guillaume perret

PRESS KIT
GUILLAUME PERRET
& THE
ELECTRIC
EPIC
PHILIPPE BUSSONNET
ELECTRIC BASS / EFFECTS
JIM GRANDCAMP
ELECTRIC GUITAR /
EFFECTS / VOCALS
GUILLAUME PERRET
ELECTRIC SAXOPHONES /
EFFECTS / COMPOSITIONS
YOANN SERRA
DRUMS / SAMPLER
Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic
First album “Electric Epic”
January 2011
Guillaume Perret
Saxophones, effects, compositions
Philippe Bussonnet (Magma)
Electric bass
Yoann Serra (ONJ)
Drums, machines
Jim Grandcamp (Le Lann / Top)
Electric guitar
Guests :
Sir Alice
Vocals
Médéric Collignon
Bugle, vocals
T
he Electric Epic is a band composed of four jazz and progressive rock musicians, who got
together on the initiative of Guillaume Perret. Assuming the legacy of progressive pop of the 1970’s,
Electric Epic is an innovative fusion of contemporary jazz, funky grooves and howling heavy metal.
At the crossroads of different aesthetics, the original repertoire of the album combines ambitious
themes and wild improvisations, while the hypnotic loops are boosted by a rhythmic section that
has that unusual warmth and efficiency.
In order to reveal the power and the subtlety of this extreme, contemporary and hybrid music,
Dominique “Dume” Poutet was in charge of producing the album (Laurent de Wilde, DTC Records,
Ti’Fock…).
Recording :
Mixing / post prod. :
Mastering :
Executive production :
Sponsors :
More info on breakz.fr
May 2010 at La Fabrique (St Rémy de Provence)
Summer 2010 at DTC Records Studio
Dubplate & Mastering (Berlin)
DTC Records
TSF JAZZ
Le Triton, Le Baiser Salé (Paris)
Le Chat Noir (Genêve), La Note Bleue (Monaco)
Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic - page 2/10
Press
29.12.2009 TELERAMA Michel Contat
“That was the evening when rock band Electric Epic and their stunning saxophonist Guillaume Perret set the Olympia on fire during the latest TSF concert.”
21.06.2010 CULTURE JAZZ Alain Gauthier
“Simply an extraordinary music, nay unbelievable. This quartet, their setlist and performance are
enthralling, like a great fresh draft that will literally stun you when looking at the sudden range of
possibilities of what we call music, in addition to bringing great smiles of satisfaction to the faces of
the fortunate ones this evening.”
16.12.2009 TSF JAZZ Jean Charles Doukhan
“Saxophonist Guillaume Perret has brought a fresh impetus to the French jazz scene. His Electric
Epic project is an inimitable mix of improvisations, grooves and electric manipulations drenched in
the most howling metal genre. An innovative and spellbinding repertoire interpreted by means of
great hits of effects.”
23.04.2009 20 MINUTES SUISSE Juan Carlos Hernandez
“Guillaume Perret managed to set up his most precious project and take us on a journey by offering
us a both poetic and brutal kind of music, imbued with jazz, groove and electro. As a great master of
the saxophone’s technique, he had this desire to go a step further by electrifying it in order to allow
us to discover some still unheard sound and effects : from the soft rustling of the wind among the
leaves to the trumpeting of an elephant, giving us its resembling sound : a humble, soft and brilliant
one.”
16.04.2010 LE TRITON Jean Pierre Vivante
“Their concert at the Triton last March was -for everyone who attended it- a real electroshock. The
musical language is groundbreaking and fascinating, a blend of contemporary jazz, grooves, funk,
howling metal... A majestic mastery of sounds, a striking set-up, some hellish improvisations, hypnotic rhythms, risky stunts, a smooth and moving, dynamic and off-the-wall orchestra, along with a
poetic and an atypical transe.”
