French rock group
The Inspector Cluzo
is a French
rock group
, from Mont-de-Marsan (department of Landes),
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formed in 2007.
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The group is composed of Laurent "Malcom" Lacrouts, on the guitar and vocals and Mathieu "Phil" Jourdain, on the drums, both native of Mont-de-Marsan.
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Both are former members of the band
Wolfunkind
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fr
]
.
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The name of the group was proposed by their friend
Angelo Moore
,
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singer in the group
Fishbone
, and references the "
Inspector Clouseau
" that appears as a characters in the movie Pink Panther.
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History
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The two members of the group met at their 1st year of Physics studies in Mont de Marsan.
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After playing in the band
Wolfunkind
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fr
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the two formed a duo.
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Their first EP was recorded in 2008, produced at Jet Studio in Brussels by Stephane Kraemer.
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The same year they released the first full-length eponymous album, which included two notable songs "Two Days" and "F*ck the Bass Player". The album was covered in French and International press,
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including in Japan
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where they participated in the "Fuji Rock" festival.
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In April 2010 they released their second album, The French Bastards. In February 2012, their third, The 2 Mousquetaires, was released inside a comic book as its official jacket. By 2016 they released two more albums Gasconha Rocks and Rockfarmers, have given more than 800 concerts, visited 44 countries, and sold 100,000 albums.
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In 2018 they recorded their 7th album "We the people of the soil" in Nashville, with Vance Powell, which marked the 10 year anniversary of the duo.
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At the beginning of 2020, the group released a "best-of" unplugged entitled Brothers In ideals, recorded during their American tourney. In January 2023 their eighth album, entitled Horizon, was released. Both were produced by Vance Powell.
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The band is the subject of a book, biography of the band, as musicians and famers, by Romain Lejeune, and illustrated by Marc Large.
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Farming & Do It Yourself approach
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The duo runs a 15 hectare organic family farm called “LOU CASSE” (the oak in Gascon language) in Gascony. The farm, which they bought in 2013, is self-sustaining, and is producing organic wheat and organic corn with their own free seeds, raise gray geese and other plants and animals.
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While they consider that their main activity is farming, they split their time between the farm and the musicians-composers, with 6 months spent on each activity.
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The duo work to apply the tenants of
Agroecology
, on their farm, teach it to local kids,
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and to greater public, for example by including lectures on the subject as the opening act for their concerts.
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The duo, in music and farming, pursue the goal of being autonomous, independent, and ability to do all with what they have and by themselves.
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They manage their own label "F*ckthebassplayer Records",
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which, since 2012, acts as the distributor of the Ter a Terre records in France, also of their own making.
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Besides the farm, and their music, the duo manages, with family and trusted friends, on their own the concert bookings, publicity, recording, sales of their music and farm produce.
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Musical style
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The "
Les Inrockuptibles
" when writing about their album "The French Bastards", called their style a fusion between funk rock and heavy metal, with a note that the band does not have a bass player.
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In the description of the same album Crossbeat also noted that the band's style is a fusion, at moments reminiscent of AC/DC and Led Zeppelin.
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In 2011, an article about the Art Rock festival, described the duo's style as being funk’n’roll, somewhere between the Red Hot Chili Peppers et AC/DC.
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Their live performances are characterized as energetic, lively, accomplishing with just two musicians a large sound that transforms between blues-rock and hard-rock.
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The duo sings in English.
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Discography
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- (2008) Cluzo, EP, (Ter a Terre)
- (2008) The Inspector Cluzo, CD, (Ter A Terre)
- (2010) The French Bastards, CD, (Ter A Terre)
- (2012) The 2 Mousquetaires, CD, (Ter A Terre/FucktheBassPlayer Records)
- (2013) Gasconha Rocks, CD, (FucktheBassPlayer Records)
- (2016) Rockfarmers, CD, (FucktheBassPlayer Records)
- (2018) We the people of the soil, CD, (FucktheBassPlayer Records)
- (2020) Brothers in Ideal - We the People of the Soil, Unplugged (Universal Music Division, Virgin Records Distribution Deal)
- (2023) Horizon, CD, (FucktheBassPlayer Records)
External links
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References
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"Rocking ride into 2010".
