Eugene Chadbourne + René Lussier – L’Oasis
May 3rd, 2025
Released in 2002 by Canadian improv label Victo, L’Oasis pushes nearly an hour’s worth of improvised guitar music out of your speakers from two longtime practitioners of the form, American Eugene Chadbourne on acoustic guitar, banjo and vocals, and Canadian René Lussier on acoustic and electric guitar. Culled from two separate live performances, one in October 1998 at Instants Chavirés in Paris and the other in May 2002 at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle in Victoriaville, Canada, the material alternates rather starkly between traditional song-based picking and total free form freak outs–sometimes even offering a combination of both. But, despite housing two seemingly opposing musical poles, this disc has a consistent flow and feel, thanks to the similar recordings and a smooth editing job.
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