Chromb!
CHROMB! has been making CHROMB! for ten years, five albums and many concerts. And CHROMB! is music. The band is driven by four heads, propelled by an overflowing imagination, electrically powered and impervious to classification. Sometimes its mother is jazz, since CHROMB! looks like her in photos, sometimes it’s rock, since it’s true that it’s not completely wrong. What defines CHROMB! above all is their elasticity, their devotion to both melody and racket, and their obstinacy in continuing to invent unpredictable pieces of music.
CHROMB!’s new album is called CINQ because it’s a very pretty name. As is often the case with CHROMB! it is constructed as an a priori incoherent succession of contrasting atmospheres: dancefloors are charged with absurdity, melodies too pretty to be true, head voices and howls, sometimes it’s a song, sometimes it’s not, but in any case it’s generous and sincere.
What characterizes this album, perhaps, is the way it goes straight to the point, trying to lose the listener on straight lines.
You might think of John Carpenter, DAF, the Beach Boys, Errorsmith or John Zorn, but in the end, this is CHROMB! you’re listening to.
Léo Dumont | drums
Camille Durieux | keyboard, voice
Lucas Hercberg | bass, effects, voice
Antoine Mermet | alto sax, synthesizer, machines, vocals
Past gigs
2023
04.03 Baie Des Singes (COURNON – FR)
03.03 Café Des Voyages (CHANTELLES – FR)
02.03 Grandes Voisines (FRANCHEVILLE – FR)
2022
04.12 Salle Loubet De Sceaury (PLANEZES – FR)
03.12 Le Cendar (PAU – FR)
02.12 Le Taquin (TOULOUSE – FR)
01.12 Café Du Cours (REILLANNE – FR)
30.09 Librairie Compagnon (GRANDRIS – FR)
06.08 La Distillerie (AMBIERLE – FR)
05.08 Celebration Days Festival (CERNOY – FR)
25.06 Chromb! + Sheezahee – Péristyle/Opéra De Lyon (LYON – FR)
27.05 La Coop (LA GUIERCHE – FR)
26.05 Raymond Bar (CLERMONT-FERRAND – FR)
2021
19.12 CANCELLED Salle Loubet De Sceaury (PLANEZES – FR)
18.12 CANCELLED Celtic Pub (TARBES – FR)
17.12 CANCELLED Le Cendar (PAU – FR)
16.12 CANCELLED Bar Au Gorille (GAP – FR)
22.10 Palac Akropolis (PRAGUE – FR)
21.10 Bar U Kylla (PILSEN – CZ)
14.10 Rhino Jazz Festival (ST-ETIENNE – FR)
28.05 Le Périscope (LYON – FR)
26.02 ANNULÉ La Bobine (GRENOBLE – FR)
25.02 ANNULÉ Le Périscope (LYON – FR)
2020
12.12 Le Périscope (LYON – FR) – onlineconcert
13.10 ANNULÉ Rhino Jazz(s) Festival (ST-CHAMOND – FR)
09.10 Jazz Goes To Town (Hradec Králové – CZ)
08.10 Horst Klub (KREUZLINGEN – CH)
29.05 ANNULÉ Smöll Festivöll (CLISSON – FR) – Ni + Chromb!
28.05 ANNULÉ La Coop (SARTHE – FR)
12.04 ANNULÉ HICAM (MONTOISON – FR)
11.04 ANNULÉ Le Cendar (PAU – FR)
10.04 ANNULÉ Le Taquin (TOULOUSE – FR)
09.04 ANNULÉ Café du Cours (REILLANNE – FR)
07.04 ANNULÉ Les Dindes Folles (RIVOLET – FR)
03.04 La Distillerie (AMBIERLE – FR) – Chromb! + Ultra Zook
29.03 Immerhin (WÜRZBURG – DE) – Chromb! + Ultra Zook
28.03 Hintertreffen Festival (BERLIN – DE) – Chromb! + Ultra Zook
27.03 Alte Kaffeerösterei (PLAUEN – DE) – Chromb! + Ultra Zook
26.03 Collectif Ödl (MULHOUSE – FR) – Chromb! + Ultra Zook
21.02 Espace Noir (ST-IMIER – CH)
20.02 La Cave à Musique (MACON – FR)
19.02 Industriestrasse (LUCERNE – CH)
18.02 Blah Blah (TORINO – IT)
13.02 Le Périscope (LYON – FR) – Chromb! + Meier-Hanes-Amberg Trio
2019
04.10 Bistro des Tilleuls (ANNECY – FR)
09.06 Musikaren Eguna (ORDIARP – FR)
08.06 Crumble Fest (MONTAIGU – FR)
07.06 Kitchen Kustoms (ORLEANS – FR)
06.06 Espace B (PARIS – FR)
10.05 Festival C’est quoi ce cirque ? (VABRES L’ABBAYE – FR)
23.03 Le Tremplin (BEAUMONT – FR)
22.03 Salle des fêtes (RIVOLET – FR)
03.02 Le Métro (THIERS – FR)
02.02 Festival du bleu hiver (TULLE – FR)
01.02 La lampisterie (BRASSAC – FR)
2018
10.11 La Fraternelle (SAINT CLAUDE – FR)
08.11 Le Périscope (LYON -FR)
27.09 Zukunft am Ostkreuz (BERLIN – DE)
25.09 Kafe Kult (MUNICH – DE)
14.09 Rock in Opposition (CARMAUX – FR)