Gold Coast Sun
. Australia: News Limited Australia. 2009-12-30. p. 34.
The Inspector Cluzo, will kick off the gig with their mix of funk and rock to 70s groove
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"The Inspector Cluzo"
(in French). Lollapalooza
. Retrieved
2024-03-15
.
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a
b
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d
"Notice de collectivite - The Inspector Cluzo"
[Notice of a group: The Inspector Cluzo].
BnF Catalogue general
(in French). Bibliotheque nationale de France. 2010-07-05
. Retrieved
2024-03-19
.
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a
b
c
d
Harima, Hidefumi (June 2010).
"The Inspector Cluzo"
[The Inspector Cluzo]
(JPG)
.
Crossbeat
(in Japanese)
. Retrieved
2024-03-15
.
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"The Inspector Cluzo"
. Discogs
. Retrieved
2024-03-15
.
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"The Inspector Cluzo"
. MOKB Presents
. Retrieved
2024-03-15
.
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b
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d
"The Inspector Cluzo"
.
Encyclopedie du Rock
(in French). France: Rock made in France. 2008-12-22
. Retrieved
2024-03-19
.
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b
"The Inspector Cluzo - Bio"
. Sonicbids
. Retrieved
2024-03-15
.
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b
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d
Lejeune, Romain (2017).
The Inspector Cluzo, Rockfarmers
. Guigamp: Braquage Musique.
ISBN
979-10-94190-03-6
.
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Reeve, Stacy (2008-09-11).
"Reviews - The Inspector Cluzo ? EP"
. Audioscribler, UK Webzine. Archived from
the original
on 2012-08-01
. Retrieved
2024-03-18
.
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"サイトメンテナンスのお知らせ"
[Fuji Rock festival] (in Japanese). Archived from
the original
on 2013-01-03
. Retrieved
2024-03-18
.
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c
Besse, Marc (2018-05-04).
"Pour celebrer ses 10 ans, The Inspector Cluzo sort l'exceptionnel " We the People of the Soil "
"
[To celebrate its 10th anniversary, The Inspector Cluzo releases the exceptional “We the People of the Soil”].
Les Inrockuptibles
(in French)
. Retrieved
2024-03-18
.
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b
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Degasne, Samuel (2018-04-10).
"The Inspector Cluzo: Self Made Men"
[The Inspector Cluzo: Self Made Men].
Roling Stone
(in French). p. 4. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2023-10-24.
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"CHRONIQUE : The Inspector Cluzo ? Horizon"
[The chronicals: The Inspector Cluzo ? Horizon].
Roling Stone
(in French). 2023-01-27
. Retrieved
2024-03-20
.
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Zahno, Yves; Horner, Olivier (2023-11-29).
"
"Horizon", le rock toujours aussi ferme de The Inspector Cluzo"
[“Horizon”, the rock of The Inspector Cluzo].
RTS
(in French). Archived from
the original
on 2024-03-20
. Retrieved
2024-03-20
.
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Bertrand, Yann (2023-02-17).
"The Inspector Cluzo : nouvel album, tournee europeenne... et travail a la ferme"
[The Inspector Cluzo: new album, European tour... and work on the farm].
France Info
(in French). Radio France
. Retrieved
2024-03-20
.
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"Notice bibliographique - The Inspector Cluzo: rockfarmers: biographie"
[Bibliographical note - The Inspector Cluzo: rockfarmers: biography].
BnF Catalogue general
(in French). Bibliotheque nationale de France
. Retrieved
2024-03-20
.
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"The Inspector Cluzo, entre rock et agroecologie"
[The Inspector Cluzo, between rock and agroecology].
Le Figaro
(in French). 2023-09-12.
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Chapelle, Nicolas (2010-07-07).
"Album review of French Bastards"
[Album review of French Bastards].
Les Inrockuptibles
(in French). Archived from
the original
on 2012-11-30.
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"Art Rock 2011 : focus sur The Inspector Cluzo"
[Art Rock 2011 : focus on The Inspector Cluzo] (in French). Alter1fo. 2011-06-09. Archived from
the original
on 2023-06-05
. Retrieved
2024-03-20
.