Fievel is Glauque, the jazzy duo of American musician Zach Phillips and Belgian singer Ma Clément, made their new album Rong Weicknes as an octet and using a rather complicated process of creation they call “live in triplicate.” That involves “first laying down a foundational take, then a duplicate take on top of it, and finally an improvisatory, antagonistic take,” and then “the octet exclusively played live together without using a click track, so that each layer of performance features tiny rhythmic variations and imperfections, both intentional and not.” Listening to it is not complicated, though, and you can check it out along with the video for “Toute Suite” below.
In celebration of the album, Fievel is Glauque will be playing two special octet shows in early 2025: Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg on February 6 and L.A.’s El Rey Theatre on February 8. Tickets are on sale and the band say these are currently their only planned shows. The poster for both is below.
