2007

Popmatters

Perhapsody: Live 10.12.06

PopMatters

Oct 12, 2007

Now I Understand! Perhapsody was what I had hoped for from Now I Understand, understand? Perhaps not, so let me clarify: Perhapsody is a live recording of the record release party for Now I Understand, an underwhelming album by the tran... (read the full article)


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Jambase

Jambase 8/13/07

Review of Perhapsody by Josh Potter

It's generally accepted that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but when a CD comes wrapped in smokable cellophane, the cover might be a good place to start. Inside, the Boston-based collective's seventh release, Perhapsody Live 1... (read the full article)


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Keyboard Magazine

Keyboard Magazine

Perhapsody (Kufala Recordings)

Robbie Gennet

The musical collective known as Club d'Elf came together when bassist/composer Mike Rivard started a biweekly musical night at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, MA. On "Perhapsody," Rivard brings together a stellar cast of m... (read the full article)

Bass Player Magazine

Bass Player magazine Oct '07

Now I Understand

Reviewed by Bryan Beller

More than just a band, Club d'Elf is a rolling consortium of killer players (featuring John Medeski, Billy Martin, Dave Tronzo, Reeves Gabrels, and many more) organized and produced by acoustic/electric bassist Mike Rivard. Their tasty ... (read the full article)

Beyond Race

Beyond Race (11.18.07)

Perhapsody review

Brad Farberman

Club d’Elf is not exactly your average band. First off, there’s only one permanent member of the ever-changing club: bassist and bandleader Mike Rivard. Second, d’Elf dropped their first studio album, last year’s N... (read the full article)


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The Wire

The Wire (NH)/ 24 October 2007

(Review) Club d’Elf at The Stone Church, Oct. 20

Written by Matt Kanner

In Hunter S. Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” the author explains that good mescaline comes on slow. Good music can be like that, too, and Club D’Elf is a case in point. The band members tinker and prod about with their instrument... (read the full article)


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Transformonline

Club d'Elf "Perhapsody: Live 10.12.06" (Kufala)

By Ben Taylor, Transformonline

Monday. Jul 09, 3:17 PM

An unstoppable, far-out musical force captured live on two discs.



The last time we checked in with Boston’s Club d’Elf, they’d just released Now I Understand, their long in-the-works first ... (read the full article)

Relix

AUGUST 2007



CLUB D’ELF

Perhapsody • Kufala

Relix

This two-CD live set from The Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, MA, in October 2006, is chock full of jamming. Some of it’s inspired, some of it’s a tad insipid. So what? What makes Perhapsody a fun, slightly j... (read the full article)

All About Jazz Italia

Perhapsody

Maurizio Comandini, All About Jazz Italia

Mike Rivard's Club d'Elf continues its work of the deconstruction and expansion of improvised trance music unperturbed with this optimal double live album which their friends at independent and progressive Kufala records a... (read the full article)


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Village Voice

JUNE 27, 2007

Village Voice

Club D'Elf: Now I Understand (Accurate)

As the name implies, this is less a group than a meeting place, with a website listing more than 100 conspirators beyond a core–bassist Mike Rivard, drummer Eric Kerr, and oudist Brahim Fribgane–that favors fast grooves and world fusion. Special ... (read the full article)

O/s Place Jazz Newsletter

O's Place Jazz Newsletter - Feb '07

Club d’Elf - Now I Understand 3/2

O's Notes: Here we have a spacey mix of electronics, guitars and DJs. It is rock, fusion with screaming guitars on "Vis Hnu Dub" taking us to the outer limits but then bringing back into a sense of calm with "A Toy For A Boy" including the soft vocal... (read the full article)

Northeast Performer

Northeast Performer - March, 2007

Club d'Elf

October 2006 saw the release of an incredibly ambitious music project, which, for aficionados of the improv/jam scenes, was long overdue. Now I Understand, the first studio album by local virtuosos Club d'Elf, marked the end of a mega-project involvi... (read the full article)

All About Jazz

All About Jazz - Jan 10, 2007

Now I Understand Review By Chris M. Slawecki

About eight years ago, composer/bassist Mike Rivard began leading a “floating residency” in Cambridge, Massachusetts, organized around the rhythm section, which pulsed behind a kaleidoscope of horn, keyboard, percussion and guitar players. After ... (read the full article)


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popMatters

popMatters - Jan 6, 2007

This isn’t morning music—unless, that is, the time is 3 a.m. and you’ve been club-hoppin’ since 11. Now I Understand is a hybridization of night music: jazz, funk, drum n’ bass, dub, and turntables. You can dance to it or let ... (read the full article)


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