- flat earth society: r.i.p.
(2022, cd, belgium, igloo)
Belgium's prime big band, Flat Earth Society ( or FES or Flat Earth Society Orchestra) has just released "R.I.P."
12 pieces, and after each piece at least one of the members leaves the stage, only to rejoin for the final track.
12 pieces, and after each piece at least one of the members leaves the stage, only to rejoin for the final track.
In this project FES creates its own funeral repertoire and Perpetuum Mobile: 12 farewell songs for the funeral of the members of the orchestra. All fifteen of them must die, through illness, plain bad luck, old age or a stupid accident, there is no shortage of causes. As the suite progresses, the orchestra dwindles until no one is left: a tragicomic preview of what is to come. As the last musician leaves the stage, the whole orchestra is reunited, as in Roland Topor’s story “Blues for Gaston”. And they celebrate that reunion exuberantly with a wild Death defying Danse Macabre.
Absurd and funny. Yes.
But also multi-layered as it is a tribute to the late Tom Wouters, and a glimps of the future as we're all getting older.
Download-only. (R.I.P., physical carriers?)
https://www.igloorecords.be/album/rip-flat-earth-society/?lang=en
Give a listen at the Radio France podcast:
Or check out the recent Belgian Radio 1 'Culture Club' podcast that included an interview with Peter Vermeersch,
or the Radio Klara special on the 30th of October.
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