Bodies & Ideas Léon Phal
Album info
Album-Release:
2026
HRA-Release:
25.09.2026
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
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- 1 Walk and Swing 04:41
- 2 Les Vacances 04:26
- 3 Gimme a Smile 03:24
- 4 Murmulea 05:40
- 5 Imutat 03:16
- 6 Love Beats Hate 05:21
- 7 Pleine Forêt 03:39
- 8 Bless The Mad 04:27
- 9 UK Rain 04:26
- 10 Past Dinner Time 03:27
Info for Bodies & Ideas
With "Bodies & Ideas", his fourth album, he builds on the momentum established with *Stress Killer*, which was widely acclaimed upon its release and showcased at over a hundred concerts in France and abroad.
On stage, the band – comprising Gauthier Toux (keyboards), Zacharie Ksyk (trumpet), Rémi Bouyssière (bass) and Arthur Alard (drums) – plays with tight, synchronised precision and a genuine collective intensity. The sound is warm and organic, the groove is constant, and the concert quickly draws you in. It is a live performance that is both captivating and danceable, recognised for its impact by audiences and industry professionals alike.
With "Bodies & Ideas", the project also explores new musical directions on record, notably through collaborations with the Italian singer Fabiana Martone (Nu Genea) and the rapper Jungle Jack.
A year after "Stress Killer", saxophonist Léon Phal, now signed to Sony Masterworks, has been playing a string of concerts and has released "No Pain / No Champagne", a distinctive EP in an already substantial discography. A leading figure in a futuristic jazz movement born out of the effervescence of the 2010s, the Champagne-born artist here moves away from the ultra-modern sound of his previous releases to infuse his jazz with a vintage palette inherited from Ahmad Jamal or the Headhunters – an almost mythical era whose grooves he freely reimagines. And throughout it all, he seeks out the quirkiness, the gimmick that catches the ear and sends jazz off on a tangent – in this case, towards edgy hip-hop, soulful lyricism and gritty house music.
Léon Phal, saxophone
Gauthier Toux, keyboards
Zacharie Ksyk, trumpet
Rémi Bouyssière, bass
Arthur Alard, drums
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Booklet for Bodies & Ideas