Transformation is the debut album from Parisian
multi-instrumentalist Axel Rigaud. Rigaud's style as a
whole is the exploration of the crossroads of electronic
music and jazz. By blending steady big bottomed analog
synth arpeggios, shuffling beats, and swirling jazz influenced
reed instruments Rigaud makes the juxtapositionional
a compelling and interwoven whole. Only a few
moments on the album does one genre eclipse the
other. Even when this happens one finds that the sax or
flute are being electronically manipulated or the electronics
have that all to special swing. While seemingly
new ground for n5MD Miles, Coltrane and Weather
Report are often in the rotation at n5HQ. So it makes
perfect sense that Rigaud has found a home for his
debut on n5MD.
