Featured Tune: "No This Isn't Jazz Either" from Marc Soucy
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A Genre-Bending Wink from a Mastermind
Marc Soucy’s latest track, No This Isn't Jazz Either, is as playfully self-aware as its title suggests and it's an absolute delight. With a career that spans decades and a legacy steeped in production excellence, Soucy steps into the limelight with a sound that doesn’t just defy genre, it sidesteps it entirely with a smirk.
The track opens with a breezy, confident groove, quickly establishing that this isn’t about fitting in a box; it’s about letting the music breathe. There’s a refined elegance here, but not the stiff-collared kind. It’s the kind that feels lived-in and earned, like a favorite vintage coat you only wear on special nights. Each instrument feels thoughtfully placed, and Soucy, clearly no stranger to nuance, orchestrates a sonic landscape where subtle textures hum beneath surface simplicity.
But don’t be fooled, beneath that smooth, lightly syncopated rhythm is a mischievous spirit. There’s a sense of liberation in how Soucy refuses to label his own creation. He’s not just playing music; he’s having a conversation with it. And the listener? We’re lucky enough to be eavesdropping.
It’s cerebral without being pretentious, catchy without chasing trends. And in that delicate balance, Soucy doesn’t just show us who he is, he invites us to reconsider what music can be when it's built on freedom, wit, and decades of quiet mastery.