Stop and Start

Act III, Scene 1. After the first album, the self-titled Tristesse Contemporaine (DL 017LP, 2012) which was a form of a declaration of independence, and the second album Stay Golden (REC 101LP, 2013) rising above the rest, their third, Stop And Start will come to close the existing trilogy, and begin a new cycle. The trio at the head of this veritable voyage through time and space is a motley crew that found each other in Paris: Narumi from Japan, Maik from England via Jamaican roots, and Leo from Sweden. The essence of what they play as Tristesse Contemporaine is two chords, minimal instrumentation, all mixed with maximum reverb. This is a particular idea of "less is more" which is more applicable to pop music. Abandoning "the middle of the road", the band focused on ten tracks where they put their cards on the table and the petal to the metal.