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Picture Credit: MOOP Artwork: Marie-Laure Morin MOOP - Ostara Release Date: February 26, 2021 Label: Tonzonen Format: Vinyl / Cassette / CD / Digital Length: 34:13 Genre: Brutal Jazz / Zeuhl Origin: Poitiers , France Around 20 months have passed since Poitiers' MOOP released their selftitled album . Now, Julien , Erwin , and   William  are back with their sophomore album that is named after a Pagan celebration in Spring. With baritone sax, guitar, and drums MOOP let the madness continue. Apparently, the band has shrunk from a quartet to a trio since their last release but you should not expect their sound to any thinner or less eclectic due to that change. Picture Credit: MOOP MOOP easily carry on where they left off with their first album. They keep on exploring the cut between Jazz and Rock and dig deep while doing so. Zappaesque compositions create a caleidoscope of colours unknown to human perception. Compared to its predecessor, "Ostara" is a lot more dark and spook...

Welcome to the world of MOOP, or the Mooper Crew as they also call themselves. MOOP is a crazily musical quartet from Poitiers in Western France, consisting of drummer Erwin, guitar player Julien, and Guillaume and William, both playing the bariton sax. Their style? MOOP call it Brutal Jazz. While we're going through the review, we might find out why that name is very accurate. The music on MOOP's selftitled debut is driven by the intense and omnipresent full sound of the two saxophones. William use their bariton saxes to create various schemes of harmony and disharmony, while always filling out the whole room. Nevertheless, guitar and drums are no secondary characters. Julien's freejazz licks and lines swiftly jump and meander between the saxy soundscape and always attract the listener's ear. His guitar is meanwhile presented in a vast amount of different sounds, from dry, strong, and clean picks, over Heavy Metal-like riffing, up to heavily effectful parts that sou...