrhythmic structures of basic metric forms developed, full of contrasts, proposing offers melodic and a lyric repertory, RECIPROCITY, was released on September 2, 2016 on German Record Label NEUKLANG (NCD4139). NEUKLANG will also be releasing THE GRAVITATIONS SESSION PART.II including 6 unfulfilled tracks from the GRAVITATIONS session in December 2017.
After having made a promotional tour with RECIPROCITY feat. Nir FELDER, John ESCREET and the polish doublebass player Max MUCHA presenting his own music in Europe in May 2017, OLIVIER Le GOAS presents ON RAMP of HEAVEN DREAMS his new album recorded in 2019 in NYC U.S.A with Nir FELDER, John ESCREET and the doublebass player Larry GRENADIER, and released on CHALLENGE RECORD INT. in January 2020.
After obtaining a 1st Price DANTE AGOSTINI Drum School (Teachers Nadia TOUCHE, Gille TOUCHE, Jacques- François JUSKOWIAK) in PARIS in 1987, OLIVIER Le GOAS began to play in trio with guitarist ERIC LOHRER, and bassist LAURENT CAMUZAT, with whom he won the 2nd price of orchestra at the 1988 DEFENSE Jazz Competition, toured intensely, and recorded two albums (Eric LOHRER trio, DANS LE BLEU). Paralelly he play, and tour with among others, the piano player Bojan ZULFIKARPASIC, the Big Band «Lumière» of the piano player, composer, and arranger LAURENT CUGNY, the doublebass player JEAN-FRANCOIS JENNY-CLARK,the vibes player David PATROIS, the piano player BENOIT DELBECQ, then joined the group MAHORI featuring the guitar player DAVID CHEVALLIER, and quintet of piano player Jean-Michel PILC. In 1995, he participated in the Jazz Workshop at the Banff Center (CANADA), where he met the Canadien English Resident bugle, trumpet player, and composer KENNY WHEELER with whom he recorded in LONDON UK14 years later the album SUR LES CORPS DES KLAXONS published on his own label REWIND RECORD ( RR1001). In 2003 he was awarded a LAVOISIER scholarship for French Students Abroad (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs / EGIDE), and went to study in NEW YORK CITY U.S.A in the departement of jazz and contemporary music program at New School University (2003 ), where he follows the teachings among others of the trumpet player Charles TOLLIVER, the piano player Peter ZAK, the guitar player Rory STUART, the composer Kurt NUROK, the drummers Jeff BALLARD and Eric McPHERSON. During his stay he plays among others with Ben MONDER, Jason LINDER, Avishai COHEN (trp), Jacques SCHWARTZ-BART, Tim LEFEVRE
Over the past fifteen years, OLIVIER Le GOAS has released six albums as a leader. First album recorded with the guitar player JOHN ABERCROMBIE, the trumpet player RALPH ALESSI and the bass player DREW GRESS at the famous CLINTON RECORDING STUDIO in NEW YORK CITY U.S.A, GRAVITATIONS was released in 2007 on the Swiss record label ALTRISUONI (AS204); released on the same label (AS260) in 2009, TRILOG Seven Ways, is a trio project recorded in Paris with ther guitar player MANU CODJIA and the saxophone player VINCENT MASCART; In 2009 Olivier Le GOAS created his own record label REWIND RECORD on which will appear successively in 2010 and 2013, SUR LES CORPS DES KLAXONS (RR1001) recorded in quartet with KENNY WHEELER, and ABSTRACT (RR1002) a project recorded in septet in PARIS FR with among others David CHEVALLIER and the saxophone player Alban DARCHE.
Composing a new repertoire, Olivier brought the guitar player NIR FELDER, the piano player KEVIN HAYS and the doublebass player PHIL DONKIN to the legendary BAUER STUDIOS - LUDWIGSBURG GERMANY in October 2015. Includes 8 new original strongs compositions, presenting polyrhythmic structures of basic metric forms developed, full of contrasts, proposing offers melodic and a lyric repertory, RECIPROCITY, was released on September 2, 2016 on German Record Label NEUKLANG (NCD4139). NEUKLANG will also be releasing THE GRAVITATIONS SESSION PART.II including 6 unfulfilled tracks from the GRAVITATIONS session in December 2017.
After having made a promotional tour with RECIPROCITY feat. Nir FELDER, John ESCREET and the polish doublebass player Max MUCHA presenting his own music in Europe in May 2017, OLIVIER Le GOAS presents ON RAMP of HEAVEN DREAMS his new album recorded in 2019 in NYC U.S.A with Nir FELDER, John ESCREET and the doublebass player Larry GRENADIER, and released on CHALLENGE RECORD INT. in January 2020.
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