by Titus LEVI for KEYBOARD Magazine USA DISCOVERIES
[...] His music has a "crashing about the room like a bull in a China shop" feel. It's sort of a multiple-influence wrestling match that actually works. The big, rambling piece that conclude his CD, "Voyage dans un coeur brulant", sums up the spirit of his playing and compositions. At once virtuosic, flashy and musical, this CD ranges from rock grooves to quiet passages and more grandiose segments. His formidable guitar playing skills allow the music to range far and wide from there [...]
- April 1997
by Norberto GIMELFARB for VIVA LA MUSICA Le MOULIN DES GALETTES
[...] Whatever guitar or overlay of guitars and synths he chooses, pleasure is waiting for you at the tip of his fingers [...]
[...] jfm, the composer, the guitarist, the multi-instrumentalist, the passionate, invites you, in these eight titles, to savour all the strings of his guitar-rainbow to your heart's content [...]
- Wednesday 12 March 1997
by Corinne JAQUIERY for COOPERATION CD News Column
[...] Lovers of metaphorical atmospheres, those who are crazy about guitar and exercices of a dangerous nature, comedians and passionate souls, travellers of the mind, all alike will find this CD unabandonable [...]
- February 1997
by Jérôme NIQUILLE for RENCONTRES GUITARES
[...] It is neither virtuose jazz-rock void of inspiration, nor an umpteenth version of "Jeux Interdits". No, his CD has a hell of a personality, let's say it! [...]
[...] In this controlled overflow, the limits between styles explode and the electric anger shares without complexes, and without transition, the acoustic intimacy or the synthetic airyness. You're only left with music [...]
[...] Of course all labels are reductive and can never replace the listening that this CD deserves. It is a magnificent disc of a guitarist who always plays seriously but never takes himself too seriously. One more reason to take him seriously, right? [...]
- February 1997
by GB for NOUVELLES DES PAQUIS
[...] Impossible to listen to it offhandedly while thinking of something else. From the first notes, jfm the musical prestidigitator draws you into his trap [...]
[...] No dull moments in this succession of musical exploits, driven by Alain RIEDER's drumming. No useless fill-ins. Everything is new, surprising. A festive ambiance and an unmatched virtuosity reflecting the musician's gladness in playing and an absolutely communicative joy [...]
- February 1997
by ? for SWISS MUSIC INFOS POP Column
[...] We have here an experimental CD at the highest degree, made of audacious and more or less profane manipulations where technique leaves ample space to emotions and imagination [...]
- Friday 13 December 1996
by Lionel CHIUCH for La TRIBUNE DE GENEVE MUSIQUE Column
[...] Separated into eight pieces, disjointed facets of a musical kaleidoscope, "inguitarissable" finds its coherence in its overall stabilizing sensitivity [...]
[...] jfm managed to favor emotions, thanks to his talents as a melodist [...]
[...] Borrowing form from rock and grammar from jazz, the guitarist managed to combine the uncombinable and above all, to reconcile those who are frightened by difference with musical ecumenism [...]
- Wednesday 11 December 1996
by Serge GARCIA for Le COURRIER ROCK Column :
[...] First taste of a work that seems as huge as the Bach cantata, "inguitarissable" is not your average CD [...]
[...] An incandescent gold nugget cast in the tranquil pond of Geneva rock [...]
