This morning I installed a music player that I am unfamiliar with, and decided that the first thing I should listen to is Angine de Poitrine Vol. 1 and Vol. II since I hadn't listened to them in a while. And then I found, by coincidence that they played the Montreal Jazz Festival last Saturday (June 27th, 2026) and broke the attendance record set by Stevie Wonder in 2009.
The Summer of Angine de Poitrine
https://unattributed.cc/the-summer-of-angine-de-poitrine
16 Comments
scutiger@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 54d
Their show at the Jazz Fest was something. The crowd was absolutely insane. Someone linked this on my post a couple days ago
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/829/089/493/109/166/original/890884d62f47e7d8.mp4
Soup@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 53d
We got pretty close to the front, was a good time. Somehow we managed to find a little flow of people and made it up from the back without any pushing or otherwise being shitty.
They don’t talk, so it’s not the most interactive experiennce, but the crowd was having fun. Some people made a mosh circle a little beside us.
Glad I got to go for free, and can say I was there.
Unattributed@feddit.online · 1 pts · 54d
Yeah, I saw several clips from the show... Just amazing to see.
radiofreebc@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 54d
Any fretless instrument (bass, gtr, violin, viola, cello) is microtonal. Trombones as well.
Unattributed@feddit.online · 1 pts · 54d
Yup, didn't even think about that when I was writing. Of course, we don't typically think of them as microtonal since we're heavily invested in 12TET in the west, and typically use those instruments in a way consistent with 12TET music.
debil@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 53d
Also human voice.
radiofreebc@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 53d
Yep. Jacob Collier is all over those notes in his singing.
Soup@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 53d
And yet they’re never used like that, so what’s your point?
radiofreebc@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 53d
Not true. Jacob Collier, David Fiuczynski, Matthew Garrison, and others use microtonal notes with their guitars.
Sam Nanton (Duke Ellington) also used a lot of microtones in his trombone solos.
It does happen...just not very often.
cattywampas@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 54d
Seeing them at Riot Fest this year and I can't wait!
TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 54d
Funny to see this posted right now because I just found out about them last night. They are fantastic!!
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · -3 pts · 54d
ok...they are viral right now, but since when have instrumental bands been popular and lasting?
They are different, in an industry with now zero deviation from formula music. They have a solid niche, but they will not be Rush 30 years from now.
tetrachromacy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 54d
Full instrumental bands aren't as popular as big bands like the holy trinity(Rush) but there are still a lot of instrumental acts out there with talent and staying power. For example:
Explosions In The Sky(personal fave)
Masayoshi Takanaka
Polyphia
Steve Vai
Russian Circles
This Will Destroy You
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Many more too. Most of those acts have been playing for 10-20+ years and I'm not even naming all the ones I listen to on the regular. Angine de Poitrine has a good chance to last as long as they keep making awesome and weird music. I sincerely hope they do cause they sound amazing.
radiofreebc@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 54d
A lot of popular EDM is instrumental.
Unattributed@feddit.online · 2 pts · 54d
Depends on what you mean by “popular and lasting”. Rush came up in a different period. The definition of success was quite different because there was no internet, there wasn't the concept of virality, there weren't as many opportunities to attract and build an audience.
Look at Phish today. They built their following on the internet, they rose to a reasonable level of popularity, but only have one real traditional radio airplay hit song. And yet here they are 30+ years on, able to play the Vegas Sphere, and MSG. The prototype for a self-built audience was The Grateful Dead. They built their audience, they sold records, and had only a few radio airplay songs like Casey Jones and Touch of Gray.
The definition of success can be very different depending on how you look at it. Today more than ever success isn't defined in the same manner that it used to be. Streaming plays, live performance, etc. have replaced the traditional measures that Rush and The Grateful Dead came up under. Today, Angine de Poitrine can be more like Phish with a dedicated audience that will follow them.
And, as for them being instrumental, I'll defer to the (excellent) list @tetrachromac@lemmy.world provided below.
Soup@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 53d
Why does that matter? Can they not be said to have made an impact if they don’t last 30 years?