15.12.2009 CRISS CROSS Mathieu Durand
“In the beginning was Massacra. It is the first track of a sample album which deserves to be enrolled
right away in a record label worthy of the name. The power that comes out of it is simply breathtaking. -Mind your heartbeat if you’re a bit too sensitive- they should have mentioned on the cover
just like a Parental Advisory on an Death Row disk. They could also have added : “If you’ve got heart
problems, please keep off !” Because Electric Epic possesses this rare emotional strength. In that
case, it is quite easy to refer to the greatest, from John Zorn to David Lynch or Mr. Bungle. It also
reminds us of the cream of the crop band for the combination of rage and emotion : Nirvana.”
Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic - page 3/10
Guillaume Perret
Tenor & soprano saxophones / Effects / Composition
A
lways on the move on the European scene, he participates into numerous projects as saxophonist, leader, co-leader and sideman, composer and arranger.
Since 2001, he has been performing on stage more than a hundred times a year and he is regularly
sought after for studio sessions.
These musical experiences led him to perform in numerous international festivals in Thaïland, VietNâm, United States, Canada, Québec, Chili, Argentina, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Norway, France,
Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vietnam, India.
He worked with Sangoma Everett, Claude Tchamitchan, Loïc Pontieux, Hadrien Feraud, Mokthar
Samba, Laurent Vernerey, Linley Marthe, Benjamin Henocq, Damien Schmidt, Santi Di Briano,
Brian Jackson, Moncef Genoud, Nguyên Lê, Jérôme Regard, Francis Coletta, Marc Erbetta, Flavio
Boltro, Marcello Julliani, Malcolm Braff, François Lindemann, Kalifa Diarra Coulibaly, Rémi Vignolo,
Miles Okasaki, Damion Reid, Eble Prashadgosh.
In addition, he composed for various association of artists and he is frequently mandated as a
composer for theatre plays. In 2009, he obtained a grant (French-American exchange) to compose
and set up a trio in New-York, as well as a grant from the French Ministry of Culture for a -State
ordered- composition for harmonic orchestra and big band.
As a holder of a Conservatoire price in Classical and Jazz with first class honours and a State Diploma in Contemporary Music, Guillaume Perret was a saxophone teacher from 1999 to 2003 and
today he focuses exclusively on performing, on studio and on project management.
Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic - page 4/10
Philippe Bussonnet
Electric bass
A
member of the unmissable “Magma” from Christian Vander since 1996, he is active on jazz,
rock, rhythm’n’blues and electro-jazz stages (NHX, Laurent de Wilde, Fillet of Soul “Tassel & Naturel”, Olivier Temime “Volunteered Slaves” , N’Toumos, Patrick Gauthier...). He is also one of the
founding members of the band One Shot, with Emmanuel Borghi, James Mac Gaw and Daniel
Jeand’heur.
He participates into numerous international tours in Japon, United States, Mexico, Russia, France,
Germany, Switzeland, Berlgium, England, Africa, as well as in jazz festivals such as Montreal, Vienna, Nice...
Philippe Bussonnet is a very fine sound crafstman and his aesthetic directions make him an influential bass player in the world of progressive rock. With his bass tuned to a cello chord, he leads us
into a great experience of metal-jazz on the borders of the most electric King Crimson.
Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic - page 5/10
Yoann Serra
Drums / Effects
Y
oann Serra shares with us his remarkable sense for musical aesthetics. His snare drum’s technique allows him to improve rhythms as he likes with much fancy.
This Nice-born “drumming colorist” is present in numerous projects. Recently enrolled in Daniel
Yvinec ONJ (Orchestre National de Jazz), he played with Collectif Mu, François Chassagnite quartet, Le Pacific Trio with François Gallix, Christian Escoude’s Big Band, NHX with Gaël Horellou,
Jazz Modernistick, Bibi Rovere, Christian Vander’s Offering, as part of a trio with Jean Marie Ecay
and Manuel Marches, Emanuele Cisi quartet, David Reinhardt trio, Elegantes Machines with Francis Lassus...
He also performed with Steve Grossman, Sorgo, Ted Curson, Bobby Porcelli, Marcia Maria, Olivier
Ker Ourio, renato Cicco, Philippe Chayeb, brothers Belmondo, Emmanuel Borghi, Nelson Veras,
Alfio Origlio, ray Gomez, Thierry Ellez, Florent Gac, Daryl Hall.
