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TOC / Paulina Owczarek: Psychedelic Jelly [VINYL] (Tour de Bras)

The first live recording from French trio TOC, for this live 2023 recording TOC joins Polish saxophonist Paulina Owczarek to improvise desynchronized layers of raw energy, blending free improv with elements of pop punk, post-rock, and jazz-core, resulting in a complex and mesmerizing performance where suggested rhythms and autonomous temporalities converge into an unpredictable kraut maelstrom.
 

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Paulina Owczarek-alto saxophone

Jeremie Ternoy-Fender Rhodes, Piano Bass

Ivann Cruz-guitar

Peter Orins-drums


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Label: Tour de Bras
Catalog ID: 31969343
Squidco Product Code: 35775

Format: LP
Condition: New
Released: 2024
Country: France
Packaging: LP
Recorded live in Ronchin, France, on December, 16th, 2023, Peter Orins.

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"TOC loves encounters. And saxophonists. Alongside saxophonist Paulina Owczarek, the trio crafts a music composed of desynchronized layers, a mille-feuille of raw energy where rhythms are both suggested and suggestive. By exploring autonomous temporalities, the musicians naturally converge, with the saxophone finding its place seamlessly within TOC's improvised kraut maelstrom, where one might even glimpse a few psychedelic jellyfish, a flapjack octopus, or a harp sponge.

Regularly crossing paths between Poland and France, the four artists take every opportunity to deepen their rapport, like on that December Saturday in 2023, when they recorded their first LP live in front of an audience."-Tour de Bras



"Free hypnotic pop punk, post-rock, jazz-core ... Disturbing, orgiastic and communicative, TOC is unclassifiable, but shakes the feet and heads."-TOC-music.com

In December 2023, the French trio TOC-comprising Jérémie Ternoy on Fender Rhodes and piano bass, Ivann Cruz on guitar, and Peter Orins on drums-collaborated with Polish alto saxophonist Paulina Owczarek for a live performance in Ronchin, France. TOC is renowned for its unique blend of free hypnotic pop punk, post-rock, and jazz-core, delivering music that is both disturbing and communicative.

Owczarek, based in Krakow, is a saxophonist and improviser specializing in free improvisation and contemporary chamber music. She is the founder and conductor of the Krakow Improvisers Orchestra and has collaborated with various artists across disciplines.

This live recording captures the quartet's exploration of desynchronized layers and raw energy, creating a complex tapestry where rhythms are both suggested and suggestive. The musicians navigate autonomous temporalities, allowing the saxophone to seamlessly integrate into TOC's improvised kraut maelstrom, resulting in a performance that is both unpredictable and mesmerizing.


Artist Biographies

Berlin based saxophonist Paulina Owczarek is a member of Sambar and Satoko Fujii Orchestra Berlin.

-Squidco 2/7/2025

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Jérémie Ternoy is a French pianist, known for the groups Adoct, Gérard Marais Quartet, Jérémie Ternoy Trio, Magma, Thomas Grimmonprez Trio, TOC, and Vazytouille.

-Discogs (https://www.discogs.com/artist/2661667-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9mie-Ternoy)
2/7/2025

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"Ivann Cruz : electric guitar

He studied classical guitar and specializes in Jazz and improvise music. He is in possession of a musical degree of Jazz in guitar at the Musical Conservatoty of Lille then a master's degree in musical composition and a master of esthetic and practise of Arts at the University of Lille 3.

He puts a lot of efforts into doing performance, composition and experimentation in solo or through ensembles as electric as numerous : La Pieuvre, Electric Cue, Ventilo, Duo Cruz/Lenglet, One DPI, Feldspath, L'OGR, Arsis, Trio Ternoy/Cruz/Orins.In 2010 he takes part to the Jazzplayeurope (six musicians from six different countries and to an European tour including seven concerts in different european town.

During his training and his activity as a guitar player he meets: Ars Nova Ensemble, Olivier Benoit, Jean-Francois Canape, Mederic Colignon, Laurent Cugny, Philippe Deschepper, Dgiz, Marc Ducret, Guy Gilbert, Michel Godart, Jean-Luc Hervé, Didier Levallet, Thierry Madiot, Ricardo Mandolini, Gérard Marais, Jean Marc Montera, Edward Perraud, Yves Torchinsky, Fred Van Hove...

At the Theatre he works with Interlude T/O, Cendres la Rouge, Thierry Roisin and Bandine Savetier.

His works of creation is characterized by a research on the confrontation between the improvised gesture and the interchangeability of music writing."

-TOC Music (https://toc-music.com/musicians/ivann-cruz/)
2/7/2025

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"After classical music study, Peter Orins learns the drums, first in a rock and afro-cuban music school, then at the Conservatoire National de Région of Lille in the jazz section, where he studies with Guy Gilbert, Jean-François Canape, Gérard Marais... He graduates in 1997. In the meantime, he studies musicology at university, improvisation with Fred Van Hove, composition with Jean-Marc Chouvel and Ricardo Mandolini.

Playing jazz from the middle of the 90's, he plays in the bands that will create in 2000 the Circum collective : Impression (for which he composes, became Flu(o) in 2012), Quartet Base, Stefan Orins Trio. He coordinates the Circum collective till its fusion with the CRIME in 2010, and creates the Circum Grand Orchestra, band with the 10 musicians of Circum, for which he composes also occasionally. At the same time Peter Orins get in the CRIME projects, improvised and experimental music collective also based at la malterie in Lille. He plays especially in La Pieuvre, big improvisation orchestra conducted by Olivier Benoit (nowadays Artistic Director of L'Orchestre National de Jazz). It's with the Crime that he'll develop his solo work (drums and electronic with Pure Data application), and improvised and experimental projects with David Bausseron, Laurent Rigaut, Ivann Cruz, Christian Pruvost, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Benjamin Duboc, Yanik Miossec, Falter Bramnk, ... in bands like DBPO, De Nouvelles Erreurs, Signal Box, Electropus, Ternoy/Cruz/Orins (that will become Toc, free-rock progressive band)... In 2006, he leads a french-vietnamese project called Hué/Circum with the support of Region Nord Pas de Calais, which combines 4 musicians from Circum and 3 traditional vietnamese musicians from Hué (tour in Vietnam, Japan and France, from 2006 to 2009). In 2010, he creates a french-japanese quartet with pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpet players Natsuki Tamura and Christian Pruvost, band for which he composes with Satoko Fujii. Several international tours with this band (Japan, Israel, Germany, France, USA, Canada). In 2011, Ivann Cruz, guitar player from Muzzix, and Maciej Garbowski, polish double-bass player, invite him to play in their quartet with the finnish saxophone player Kari Heinila. He also collaborates with theatre, composes for cinema or animation movies, dance... Since the creation of Muzzix in 2010, Peter Orins coordinates the artistic direction of the collective.

He played with : Sophie Agnel, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Benjamin Duboc, Radu Malfati, Steve Dalachinsky, Andrew D'Angelo, Petr Cancura, Josh Sinton, Curtis Hasselbring, Joe Morris, Rene Hart, David Miller, Frank London, Nate Wooley, Renee Baker, Ernest Dawkins, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Michael Zerang, Jacques Di Donato, François Corneloup, Norbert Lucarain, Sylvain Kassap, Alain Vankenhove, Camel Zekri, ..."

-Peter Orins Website (http://www.peterorins.com/biography/)
2/7/2025

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Track Listing:



SIDE A



1. Flapjack Octopus 22:18

SIDE B



1. Harp Sponge 19:57

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