[FR]

Premier single du tant attendu premier album de Monsieur MÂLÂ, Fly Fly rend hommage à la légende de la musique brésilienne Gilberto Gil mais aussi à l’homme engagé. Une célébration qui prend des airs de samba-funk des années 1970 revisitée à la sauce afrobeat, mais pas seulement. Monsieur MÂLÂ livre surtout un son inédit, produit d’une recherche musicale authentique et libre, qui bouscule les genres musicaux et échappe aux stéréotypes, pour offrir une musique résolument actuelle, urbaine, profondément ancrée dans son époque.

C’est ça l’esprit MÂLÂ : Une palette de couleurs conjuguées à la puissance 5, une instrumentation surprenante au service de compositions sophistiquées, toujours criantes de simplicité. Un geste musical pour dire, faire voir et faire partager.


[ENG]

Following the success of two EPs across 2021-22 that introduced listeners to their idiosyncratic blend of innovative jazz fusion, Parisian powerhouse quintet Monsieur MÂLÂ return with ’Fly Fly’. Releasing on Thursday 30th November via Bridge The Gap, the composition is the first taster of their forthcoming debut album.

Marking an organic evolution in the sound of the band, ‘Fly Fly’ has a celebratory tone, and pays tribute to Brazilian musical legend Gilberto Gil. The MÂLÂ gang reinvent the samba- funk wheel, integrating afrobeat grooves and a fusion of skipping highlife and folk-esque melodies, powerfully arranged for a distinctive mix of voice, violin and saxophone. The product of free-spirited musical research, the track continues the band's ability to shake up genres and escape stereotypes with sophisticated and authentic writing.

On the track, the band share: “This is the MÂLÂ spirit: A palette of colours combined with the power of 5; surprising instrumentation serving sophisticated compositions, always screaming of simplicity. A musical gesture to say, show and share.”

Hailing from Paris, Monsieur MÂLÂ is a combo made of 5 sought-after musicians with their own personal identies. Consisting of Swaéli Mbappé on bass (China Moses), Yoann Danier on drums (Marya Andrade), Nicholas Vella on keys (Ibeyi), Balthazar Naturel on saxophone and Robin Antunes on violin and mandolin, the group transcend the borders between jazz, pop, world and urban music.