Outre Mer

Outre Mer
Studio album by Garage A Trois
Released	July 26, 2005
Recorded	Galactic Studios
Length	45:52
Label	Telarc
Producer	Garage a Trois, Mike Napolitano
Garage A Trois chronology
Emphasizer (2003) Outre Mer (2005) Power Patriot (2009)

Outre Mer is the second full-length studio album by Garage A Trois released in 2005. Uniquely combining drums, percussion, eight-string guitar and saxophone it is funk-influenced and emphasizes polyrhythmic grooves. ^[1] Allmusic reviewer Sean Westergaard stated that with the release of Outre Mer Garage A Trois "evolved from a cool side project to a great band."^[2]

The full title of the album is Bande Originale du Filme de Outre Mer. Various album reviews state the album is a soundtrack for a French film also titled Outre Mer which was never released. The liner notes include a short story by Klaus Tontine and a special thanks to Tontine Films France. When Charlie Hunter was asked in an interview with Paul Olsen if inspiration came from the film he stated:

Basically, Stanton and Mike and Skerik and I got together and Stanton and I worked out a lot of grooves in the studio. That was our idea, just to put these grooves together--get “A” sections and “B” sections and just kind of build the music that way. And as far as [Tontine] went, I don’t really know--I’ve never met him, I don’t really have any contact with him. I was just down in New Orleans for the week that we recorded it.^[3]

Regarding the question of the film a reviewer Michael McCaw states, "Either way, the music speaks for itself."^[4]

Track listing

1. "Outre Mer" - 4:44
2. "Bear No Hair" - 4:25
3. "The Machine" - 4:56
4. "Etienne" - 5:19
5. "Merpati" - 5:53
6. "The Dream" - 2:54
7. "Antoine" - 4:10
8. "Circus" - 2:07
9. "Needles" - 3:51
10. "The Dwarf" - 4:14
11. "Amanjiwo" - 3:17

Personnel

• Charlie Hunter
• Skerik
• Stanton Moore
• Mike Dillon

References

1. ^ Stephen Latessa Outre Mer All About Jazz July 28, 2005. Retrieved August 30, 2008
2. ^ Sean Westergaard Outre Mer : Review Allmusic. Retrieved August 27, 2008
3. ^ Paul Olsen Charlie Hunter: Living the Music All About Jazz, September 26, 2005. Retrieved August 27, 2008
4. ^ Michael McCaw Outre Mer allaboutjazz.com, August 26, 2005