Slift

Description

Every previous album by the radiant and powerful French trio SLIFT – consisting of brothers Jean and Rémi Fossat and drummer Canek Flores, a friend since school – was a fantasy – a mix of genres and forms that allowed the band to improvise and jam on themes until they seemingly launched themselves into space together. But in a deliberate irony, SLIFT's fourth album is called "Fantasia," without actually being one. Instead, it is their most straightforward and direct album, a pointed saga about overcoming international upheavals, performed by a band that pushes forward without wasting a second. SLIFT did not want to dilute the message with too much playfulness. They are preparing for a fight that, in their opinion, we can still win. When Jean Fossat wrote the core of "Fantasia," he thought a lot about Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentine author whose fiction cleverly intertwined elements of magic and surrealism into places and actions that felt almost real. (SLIFT even adopted the song title "Orbis Tertius" from Borges.) "Fantasia" is thus an imaginary city plagued by a sense of ignorance and xenophobia, by the attempt to eliminate everything that disturbs the accepted order. The city comes into focus in "Corrupted Sky," where Fossat's narrator tries to escape the downfall when he arrives there. In the second half of the album, hope begins to sprout as people remember that they are more than the oppressive uniformity of their society. These eight songs are about trusting in the power to resist, no matter how hidden it may seem. Participants: Slift

Highlights

• Live concert of the French trio SLIFT
• Presentation of the new album "Fantasia"
• Venue: Plaza Klub, Zurich

General Information

SLIFT, a powerful trio from France, presents their new album "Fantasia" at Plaza Klub in Zurich. The band combines various genres and addresses international upheavals and societal challenges in their lyrics.

Location

Badenerstrasse 109, 8004 Zürich, Switzerland

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