Small Variations of the Previous Day Louis Matute

• 1Narcissus05:36
• 2Vue Soleil04:40
• 3Alma No Mar03:54
• 42000 Years05:19
• 5Forever03:53
• 6Movie Star03:56
• 7Marcovaldo03:12
• 8A Voz De Deus04:19
• 9Memories04:17
• 10Celebration of Details03:48
• Total Runtime42:54

Info for Small Variations of the Previous Day

Euphoric and bittersweet, Louis Matute's music is uniquely his own. Caught between his native Europe and the Latin America he dreamed of, this young man (who is barely thirty years old) is too genuine for the fiction of reality and too sincere for the fiction of self, swinging wide open the doors to his universe. It's a room with a view where guitars in shades of green, red, blue, and white captivate passing friends. It's a curious ear that strolls through Radiohead or Ebo Taylor. It's the scent of coffee, travel photos, a reflection in the mirror, small rivers, and big questions. All of this - life itself! - is at Louis Matute's fingertips. A sound, a wild talent as a storyteller, a folklore taking shape: in this magnificent fourth album, his music has never seemed so close and abundant. I have never written a melody without singing it at the same time, he confides. Tinged with pop and saudade, these melodies will go straight to your heart, leaving a hint of magic lingering in the air.

Louis Matute's fourth album, "Small Variations from the Previous Day," is propelled by the emotionally catalyzing 'Large Ensemble,' which continually welcomes new members. The album looks towards Central America and Brazil, drawing inspiration from jazz and elegant pop, from folk to Saudade. Matute invited Brandee Younger and Gabi Hartmann as guests for one track each, and Lea Maria Fries for two pieces in the studio.

The 'Large Ensemble' comprises Andrew Audiger (piano), Léon Phal (saxophone), Zacharie Ksyk (trumpet), Virgile Rosselet (double bass), and Nathan Vandenbulcke (drums), who also contributed to the last album, "Our Folklore," which was equally celebrated by audiences and critics alike. The album garnered accolades such as the ZKB Audience Jazz Award and the "Évidence" Prize from the Académie du Jazz.

Leon Phal, saxophone Zacharie Ksyk, trumpet Louis Matute, guitar Andrew Audiger, piano Virgile Rosselet, bass Nathan Vandenbulcke, drums

Louis Matute
won the College Claparède Music Prize in 2013. He entered the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne, where he studied for three years with Francis Coletta and Vinz Vonlanthen. He then attended the courses of Wolfgang Muthspiel and Lionel Loueke at the Jazzcampus Basel. In 2016, Louis was selected by HEMU as a Swiss artist to perform at the Switzerland Meets Brazil Festival in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, organized by the Montreux Jazz Festival to celebrate the festival's 50th anniversary. As a versatile musician, he is a sideman for various projects in different styles, including Gaspard Sommer (neosoul) and Phasm (modern jazz). Through this collaboration he has had appearances on recognized Swiss stages such as AMR, Chorus Jazz Club, Cully Jazz, Jazz Onze +, Montreux Jazz, Label Suisse and shared the stage with outstanding musicians such as Nicolas Folmer, Nguyen Lê, Matthieu Michel and Ben Van Gelder. He leads his own quartet, with which he released two albums in 2018 and 2020. In 2019, Louis received the Cully Jazz Festival Prize for "the quality of the personal project, professionalism and the potential for development on the Swiss and international stage". Louis was selected by Rares Donca, head of Shelters - cultural center for young talents, for the 2019-2020 season. In October 2019 he was invited by the Swiss Embassy, the French Consulate and the Madajazzcar Festival to play and teach for a week during the Madajazzcar Festival in Antananarivo. He won the Jazz Contraband competition in October 2019.

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