In addition, he played at the Nice Jazz Festival, Jazz à Vienne, Domosola Festival, Dubai Festival,
Jazz à Montreal, Nuits Sonores in Lyon (France), Crescent Festival...
Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic - page 6/10
Jim Grandcamp
Electric guitar
W
ith an educational background in classical music, electric and acoustic guitarist Jim Grandcamp is very much active on the French scene.
He accompanied Jannick Top et Eric Lelann, Eric Serra, Gregory Ott, Franck Bedez, Felix Sabbal-Lecco, Greg Bissonette, Walferdo reyes Jr, Birell Lagrene, Hadrien Feraud, Etienne M’Bappe,
Richard Boringer, Thecky Karyo, Moktar Samba, Habib Faye, Lisa Doby...
He performed at the Jazz Festival de Klapelda in Lituania, at the Nice Jazz Festival, Lakasa Jazz
Festival in Guadeloupe, Montreux Jazz Festival, Jazzanova evening concert, Berlin Opera, the
Scène Bastille for “Les Nuits Zébrées”, at Kutuzov Hall in Moscow, the Olympia, as well as touring
in Cameroun, Senegal, Germany... He also did the opening act for Ray Charles, Joe Cocker...
Jim Grandcamp also took part into the recording of the original soundtrack for the films “Angel-A”
and “Bandidas” from Luc Besson. He won the price for best soundtrack at the 48h Film Project
Festival for full-length film ‘‘Mes maux pour le dire’’ and played in the recording of the original
soundtrack of ‘‘Angel A’’ and ‘‘Bandidas’’ from Luc Besson.
Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic - page 7/10
Sir Alice
(Guest) Vocals / Lyrics
S
he performed for the first time at age 14 with a rock alternative punk band while attending
school at the same time, achieving the highest standards. Gratuated in Cognitive Sciences and
neurosciences, she is now a researcher at IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique) specializing in ‘‘Man Vs Machine interfaces’’. At that time, she signed her first E.P.
with record label Tigersushi. It was both a post-punk and a very state-of-the-art electro experimental music which she had entirely produced on her own.
Her very special voice allowed her to be featured on various projects, such as well-known band
Nouvelle Vague or as part of improvised music projects. More recently, Maxime Delpierre offered
her to play Diva in « Viva & The Diva », an emerging band with kraut rock and hip hop influences.
Known as an author, composer and mainly as a musical interpreter, she also writes for choregraphies, contemporary ensembles or for her own artistic projects. She stood out in Contemporary Art
as a performer. Today, she also creates video and photos’ artworks.
Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic - page 8/10
Médéric Collignon
(Guest) Cornet / Vocals / Effects
I
nfluenced by his educational background in classical music, along with a great musical curiosity
as well as showing a strong personality, Médéric Collignon imposed his originality with his chosen
instrument in life : a pocket cornet from which he shows a very supple approach to his mouthpiece.
Simultaneously, he started using his voice like an instrument. Also remarkable are his vocal improvisations which mix scat, beatbox and singing exercises in the upper register. He uses electronic
effects to alter his voice, to amplify it or to modulate it. He also plays double trumpet, trombone,
bugle as well as keyboards, electronic percussions or merely toys.
In his early years in Paris -from 1996 to 1997- Médéric Collignon met some of the great French jazz
musicians such as François Jeanneau, Louis Sclavis, Michelx Portal and Denis Badault.
With his Jus de Bocse Quartet, he recorded two albums as a tribute to Miles Davis : Porgy and Bess
(2006) and also covered Miles Davis’ 1959’s version of George Gershwin’s Opera. And ShangriTunkashi-La (2010) who explored Miles Davis’ electric period from 1969 to 1975.
In 2007, the album Porgy and Bess was awarded Jazz Prize for best Music Discovery of the Year.
Médéric Collignon was also awarded Prix Django Reinhardt in 2008 and the following year he
obtained the Django d’Or Spectacle vivant / Spedidam (Prize for Performing Arts). He was knighted
Chevalier des Arts et Lettres on the 31st of March 2009.
Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic - page 9/10
www.breakz.fr
[email protected]
+33 6 76 597 889