Emerging from the Strasbourg scene and the Omezis collective, which includes about twenty artists, musicians, DJs, and videographers, Emile Londonien soaks up the English jazz scene of the last fifteen years and offers up a personal version.
Trained at the Strasbourg Conservatory, the three musicians met during thematic evenings organized by the Omezis collective, co-founded by drummer Matthieu Drago. A studio session paying tribute to the English scene followed in 2020. The moniker Emile Londonien, a double nod to their UK influences and to a famous French saxophonist, sprang up spontaneously.
Influenced by Yussef Kamaal, The Comet Is Coming, Atjazz, SunRa, and also Ornette Coleman or Thelonious Monk and by the Broken Beat, Jazz, House, and Hip Hop scenes, Emile Londonien perfectly incarnates this “next gen” French jazz alongside Léon Phal, whose sound is close to theirs. Beyond labels, they mix tradition and contemporary music with ease, as measured on the dancefloor.
Six months after the release of their EP "Jazz Contenders", French trio Emile Londonien releases its debut album "Legacy", which already conquered more than 1,5M listeners. The result of improvisations and reflections around the theme of contemporary jazz. Beyond the musical influences of the group (jazz, broken beat, house), we can hear prestigious featurings such as Kuna Maze (Synth), Leon Phal (sax) and the brilliant and emblematic French jazz scene saxophone player Emile Parisien.
