La Jungle - Blurry Landscapes

The idea for this album emerged during a very particular time. Concerts had stopped. Tours were being cancelled one after another. Everything had suddenly come to a halt. We had two options: either we stopped too, or we took advantage of this forced break to write the next chapter. We chose the second option and composed two albums in a few months, including this one, the sixth in La Jungle's discography.

With the invaluable help of the Art et marges museum, we gathered ten names of outsider artists with whom we wanted to propose a collaboration. Following this, we set to work writing about ten new pieces.

We then visited André Robillard in Orléans, as well as Inès Reddah and Hideki Oki at Créahm in Ixelles. We also met François Peeters at La Pommeraie in Quevaucamps, Lien Anckaert at De Zandberg in Harelbeke, and Samuel Trenquier in his studio in Anderlecht.

Given the rather restrictive and sometimes urgent circumstances, we also maintained remote correspondence with several artists. We wrote to Laurence Halleux and Camille Mildrez of Zone-art in Verviers, as well as to Kostia Botkine , Pascal Leyder , and Dominique Theâte of La « S » Grand Atelier in Vielsalm. We also corresponded with Serge Delaunay , who was staying at the Queen Fabiola Centre in Neufvilles, and with Juliette Zanon , who lives in Pouldergat, Brittany.

We offered each of these artists a listening session for a composition from our new album. They were invited to give it a title and interpret it with a visual artwork, regardless of their preferred technique. Complete creative freedom, except for the square format. Square, like an album cover.

In the accompanying vinyl and CD edition, you will discover the various works that emerged from this long exchange process. They are an integral part of this new album by La Jungle.

We are releasing it today with a special thought for Serge Delaunay, who designed such impressive space shuttles and beautiful planets for us. Serge passed away before the release of this album. We hope that from the cosmos he so often spoke of, he can listen to it and appreciate it.

We would like to thank all the illustrators who placed their trust in us, the team at the Art et marges musée for their advice, as well as the workshop leaders, educators who welcomed us and greatly supported us in this project.

Jim & Roxie / The Jungle