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NLF3 Trio
12+ albums
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Nlf3 trio was born in 1999 in Paris. The instrumental group was created by brothers Nicolas and Fabrice Laureau right after they stopped the adventurous rock group Prohibition (which released five albums and played more than 400 concerts in Europe and in the USA). In 2000, Nlf3 trio’s debut album ‘Part one & Part two’ revealed a great instrumental freedom and a singular eclecticism of sound textures and instruments. ‘Viva!’, their second album, was released in 2003 and was very well acclaimed by the press; The Wire and Les Inrockuptibles dubbed it one of best album of the year. In 2004, the Cartier Foundation commissioned nlf 3 (trio) for a musical creation on a silent movie. The group chose its favorite film, ‘Que Viva Mexico!’ by S. M. Eisenstein, and in September 2005, nlf 3 (trio) produced its third album, ‘Music for Que Viva Mexico!’, based on the compositions created for Eisenstein's movie. Digging the energy of the live performances and still very cleverly arranged and produced, it sticks to the ideas of the first work while being detached from the film. 2007-2010 NLF3's music has been described as "a kitsch This Heat" by The Wire, and compared for its rhythms to a 2009 version of the Ege Bamayasi-era of Can. The Guardian even spoke of them as "a Radiohead seduced by the idea of live improvisation". The members of NLF3 - F.lor, Mitch and Don Nino - name influences as varied as Pierre Henry, Fela Kuti, Steve Reich, Ennio Moricone, as well as Syd Barrett, Zappa, Fan
