Canada's foremost jazzy, instrumentally, vibraphone heavy collective, "The Hylozoists" put out their third album, L'Ile De Sept Ville, last weekish. This sweet, unassuming, artistic piece of music looks to have been funded by Factor grants, and commissioned by the CBC; seems reasonable no? With track names such as 'Acadia, Acadia', 'The French Settle In' and 'Bras D'or Lakes' (reffering to a beautiful chain of lakes in Cape Breton), you couldn't find a better fit for a government funded arts project!
To the point: it actually says fuck Stephen Harper in tiny little letters in a groove of the trippy topographical map album art. What really amuses me is that someone made something so damn pretty, with almost no conceivable space for literal interpretation and and then wrote such a blunt fuck you message to the Prime Minister of the Country that paid for it right on the front of it.... Amazing! Judging by the song titles and the samples from the last track (taken from Expo 67 celebrations) the underlying theme of this album is Canadian Pride and the richness of the historical spirit of our country. Damn skippy! Another theory is that band leader Paul Aucoin was looking out for his east coast homies Holy Fuck who took the heat over the recent cutting of goverment arts funding. Those East coasters sure love their wacked out instrumental music and their cursing!
Island of Seven Cities
The Hylozoists are playing a free show at Soundscapes Record Shoppe in Toronto, 7 pm this Wednesday
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