WAITING FOR THE CRICKET CHOIR (vinyl)

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THE LIGHTNESS OF PURITY (LITZIC)Like a ray of light that enters and exits, shines and then fades, his new album takes the form of an intimate diary that almost involuntarily opens a path to transcendence. Now a well-established figure in the French underground, Sol Hess always escapes easy categorization and repetition. He has been seen as the frontman of a feverish post-punk band (Sweat Like An Ape!), as the leader of a noisy post-jazz orchestra (Sol Hess & The Boom Boom Doom Revue), or as the pioneering head of a label (for his demanding Club Teckel house). And that's not to mention his collaborations with the world of comics, illustration, and live performance. If folk music has constantly moved back and forth between present and past, vast spaces and crowded sidewalks, through Sol Hess's voice it offers a form of elevation beyond a given time and space.