JOUE SA MUSIQUE

French group, recording and performing during the second half of the 70's, evolving from the university of Strasbourg in 1975 and lasting until the early-80's.Apparently there were two formations of Bise De Buse, a first one, which sees them as a regular band with guitars, bass etc. and a second recalling more of a chamber trio with piano, sax and cello.Both line-ups are represented in a release by Musea in 2006, entitled ''Joue sa musique'', an archival recording actually, as the band never had the chance to release anything at time.

First nine pieces are played by saxophonist Pierre Michel, keyboardist Laurent Spielmann and cellist Jean Bataillon with guest performances by Didier Malherbe on soprano sax and Louis Merlet on violin.At this point the band was mostly influenced by HENRY COW and similar Avant Rock combos, playing a dissonant, hardcore mix of Chamber Music and Avanta Garde with absence of electric or rock instruments and a deep emphasis on string and wind instruments.The music is completely atonal with some improvised and loose parts and a chaotic palette of strings and saxes, which produce an experimental, acoustic sound, flirting with neighbours JULVERNE, but lacking some deeper moves and consistency.''Chocolate Field'' comes from the 73' album of Steve Miller and Lol Coxhill and is the more ethereal piece of the mass with some dreamy piano and sax parts.

Michel and Spielmann were the only members to be present in the alternate formation of Bise de Buse, which featured also Gerard Dosdat on guitar, Maxime Malka on drums and Jean-Louis Heitz on bass.This formation was heavily influenced by Canterbury Prog and acts like THE SOFT MACHINE, GONG and HATFIELD AND THE NORTH, represented here by the last five tracks.At least now they sound like a normal prog band with Spielmann playing synths and electric piano and the style simulating the unique sound of Canterbury groups.The material here is pretty jazzy and still quite loose, led by some inventive rhythms and solos, exploding for a richer and more convincing sound, which goes from ethereal Jazz Rock to Electric Fusion and instrumental, jazzy Prog Rock.However two tracks, ''Kings and queens'' and ''You can't kill me'', are covers of the respective THE SOFT MACHINE and GONG tracks and the five-piece line-up of Bise de Buse is shortened actually to only two original pieces, as ''Valse a 5 temps'' is a reworking of a cut already played by the acoustic trio.

Too experimental and atonal sessions of Chamber Music with Canterbury flashes.I would recommend this only to strict fans of Experimental/Avant-Garde/Chamber Music, maybe some diehard Canterbury fans should check this out as well due to the later pieces.As a whole this is a rather average documental release in my opinion.