10.06 Lyon BD Festival (LYON – FR)
26.05 Festival Druga Godba (LJUBLANA – SI)
25.05 Clandestino (FAENZA – IT)
24.05 Circolo Libiero di Pensieri (LECCO – IT)
13.05 Café du cours (REILLANNE – FR)
12.05 Théâtre du bled (SOUSPIERRE – FR)
11.05 Festival d’olt (LE BELYMARD – FR)
24.03 Astrolabe (ORLEANS – FR) – PoiL
01.03 Brise Glace (ANNECY – FR) – Chromb!
2017
25.11 lieu mystérieux (LYON – FR)
23.11 Forum Jazz Européen (ST ETIENNE – FR)
16.11 Le Nadir (BOURGES – FR)
12.11 Le Galpon (TOURNUS – FR)
11.11 Festi fête (SAINTE CROIX VALLEE FRANCAISE – FR)
07.10 Marsden Jazz festival (MARSDEN – UK)
04.07 Chez felix (ANDUZE – FR)
23.05 La reliure (GENEVE – CH)
22.05 La machine à trucs (LA CHAUX DE FONDS – CH)
21.05 Freakshow Late Matinée (WÜRZBURG – DE)
20.05 Schieshaus (ZEULENRODA – DE)
19.05 Slaughterhouse (BERLIN – DE)
18.05 Zollkantine (BREMEN – DE)
17.05 De Koer (GAND – BE)
16.05 CCL (LILLE – FR)
03.05 La tanière (ST-ETIENNE – FR)
02.05 GZ HLM (LYON – FR)
09.04 Festival Hallucination Collective (VILLEURBANNE – FR) – Chromb! ciné concert Point ne Tueras
06.03 Sol FM (OULLINS – FR) – Day Off
10.02 Mix’art Myrys (TOULOUSE – FR) – Délicieux Amours w/ Pili Coït, Saint Sadrill
09.02 Raymond Bar (CLERMONT SA†AN – FR) – Délicieux Amours w/ Pili Coït, Saint Sadrill
28.01 Centre culturel Paul Morand (CHAMPAGNE EN MONT – D’OR – FR)
2016
17.12 Salle défaite (GRANDRIS – FR)
15.12 La parenthèse (NYON – CH)
14.12 L’Usine (GENEVE – CH)
11.12 Café du Cours (REILLANNE – FR)
10.12 Le Hangar (MALLERAGUES – FR)
09.12 La Halle (RABASTENS – FR)
08.12 La Bobine (GRENOBLE – FR)
07.12 Raymond Bar (CLERMONT – SA†AN – FR)
17.11 Espace Croix Bagnon (TOULOUSE – FR)
04.11 Pannonica (NANTES – FR )
09.09 La guinguette (TOURS – FR)
28 29 30.07 Festival de l’Abeille Beugle (VAUNIERES – FR) + Sheezahee, Icsis, Brice et sa pute, L’Effondras, Gwyn Wurst, Pierre Pierre, PinioL…
11.07 AJMI (AVIGNON – FR)
08.07 Jazz à Vienne (VIENNE – FR)
19.06 St Antoine (MACON – FR) – Icsis
08.05 Casa de la musica (PORTO – PT)
05.05 Jazz dans le bocage (ROCLES – FR)
30.04 Bray Jazz Festival (BRAY – IR) –
16.04 SMAC 07 – CavaJazz (Viviers – FR)
25.02 Epicerie Moderne (LYON – FR )
2015
19.12 Mixart Myrys (TOULOUSE – FR)
17.12 Paye ton noël (STRASBOURG – FR)
12.12 Ursa Minor (ST ETIENNE – FR)
11.12 Kalvingrad (GENEVE – CH)
10.12 La soute (CHMBERY – FR)
27.11 Librairie Compagnon (GRANRIS – FR)
26.10 Freakshow Festival (WURZBURG – DE) + PoiL
30.04 Petit Bazar (OUGADOUGOU – BF)
29.04 Festival Jazz à Ouaga (OUGADOUGOU – BF)
28.04 Institut Français (OUGADOUGOU – BF)
16.03 A Vaulx Jazz (VAULX – FR)
28.02 Akwaba (CHATEAUNEUF DE GADAGNE – FR)
20.02 L’Arrosoir (CHALON SUR SAONE – FR)
15.01 La Tannerie (BOURG EN BRESSE – FR)
14.01 Le Périscope (LYON – FR)
2014
20.12 Moutard Fest (CLERMONT – FR)
08.11 Petit Bain (PARIS – FR)
06.11 L’Envers (BORDEAUX – FR)
05.11 Relx Bar (POITIERS – FR)
04.11 Fermatozoïd (LE THEIL – FR)
02.11 Baraboeuf (GIMONT – FR)
01.11 Pavillons Sauvages (TOULOUSE – FR)
27.09 Freakshow Artrock festival (WÜRZBURG – DE)
21.09 Rock In Opposition (CARMAUX – FR)
03.08 Festival Alternativ (ECOLE EN BAUGES – FR) + PoiL
02.08 Burg Herzberg Festival (DE)
12.07 Jazz à Luz (LUZ ST SAUVEUR)
27.05 Théâtre de Villefranche (VILLEFRANCHE – FR)
25.05 Kraspek (LYON – FR)
23.05 Les Tilleuls (ANNECY – FR)
17.05 Crumble Festival (MONTAIGU – FR)
16.05 Raymond Bar (CLERMONT SATAN – FR)
15.05 PDZ (BESANCON – FR)
29.03 Maison Mère (LYON – FR)
28.03 Cave à Musique (MACON – FR)
25.03 Campus en Fête (LE BOURGET – FR)
15.03 La Fraternelle (SAINT-CLAUDE – FR)
09.02 Raymond Bar (Clermont Ferrand – FR)
08.02 Le Périscope (Lyon – FR)
04.02 Ubu (Perpignan – FR)
02.02 Celtic Pub (Tarbes – FR)
01.02 Amanita Muscaria (Toulouse – FR)
31.01 Blacksheep (Montpellier – FR)
October 2022 Playlist by Lucas Hercberg
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