Flâneur Daguerre

The excitement of nighttime jazz in TianMu is back and running Friday night on June 17th! Grooves begin at 8pm on the 2nd floor.

Featuring FLÂNEUR DAGUERRE...
Louis Goldford | soprano sax
Lio Pinard | accordion, melodica
Martijn Vanbuel | piano
莊嘉維 Kelvin Chuang | bass
Weichung Lin | drums

Still young in Taipei, Flâneur Daguerre makes its music according to a unique blend of aesthetic styles + compositional processes. Formed in June 2009 and playing their first gigs at Sappho de Base in XinYi, the group brings together some of the island's finest improvisers from diverse musical backgrounds, both foreign and Taiwanese.

Flâneur Daguerre was founded on the belief that modern music, especially that which is so-called "avant-garde," can be enjoyed and accessed by the same audiences that find comfort in today's mainstream pop. The band explores free jazz, Eastern European and Balkan music, but they often subject pop and rock + roll forms to the improvising methods of jazz musicians.

FLÂNEUR DAGUERRE成立於2009年，是一個特立獨行的創作爵士樂團，它聚集了台灣跟國外最頂尖優秀的音樂家，擅長於多元音樂類型的融合與即興創作，類型包 括了爵士、東歐民族、巴爾幹半島甚至馬戲團等的音樂型態，運用搖滾或流行的即興形式，並放入古典或爵士的精神。打破一般人對音樂特定風格的刻版印 象，Flaneur Daguerre在曲子中放入了許多聽眾熟悉的曲調，但卻又不斷地挑戰這些曲調原有的特質，放入許多帶有個人色彩的即興，扭曲了原來曲調的面貌，聽眾猶如 在真實與虛幻間游離，似真似假，彷彿走進了另一個音樂的世界。這就是所謂”前衛爵士”的精神，一首美麗的樂曲不再只有美麗的外表，而透過音樂家們的自由即 興，另類地表達音樂也有它另一表象，並賦予它一個全新的生命與面貌。
與其說Flâneur Daguerre是一個音混搭創意結合的樂團，倒不如說它是一個深具挑戰的實驗家。它將每一首音樂賦予一個實驗性質的想像空間，猶如將音樂付予戲劇的生命，藉由音樂家們的即興，隱喻著音樂故事背後的諷刺、偽裝及幽默。
聆聽Flâneur Daguerre，等於是重新思考音樂的既定架構，推翻一般人聆聽古典或爵士音樂的傳統，Flâneur Daguerre所傳達的音樂，更直接挑戰一個全新的音樂思維並切入觸動人心，將其音樂更深一層的意境表現地更是淋淋盡致。

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