The Inspector Cluzo is a French rock group from Mont-de-Marsan, Landes, France[2] that formed in 2007.[3] The group is composed of Laurent "Malcolm" Lacrouts on the guitar and vocals and Mathieu "Phil" Jourdain on the drums. Both are Mont-de-Marsan natives and former members of the band Wolfunkind.[4][2][3][5][6][7]
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| Origin | Mont-de-Marsan, Landes, France |
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| Years active | 2007-present |
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| Website | www |
The name of the group was proposed by their friend and Fishbone singer Angelo Moore and references the character Inspector Clouseau who appears in the Pink Panther movies.[5][8]
History
editLacrouts and Jourdain met during their first year of physics studies in Mont de Marsan.[9] After playing in the band Wolfunkind, the two formed a duo.[4]
Their first EP was recorded in 2008 and produced at Jet Studio in Brussels by Stephane Kraemer.[8] The same year, they released their first full-length eponymous album, which included two notable songs: "Two Days" and "F*ck the Bass Player". The album was covered in French and International press,[10] including in Japan,[5] where they participated in the Fuji Rock Festival.[11]
In April 2010, they released their second album, The French Bastards. In February 2012, their third, The 2 Mousquetaires, was released inside a comic book as its official jacket. By 2016, they released two more albums: Gasconha Rocks and Rockfarmers and had performed in more than 800 concerts, visited 44 countries, and sold 100,000 albums.[4]
In 2018, they recorded their seventh album, We the People of the Soil in Nashville with Vance Powell, marking the duo's tenth anniversary.[12][13]
At the beginning of 2020, the group released a "best-of" unplugged album entitled Brothers In Ideals, recorded during their American tour. In January 2023, their eighth album, entitled Horizon, was released. Both were produced by Vance Powell.[13][14][15][16]
The band is the subject of a book by Romain Lejeune and illustrated by Marc Large.[17]
Farming & approach
editThe duo runs a 15 hectare organic family farm in Gascony called "Lou Casse" ('the oak' in the Gascon language). The farm, which they bought in 2013, is self-sustaining. On the farm they produce organic wheat and organic corn with their own free seeds, raise gray geese and other plants and animals.[9][12][13][16] While they consider farming their focus, they split their time between the farm and their work as musician-composers, spending six months on each.[12][9]
The duo work to apply the tenets of agroecology on their farm and teach it to local children[15] and the greater public, for example by including lectures on the subject as the opening act for their concerts.[18]
The duo, in music and farming, pursue the goals of being autonomous and independent.[13][16] They manage their own label F*ckthebassplayer Records,[4] which, since 2012, has been the distributor of Ter a Terre records in France, also of their own making.[3] Besides the farm and their music, the duo manages, with family and trusted friends, concert bookings, publicity, recording, sales of their music and farm produce.[9]
Musical style
editMusic magazine Les Inrockuptibles when writing about their album The French Bastards, called their style a fusion between funk rock and heavy metal, noting that the band does not have a bass player.[19] Writing about the same album Crossbeat noted that the band's style is a fusion, at moments reminiscent of AC/DC and Led Zeppelin.[5] In 2011, an article about the Art Rock festival described the duo's style as being funk'n'roll, somewhere between the Red Hot Chili Peppers and AC/DC.[20]
Their live performances are characterized as energetic and lively, accomplishing with just two musicians a large sound that transforms between blues-rock and hard-rock.[20]
Discography
edit- (2008) Cluzo, EP, (Ter a Terre)
- (2008) The Inspector Cluzo, CD, (Ter A Terre)
- (2010) The French Bastards, CD, (Ter A Terre)
- (2012) The 2 Mousquetaires, CD, (Ter A Terre/FucktheBassPlayer Records)
- (2013) Gasconha Rocks, CD, (FucktheBassPlayer Records)
- (2016) Rockfarmers, CD, (FucktheBassPlayer Records)
- (2018) We the people of the soil, CD, (FucktheBassPlayer Records)
- (2020) Brothers in Ideal - We the People of the Soil, Unplugged (Universal Music Division, Virgin Records Distribution Deal)
- (2023) Horizon, CD, (FucktheBassPlayer Records)
External links
edit- http://www.theinspectorcluzo.com
- Discogs
- Biographical references: VIAF | ISNI | BnF
References
edit- ↑ "Rocking ride into 2010". Gold Coast Sun. Australia: News Limited Australia. 2009-12-30. p. 34.
The Inspector Cluzo, will kick off the gig with their mix of funk and rock to 70s groove
- 1 2 "The Inspector Cluzo" (in French). Lollapalooza. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- 1 2 3 4 "Notice de collectivité - The Inspector Cluzo" [Notice of a group: The Inspector Cluzo]. BnF Catalogue general (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. 2010-07-05. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- 1 2 3 4 "The Inspector Cluzo". Encyclopédie du Rock (in French). France: Rock made in France. 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- 1 2 3 4 Harima, Hidefumi (June 2010). "The Inspector Cluzo" [The Inspector Cluzo] (JPG). Crossbeat (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ↑ "The Inspector Cluzo". Discogs. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ↑ "The Inspector Cluzo". MOKB Presents. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- 1 2 "The Inspector Cluzo - Bio". Sonicbids. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- 1 2 3 4 Lejeune, Romain (2017). The Inspector Cluzo, Rockfarmers. Guigamp: Braquage Musique. ISBN 979-10-94190-03-6.
- ↑ Reeve, Stacy (2008-09-11). "Reviews - The Inspector Cluzo – EP". Audioscribler, UK Webzine. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "サイトメンテナンスのお知らせ" [Fuji Rock festival] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-03-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 1 2 3 Besse, Marc (2018-05-04). "Pour célébrer ses 10 ans, The Inspector Cluzo sort l'exceptionnel " We the People of the Soil "" [To celebrate its 10th anniversary, The Inspector Cluzo releases the exceptional "We the People of the Soil"]. Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- 1 2 3 4 Degasne, Samuel (2018-04-10). "The Inspector Cluzo: Self Made Men" [The Inspector Cluzo: Self Made Men]. Rolling Stone (in French). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-10-24.
- ↑ "CHRONIQUE : The Inspector Cluzo – Horizon" [The chronicals: The Inspector Cluzo – Horizon]. Rolling Stone (in French). 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- 1 2 Zahno, Yves; Horner, Olivier (2023-11-29). ""Horizon", le rock toujours aussi ferme de The Inspector Cluzo" ["Horizon", the rock of The Inspector Cluzo]. RTS (in French). Archived from the original on 2024-03-20. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- 1 2 3 Bertrand, Yann (2023-02-17). "The Inspector Cluzo : nouvel album, tournée européenne... et travail à la ferme" [The Inspector Cluzo: new album, European tour... and work on the farm]. France Info (in French). Radio France. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ↑ Notice bibliographique - The Inspector Cluzo: rockfarmers: biographie [Bibliographical note - The Inspector Cluzo: rockfarmers: biography] (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. 5 December 2017. ISBN 979-10-94190-03-6. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Inspector Cluzo, entre rock et agroécologie" [The Inspector Cluzo, between rock and agroecology]. Le Figaro (in French). 2023-09-12.
- ↑ Chapelle, Nicolas (2010-07-07). "Album review of French Bastards" [Album review of French Bastards]. Les Inrockuptibles (in French).
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 1 2 "Art Rock 2011 : focus sur The Inspector Cluzo" [Art Rock 2011 : focus on The Inspector Cluzo] (in French). Alter1fo. 2011-06-09. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
