Tropical Fun & General Lightness
Pink Saliva / Alexandre St-Onge, Michel F Côté, Ellwood Epps
Tropical Fun & General Lightness easily proves that the trio members are experts in creating the musical equivalent of Instagram photos or pointed tweets. — The WholeNote, Canada
- 2 CDs in a double cardboard sleeve, limited numbered edition, 100 copies.
- 24 new piece of music recorded at the Studio 270 (June 2013).
Pink Saliva : Ellwood Epps (trompet & mutes),Alexandre St-Onge (electric bass & electronics),Michel F Côté (drums, microphones, amps & lap steel).- Recorded following their award recognition (Prix François-Marcaurelle) at the OFF Jazz 13th edition.
- Production and mixing
: MFC
- Composer(s): Alexandre St-Onge, Michel F Côté, Ellwood Epps
- Performer(s): Pink Saliva, Alexandre St-Onge, Michel F Côté, Ellwood Epps
- Graphic design: Michel F Côté, Fabrizio Gilardino
2 × CD (S 02, 2016)
Tropical Fun
- 1Endogonidia (2013), 2:58Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 2organism on the run (2013), 3:38Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 3Anaximander (2013), 4:21Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 4(J. von P.) (2013), 4:41Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 5golden room C (2013), 4:17Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 6SOCIETÀ FELICE (2013), 4:01Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 7Exemple 8.8 (2013), 2:59Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 8The worst sort of places (2013), 4:17Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 9fully 4 plastic (2013), 2:11Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 10Nixon à la télévision (2013), 3:19Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 11économie de soi à soi (à G.) (2013), 3:25Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 12and they glow in a hot ’X’ (2013), 3:15Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes)
General Lightness
- 1The mechanical bow of love (2013), 4:28Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 2Parthenogenesis (2013), 4:18Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 3letter about the goat (2013), 3:41Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 4ABU’L AZDA (2013), 4:34Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 5Enivrez-vous! (2013), 3:41Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 6Mario & Salvio (2013), 3:43Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 7upsetting force (2013), 3:58Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 8zapped back at us, purified (2013), 3:49Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 9Tchang-feng accoste (2013), 4:31Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 10Say Yes to the Dress (2013), 2:17Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 11la suite d’un hôtel, un lapin (2013), 3:42Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes) - 12Castigliano’s theorem (2013), 2:27Pink Saliva (Alexandre St-Onge, electric bass, electronics
; Michel F Côté, drums, microphones, amp, lap steel; Ellwood Epps, trumpet, mutes)
- Label: Sono sordo
- S 02
- 2016
- Total duration: 88:25
- 127 mm × 140 mm × 7 mm
- 70 g
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