‘An uncanny atmosphere: Jack In A Box combines folk tunes and texts inspired by the greatest writers in order to convey a sound raw nonetheless pure…’
Jack In A Box is no story about an unexpected encounter between musicians, but the solo project of an artist wishing to get back to the roots. It’s the attempt to combine a raw sound and thoughtful texts. The project, combining pop, punk, reggae and folk tunes started by the end of 2010 under the name ‘The Ruby Cloud’ with two gigs given at the V.O. Music Club of Lausanne. From that experience, a live EP comes out by the name of ‘The Ruby Live’. Despite the youthfulness of the project, 2011 marks already a change in its evolution. The pop sounding guitar gives place to an atmosphere more mature combining melodies and rhythmics folk. Meanwhile the texts are more and more influenced by the songwriter’s second passion: English literature. Willing to combine more and more music and literature, Jack In a Box is currently working on a concept album where the songs would no more be an illogical succession of tracks but where each song would narrate bit-by-bit the story of Jack, the man in a box…
